Another year older – Nov. 15, 2023

Today we have a birthday card with a turtle and two options for the inside insert. I haven’t glued the insert yet because I haven’t decided which to use. It is fun to have options!

Any turtle/tortoise fans out there? Kevin’s mom has a tortoise that roams the backyard in AZ (picture at the bottom!).

Stamp links: D250 Another Year, EE72 Mr. Turtle, DD71 Cake Time Fun Cube (Celebrate you!), F254 Birthday you enjoy, EE63 Squares, C320 Handmade Card Inside,

Handmade birthday card with a green turtle. In the right corner it says Celebrate you! and to the left it says, "Another year older another year wiser"

Handmade card half open. Front has a turtle and two phrases. Inside shows phrase "Have a birthday you enjoy the whole day through!"

Inside shows phrase "Have a birthday you enjoy the whole day through!" — Inside of card: Have a birthday you enjoy the whole day through!

Alternate inside stamps: F312 Happy Happy Happy Birthday, the just a note birthday is an older stamp that we are still trying to figure out what number it is and could be substituted with another but shows that stamps can last for years and continue to be used!

Inside shows phrase "Happy Happy Happy Birthday - Just a note to wish you happiness on your birthday!"

Triple flag Thanksgiving – Nov. 11, 2023

Dull Glossy Paper, Thanksgiving, triple flag

Another Thanksgiving card! This card has a lot of stamps on it and is so fun to make. We’ve had a very productive day and now time to make supper.

Stamp links: F214 Every Thought at Thanksgiving, GG38 Cornstalk, C320 Handmade Card Inside , A190 Tiny Heart, E289 happy thanksgiving, EE61 Carving Turkey, C292 Apple Pie, F235 Triple Flag, E287 Time to give thanks, E308 Cooking Pot

Triple Flag Cutting Die Link

These cards can be purchased with the triple flag already cut or a card can be created with the cutting die. Link is here: https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/triple-flag-card-making-die-trp-flg-crd-mkn

The Paper Cut – Triple Flag Link: http://thepapercut.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TPC&Product_Code=ZFTF&Category_Code=

Front of a triple flag thanksgiving card.

Inside of triple flag thanksgiving card. On left side, there is a cooked turkey, a cooking pot, and a pie. On the right, a cornstalk with phrase, "Every thought of you brings a special wish for all the warmth and joy of a truly wonderful Thanksgiving.

Wonderful thanksgiving – Nov 11, 2023

Dull Glossy Paper

Happy Saturday! The to do list is never ending and it is a day full of cleaning/chores. We are not hosting the holiday this year and are looking forward to gathering at my sister’s. Wahoo! Still need to prepare food of course but less work on the day. We just need to decide what we are bringing and have it ready. It is fun to host but with the surgery, we weren’t sure how I’d be feeling. Thankfully it is behind me now and I’m so glad I didn’t push it back. Nothing fun about surgery and told my doctors I would not be back in 2024! Links are below.

Stamp links: F214 Every Thought at Thanksgiving, GG38 Cornstalk, C320 Handmade Card Inside , C216 Turkey Sm

Dull Glossy Paper Link

White Felt Paper Link (The Paper Cut)

Thanksgiving card with blue, orange, and tan colors. On the left side of the words is a cornstalk in a blue pot. Words say, "Every thought of you brings a special wish for all the warmth and joy of a truly wonderful Thanksgiving."

Thanksgiving card with green, orange, and tan colors. There is a little turkey in the bottom left. Behind the front swatch is a burlap ribbon. Words say, "Every thought of you brings a special wish for all the warmth and joy of a truly wonderful Thanksgiving."

Follow His star – Nov. 6

Christmas Cards, Snowman

This is a simple Christmas card that really comes together after all the images get colored. The scene is all one stamp! To change the message on the card, the words at the bottom can be switched up. I have some in progress but didn’t get to color them yet as we decided to go to a holiday craft show at the high school for the Saturday afternoon.

To add some sparkle, I used a Nuvo Glitter Marker along the snow hills. Another option I want to do is dry embossing the words. Endless possibilities!

In the bottom photo, you might see a fish stamp… card coming to the blog soon!

Stamps: K020 Snowman Scene Large, D240 Those Follow His Star

Christmas scene on handmade card in front of a white background

Christmas scene on handmade card in front of black background

Thinking of you bouquet – Nov. 6

Dull Glossy Paper, Thinking of You

How cute is this pink and brown combo!? The white background piece on this card is white felt and the smaller white piece is dull gloss. The bouquet is colored with alcohol ink markers. This thinking of you comes as a set of 4 mini word stamps. The three other phrases with it are: Thank You, Happy Birthday, and Just Because.

