Softball Thank You Cards

I just love the Game On paper - I love that you can add any color to it. In these samples I added Cranberry. Plus that star paper is just a favorite of mine so I love to use it and it's perfect for all sport themes! Here are the cards that I created at the end of the softball season. I used the Thanks stamp set and Let's Play Ball stamp set on all three cards.

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This one was for the Team Sponsor - all of the kids on the team signed this one. I couldn't figure out what was bugging me about this card until I took the picture - the crooked stars are driving me crazy now, but it's obviously too late to fix! I used the "On The Edge" pattern from Wishes.

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This one was for Daddy since he was one of their coaches. I used the "Up In The Corner" pattern from Wishes.

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And this one was for their other coach and his two older daughters that helped in the dugout. I used the "Framework" pattern from Wishes.

And this is what I made for each of the girls on the team - there is a little packet of Propel Raspberry Lemonade mix tied to the tag - I love that stuff! I used my Coluzzle to cut two circles out of Bamboo and Cranberry CS then I used my corner rounder to create the scallop on the Cranberry circle. I used the Circle Around stamp set for the stars, the Say It In Style stamp set for the "Way to go!" and the Let's Play Ball stamp set for the ball.

And here is a quick slideshow of their softball season - the girls had fun and did really well, I think. Their team is made up of 5-8 year olds and they are batting using a pitching machine, which pitches around 30 mph, so I think that's impressive! Their team only won two games but some of them were pretty close. Their last game was on Wednesday and last night we had a pizza party at the park. The other coach's wife brought squirt guns so they had fun getting each other wet, especially their coaches! Brianna did really well, especially since it was her first year, and Kaylee has improved so much since last year - I can't wait to see how they do next year!

Wishing You Well

Since we're away for the holiday weekend, I decided to schedule some posts - my attempt at catching up! We'll see how many I get ready before we leave.

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Here is a quick card and gift that I made for a family who recently moved away - we've known them ever since they moved here over 7 (?) years ago. They were our neighbors, teachers, babysitters, and fellow ward members - they will be missed! I guess for all the roles they played in our lives, I should have done more as a farewell gift - just didn't have enough time!

I used Tinkerin' paper, Say It In Style stamp set, and coordinating brads and ribbon. The card pattern came from Wishes - Lucky Layers I just love the size of these cute little mason jars - my mom brought us some Raspberry Jam in this jar on her last visit and usually I just wash all my jars and give them back to her to reuse - sorry, mom, you're not getting this one back, but I'll make it up to you!

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I hope you all have a very safe and happy Independence Day!

Happy Father's Day

Yes, I know I'm a day late - what's new with me lately ;-) I hope you all had a very Happy Father's Day! For some reason I always seem to get sick on Father's Day, so we didn't do much this year. In 2006 when I was pregnant with Brailee, we were in Utah visiting my Mom's family and I ended up with my first sinus infection, so I was miserable that FD weekend. Then in 2007 we went camping with our new trailer for FD weekend and I got sick again and spent most of the time sleeping. And then again this year - yuck! Hopefully I can break this 'tradition' I seem to be starting. Anyway, David was in charge of the Stake Father/Son Outing this last weekend, so he was gone Friday and Saturday. On Sunday we went to church, came home and had a nap and watched a movie and then David BBQ'd us a yummy dinner. Yes, it was Father's Day and he had to do the cooking! Here are some cute, quick pictures I took of him and the kids that night.

And here is the card that I made for him using Jeanette's Color Me Monday color combo from a couple weeks ago. I used the tie stamp from the June Word Puzzle and created the pattern paper using Twilight, Sweet Leaf, and Tulip ink. I used another fun circle card pattern from Wishes called Simple Statement. The sentiment came from Say It In Style, and then I finished it off with Tulip CS, punched and covered with Liquid Glass to look like brads.

Thanks for looking!

Thank You Cards

My hubby needed Thank You cards for those that helped with the Stake YM/YW New Years party, so I whipped these out really quick. Since he needed 15, I didn't put a lot of time or any embellishments into them, but I think they turned out okay. I used a June 2005 PageMaps card sketch, just changed up the papers for each one.

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Wings - Sneak Peek!

I got the new Stamp of the Month sets for the upcoming Spring Catalog (which is fabulous, by the way!) - this one is for March, it's called Butterfly Wings and it's been SO much fun to play with! I made these cards for my niece and SIL who share the same birthday, which was on Monday. For my SIL I included a class picture of her in 5th grade - the school was giving away any extra pics they had so I picked this one up - I hope she enjoys the flashback ;-) My niece just turned 10 and we gave her a fun Snowflakes card kit - she should have fun creating! Oh, and I also did these cards for some of Marjorie's Color Challenges - the first one (which is my favorite) is for MCC #41 and the second is for MCC #37

EDIT: This first card is also for this month's Original's Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

MCC #35

Now that I know Lynn received this card, I can post it without spoiling anything ;-) This was a card I created for MCC #35 and sent to Lynn for her birthday last week. I used the colors that Marjorie chose, but added Chocolate. I created the cupcake by running the wrapper piece (that was cut from some paper from Life Delights) through my paper crimper. Then I used the retired I Scream to stamp on the back of the Smokey Plum CS to create the bottom of the cupcake - this way I was able to make the cupcake the size I wanted. Then I dry embossed the outline of the cupcake top and sanded and cut out. I used Liquid Glass over the entire top to make the sprinkles stick. The sprinkles were punched out of Creme Brulee CS. I think it turned out fun and so different from something I would usually do - I hope it turned out okay, especially since it went to a fabulous stamper/card maker!

