Mary's Craft Room

Flight of the Butterfly Thank You Card

2012-01-20T01:05:00.000-08:00

Hi to all of you! Hope you are staying warm, it sure is cold here!

Today I'm going to share a thank you card that I made to give to one of my clients. I received a belated Christmas gift from her and since it has been wild and crazy around here, it is late in being made and sent out to her, but I know she will understand as to why it is late.

I have always liked this stamp set but felt it was just a little bit to pricey for me to get, but when Stampin' Up had a Black Friday sale before Christmas and it was offered at 50% off, I just had to get the set! I just think it is so cute with the different ways you can stamp the butterflies and the cute "tails/sayings" that it has! I hope she likes it.

All products are Stampin' Up

Stamp set: Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose
Card Stock: Regal Rose and Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Subtles Collection
Punch: Scallop Edge Border
Pearls
Ribbon: Pretty In Pink
Sponge for sponging the edges

Thanks for dropping in and I hope my simple card helped to brighten you day! Mary

Valentine's Day Card in Red and Black

2012-01-17T16:10:00.000-08:00

Good morning too all of my blogging friends! This will probably be the last Valentine's day card I will post, I just don't need to many of them. I thought this time I would change it up and make one in red and black. On the left is my inspiration one, I received it last year from my friend, Chanda. You can see her card on her blog HERE. The stamp set she used is from Stampin Up, Valentine Define, but it is now retired. For my background I use a stamp from Tiny Tags. All products except ribbon, are Stampin Up.

Card stock: Real Red, Black, Whisper White and Red Glimmer Paper
Ink: Black Staz-On
Embossing Folder: Framed Tulip
Embosslit Die: Scalloped Heart of Hearts
Ribbon: non SU

Oh no, I accidentally hit send so I guess I should say, Good Evening, lol! Anyway, I hope you all have a crafty day/evening! