Falling Leaves

It's almost Thanksgiving and I've been working on some Thanksgiving cards.
Here is one I made from a sketch by Freshly Made Sketches. It's sketch number 263.
The paper I used is by Little Yellow Bicycle called "Acorn Hollow".
The leaves were cut out with Spellbinder Dies and I sponged them with distressing ink.


                                                

On the inside I used a leaf stamp by Inkadinkado and stamped just off the edges.

The greeting was done on the computer.

Cards created in August

                                          Birthday card for a good friend                         Inside Greeting

Birthday card for grandson                        Inside of card    

On this card I used my Tim Holtz "Crazy Cats" stamps and dies.  I like how the inside came out with the cat looking at all the things he could play with.

I made these two cards using a Freshly Made Sketch.  It is FMS #74 from 2013.  I've been surfing the net looking for various sketches and I came across this one and just loved the layout.  As you can see, I used it to make two sympathy cards, but I plan to use this same sketch for birthday and anniversary cards.

The two front panels are both spellbinder dies and the butterfly is from a BoBunny die set of three called "Flutter Dies".   I added some glitter to the butterflies. (Probably can't see it). The stamped image is an Inkadinkado stamp called Dogwood Flowers.  I colored the image with Derwent Inktense pencils.  I just started using these pencils and I really like the way the flowers looked after I colored them.  

The sentiment is by My Sentiments Exactly.

Oh! Yes!

I also added a flower embellishment on each. They are Grand Adhesions Dimensional Stickers from K&Company.

My parents celebrated their wedding anniversary on July 17th and this is the card I made for them.  I used spellbinder dies for the corners and the sentiment tag.

Three years ago, they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. My siblings and I gave them an anniversary party and we surprised them with the renewing of their wedding vows!

My daughter and I made the invitations to the event and here is what they looked like.  My daughter used her Cricut machine to make the labels.

Gatefold design: This is the outside.

Inside of invitation

Sunday, July 3rd, was my husband's birthday.  He didn't want to do anything special so we had dinner at home after church. Nothing fancy.  Daughter, son-in-law and grandkids came over.  And his sister and her husband made a surprise appearance. It was nice.

This is the card I made for him.  I had to write in the greeting by hand.  

(He does wear glasses so I wanted to say something funny).  

All three stamps are by Stampabilities.

Hello, It's Me!

Hello everyone!  I know that I said I was back in the saddle again in July of 2015,  Well...I fell off big time!  So before it gets to be July 2016, I decided that I'd better post something.

I've been making lots of cards since then and I want to share them with you.  A lot of birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and other events have taken place between July 2015 and now.  So here are a few.

Birthday card for Grandson

The stamp on this card is from "Stamps by Judith" called Sadie Bell & Otto Cat.  I thought it was so cute.  The cats kind of look confused like, "What did you say?"

Mother's Day card for my Daughter-in-law

I made this card for my Daughter-in-law and this image does describe her.  The young woman is relaxed and on her laptop.  This is a digital image by Mo Manning.  I just love it. It was colored with colored pencils and gamsol.

Birthday card for my mother.  I used Spellbinder dies and pearls on this card.  The layout is a Splitcoast Stampers one.

Birthday card for my mother

These two cards are Mother's Day cards that I made for both my daughter and daughter-in-law.

The image is from C.C. Designs.  Again it's another young lady on her laptop!

The one with the purple nightgown on was for my daughter (her favorite color...and mine too).  And the one with the aqua or teal nightgown was for my daughter-in-law.

These are two cards I made for my father.  One for his birthday and one for Father's Day.

The stamped images on the birthday card are from Impression Obsession.  The stamped image on the birthday card is from Art Impressions.  I just love their stamps.

Father's Day card for my dad

Birthday card for my dad

 

Back in the Saddle Again

Hello there!  I have been absent from my blog for sooo long!  The last time I posted anything was on February 5, 2014.  That was almost 18 months ago!

But now I am going to commit myself to updating my blog on a consistent basis.  And I am going to start by posting the cards that I created from the stamps that I colored back in 2014.  So to refresh your memory, I will include the stamped images along with the completed cards.  Here they are:

"Rose cuddling the winter bunny" by Stampavie

Completed Valentine's Day card for my granddaughter Ketaliah

"Being together" by Stampavie

Completed Valentine's Day card for my granddaughter Keziah

"Puppy" by Stamps by Judith

Completed Valentine's Day card for my grandson Marcelus

"Love-struck squirrel" from Michales

Completed Valentine's Day card for my grandson Matthias