Just Because

I just had so much fun with Hannah's star card, that I had to make another one. I created this one for CTMH's Make It From Your Heart Rub-Ons contest and wasn't going to post it yet, but it fit Laurel's Blog Candy Challenge perfectly, so here it is! Her challenge was to make a Just Because card using pink and ribbon. I used Baby Pink textured CS, Chocolate CS, Shining Star stamp set (dry embossed instead of heat embossed this time), Say It In Style stamp set, and Chocolate rub-ons to create this card. It was really hard to get a good picture of this one since it's such a light pink and I did some dry embossing, but I hope you can see the detail - I may post more pics later! I used the light side of the textured CS for the inside of the card. You have until tomorrow to enter Laurel's Blog Candy Challenge, so good luck!

Birthday Cards & Gifts

Here are some birthday cards and gifts that I have made recently and haven't posted yet...
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For my SIL Liz - she likes orange - or at least I hope she still does ;-P Happy Birthday yesterday, Liz!

For my SIL Hannah - I really had fun with this card and I took a lot of pics of this one so you get how it looks. I took inspiration from Originals: Window Cutout, but instead of a 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 card, I turned it into a standard sized card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2). I embossed the star from Shining Star with Cranberry EP onto black CS and cut it out - then I mounted it on a piece of white CS and cut out again. then I cut out the center of the front of the card leaving a 3/4 inch border and attached the star. I also used the dot paper from Silhouette (I LOVE that pattern!), some Cranberry Ribbon, Black Waxy Flax, and some Black Bitty Brads.

I played a little more with it after my original pic, adding dashed lines around the star - did I add too much? Which do you like better, the first or second version?

For my nephew Damon who turned 6 last month - just a simple card using the most boyish stamps I own - when you have 3 girls there's just not too much boy stuff around ;-P Brianna picked the color since he is her bud. I stamped the Tool Time stamp sets using White Daisy pigment ink - and used Moonstruck B&T papers, Say It In Style stamp set for the sentiment, and some fun blue staples.

for my nephew Isaac who just turned 8 and was baptized this weekend! I used MCC #34 and Solos (G, R, 8, and the new Punctuation set). I was inspired by a sign at a local fast food place, advertising 'Join a GR8 team!' So I thought it would be perfect for an 8th birthday!

I also made him this journal/notebook - inside the front cover is a picture of Christ getting baptized. This was inspired by Originals: Tie Back Tag but created an 8 1/2 x 11 cover with it.

for my MIL - Happy Birthday today! She loves pink, can you tell? I took inspiration from Originals: Ribbon Envelope but turned it into a 6x6 card. I used Adorning Corners and For Every Occassion - I used some mini clear window circle stickers on the dark side of Blush textured CS to create the embellishment in the corner. I used the light side of the Blush textured CS for the front of the card, along with paper from the Paper Garden pack.

Here is another baby gift - that is LONG overdue! This is a fun puzzle (?) frame that I found - I don't know how else to describe it - each of the squares slides around like those puzzle games. I started this gift right after she was born, then the pics she e-mailed me, I couldn't get to print, so after I finally remembered to tell the mom I needed another picture, I was able to finish it up a few weeks ago when I finally got that picture. I just hadn't given it to the mom and baby yet (sadly she is almost 6 months old now) - I scheduled it to post here so I would finally remember. What a horrible friend I am ;-P

Birthday Cards

Lately I have been horrible about mailing out birthday cards - my problem was that I didn't have 1 cent stamps - but I finally got some and sent a bunch of cards out this week! Just be warned, there are lots of cards here!

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Here are the cards I made for my Mom and Grandma - their birthdays are in June and July - see how bad I am! They are quilters, and I got the idea for these cards from Nona's video.

Here was the card I made for Nicole - I found out she is exactly one week older than me, and I was born where she currently lives and she was born not too far away - no wonder we like each other!

Here is the card I made for my FIL - his b-day is just two days before mine. I used a Riley image that I got from Ramsey. I don't have the post card stamp set, so I just drew my own. I used pop dots under the date/sentiment circle and under the cut-out Riley image.

Here is the card I made for my nephew, Mason - we share the same birthday! He is exactly 11 years younger than me, so he turned 16 this year. The funny thing is, we not only share the same birthday, but we were also baptized on the same date in October! Me in October of 1989 and he in October of 2000!

Here is the card I made for my other nephew, Jordan.

I also share a birthday with 3 gals in our ward at church - one of them is my good friend and my first CTMH downline, Lori, so here are the cards I made for those ladies...

And here is the card I made for my mom's hubby - his b-day was in July, also, see, I'm just horrible! I used another Riley image from Ramsey - and added Liquid Applique to add some fluffy frosting to the cupcakes.

Thanks for looking!

Fair Entries

Here are the projects the girls and I are entering in our county fair this week - wish us luck! Oh, and just so you know, my girls did their projects all on their own. I was very impressed with how well they did by themselves, especially their bead projects. They came up with the pattern all on their own and had fun stringing the beads, I only helped them tie off their bracelets - they can't wait to wear them once the fair is over!

Kaylee's card...

Kaylee's bead project...

Kaylee's painting...

Brianna's bead project...

Brianna's crayon art...

And here are mine...

Stamping - Any other project...

Scrapbook Page...

Card...

Stamping Card (used stamp kissing)...

Invitation...

Altered Book...

Any other card...