White felt paper link (The Paper Cut)

Dull glossy paper link

Stamp links: DD13 Word Fun Cube, G375 Floral Bouquet 1

We are slowly getting back into our regular routines post surgery. Recovery is much quicker after this, hopefully, last surgery. Still resting but there’s also much to do!

Holiday cards – Oct. 13, 2023

Dull Glossy Paper, Halloween, Holiday, Thanksgiving

It’s almost holiday season! Thanksgiving is the holiday some of our extended family and friends can join us for and it is always a wonderful and special time together. We look forward to it every year!

For those who we are not able to get together with, we can send cards! It is not the same as being together in person but most years it is just not possible with family and friends spread all across the world.

Stamp links: F214 Every Thought at Thanksgiving; EE60 Pumpkin Pie; EE61 Carving Turkey; E308 Cooking Pot

Links: DD44 Ghost; CC54 Black Cat; FF39 Pumpkin Trio; B259 Boo! Bubble; C296 Treat for you Heart; A231 Spider Small

Wishing everyone a happy Friday!

Celebrate rose

Dull Glossy Paper, flowers

Happy Thursday! We went back to a familiar layout and circle rose for this card (link to previous post at the bottom!). We just skipped the extra piece of color backing the front white swatch and pop up. Opting instead to put directly on the white felt background. This makes the card easier to mail. We have a lot of half done cards but just need to get some time to complete them and take photos! Hopefully more posts soon. Stamp links are below.

Links: DD47 Circle Rose; C287 Celebrate; C320 handmade card inside

Three Potted Rose cards

Thank you and thinking of you

Creatures, Dull Glossy Paper, Frogs & Bugs, Thank You Cards, Thinking of You

Sharing two simple cards tonight. Both stamped on dull gloss paper and colored with copic markers. The grass on the lamb card was made with marker but the set does come with a grass stamp. I just didn’t use it for this card because it would have been too much for the layout. Although I might need to try some variations and you could give me your opinions! All for now, links are below.

Stamps:

CS104 Lamb Set

B305 Thank you

C320 Handmade Card Inside

Stamps: E343 Butterflies, E041 Thinking of you, C320 Handmade Card

Birthday Ewe!

Birthday, Cutting Dies w/ matching stamp, Dull Glossy Paper

Things are starting to look up around here. Healing is making big leaps and bounds and I am feeling more like myself.

Today is a cute and simple ewe card! Enjoy.

Stamps Used: F235 Triple Flag; C206 KB’s Lamb med ; EE59 Ewe Fun Cube; DD71 Cake Time Fun Cube;

Whew! Life!

Aliens, Birthday

So I know that we have been quiet lately. I ran into a slight snag in my recovery but back on the mend again! Today’s card is still on the sketch that I’ve been using lately. I just added another circle!

Stamp Links: F306 Space Alien; C325 Happy Birthday Human; B320 Be Weird; E341 Birthday Out of this World; AA10 Dual Dots;

Hope this finds you well in your world!

More!

Cutting Dies w/ matching stamp, flowers, With Sympathy

I have been having a good time stamping since my mobility is decreased due to the belly incision not healing right. I think it’s getting better but hard to tell! I start back to work 4 hours a day today – that’s probably all my brain can take. Looking forward to getting some kind of routines going again. This card is so elegant in real life- pictures don’t tell the whole story. Happy Monday!

Card Layout Continues

Cutting Dies w/ matching stamp, flowers, With Sympathy

G371 Heartleft Sympathy & GG51 Daisy Vase Lg

So I did take Kevin’s advice yesterday and didn’t “over due it” and stamped pretty much all day! I love this layout! I started with several sheets of 8.5×12 card stock and cut at 5.5” on the 11 inch side; then cut two pieces 4×5.25” and 3.75×5”. I discovered that you can’t score the paper under the circles to just cover the circles to save paper. You have to use a full 3.75×5 piece. Well, I guess you don’t have to but if you want your card to look good you need to! What I like about cutting several cards is then I can just make cards and not have to get up and cut every time. I did take two circle die cuts and cut out of the 4×5.35” paper- they did go on random – in other words I didn’t measure to get them in an exact spot. I scored the 3.75×5 all the way across- again it makes the cards even across.

Normally I would not tape these pieces together and stamp but because of the curl on the scored paper and I wanted a photo- I had to.

Will let this be all for now- but more to come!

Happy Saturday!

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