Happy Birthday to You

This card is for our grandson, Nathan's birthday.

School just started and one class he is taking is Chemistry.

I thought this cute little chemist would be just right.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Your kind comments are always appreciated.

The Recipe:

MFT Cute Chemist

PTI Shape Shifters Circle 2

PTI Bitty Big Kraft & Orange Zest patterned paper

The Greetery Sentiment Suite Birthday

Hello Sunshine

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day, and

when it's cold outside I've got the month of May.

We've had so much rain lately, we may have to buy a boat.

So, I decided to go sunshiny in my craft room.

Aren't sunflowers the happiest of flowers!

I decided to play with some of my pretty foils and

the Gina K. Designs Graphic Sunflower stamp set.

It is very hard to photograph foil.

There is a glare on the flower centers on the first card, and I had to turn

the bottom card more than usual to get it to photograph

 without dark blotches on the background.

The background on the second card is the negative foil from the first card.

I used every little bit of that gorgeous Wild Dandelion foil.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Your kind comments always make my day!

Recipe :

GKD Graphic Sunflowers

GKD Graphic Sunflowers Foil Mates

MFT Blueprint 32 - frame

GKD Wild Dandelion Foil

GKD Wild Dandelion, Coral Reef, Tangerine Twist, Tomato Soup, Warm Cocoa

GKD Petite Patterns patterned paper

Cheery Lynn Circles, Inverted Circles, Scalloped Circles

PTI Bitty Bits Pure Black Striped patterned paper

Happy Anniversary

Another cold, gloomy day.  I don't think it is ever going to get warm.  Winter seems to want to hang around a while longer.

Here is the third Anniversary card.  I am finally caught up.

This one is a very patriotic Anniversary card with all of the red, white and blue.  The stamp set I used is from PTI and is called Stacked Sentiments.  I love the stacked "happy" and all of the happy flowers floating around it.  The white die cut is from the Shape Shifters Oval 1 set.  The patterned paper is from the Bitty Big Dark Indigo pack.

Thanks so much for stopping by to look.  Your kind comments are always appreciated.

The Recipe:

PTI Stacked Sentiments

PTI Shape Shifters Oval 1

PTI To the Point Edgers

PTI Bitty Big Dark Indigo patterned paper

Thinking of You

Another day of gray, gloomy skies and rain, rain, rain.  We have a small lake in our backyard.  So, I shut myself up in my craft room and played.  Here's what I made:

I love country looking wreaths.  I tried to make one here.  I'm happy with the way it came out..  Add to that some gingham, polka dots and hearts and I'm in heaven.  Spring Moss is definitely one of my favorite colors!

The Recipe:

PTI Rustic Wreath, Twig Wreath, Fancy Flourishes

PTI Bitty Big Spring Moss, Chicken Scratch Gingham

PTI Basic Bookmark 2, Confetti Garland Border

Fiskars Crimper

Verve Seam Binding Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by to look.  Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Hoping Your Day is Lovely

I seem to be on a vintage kick lately.  This set from PTI called Nostalgic Notions has a very vintage feel to it.

I love the style of the patterned paper and the fun flowers.  The colors are so cheerful.  When I stamped the flowers, I tried to replicate the ones in the paper.  The scalloped piece with the red and white polka dots made everything pop.

Thanks so much for coming by to look.  Your kind comments are always appreciated.

The Recipe:

PTI Nostalgic Notions

PTI Nostalgic Notions patterned paper

Prayers for You

The Plant Manager where my husband works lost his battle with lung cancer on Saturday.  I made this card to send to his family.

I used a rock and roll technique on the flowers.  The ink is from PTI.  The first color is Orange Zest and the second color is Pure Poppy.

The Recipe:

PTI cutting Garden

PTI Bitty Dot Basics

Doodlebug Twine

Doodlebug enamel dots

Thanks so much for coming by to look.  Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Birthday Wishes for Becki

I have a dear friend, Becki, who is having a birthday.  I made this card for her.

I bought the PTI Anniversary set last year and never used it.  I don't know why because the flowers are gorgeous.  The set is called Painted Petals.  I pulled it out and played yesterday.  I'm loving the way it came out, especially when I paired it with their Polka Dot Parade patterned paper.

The Recipe:

PTI Painted Petals

PTI Polka Dot Parade patterned paper

PTI Noted Scalloped A2 (oval die)

Cuttlebug Blossom Dance Border EF

Zing Brown Sugar EP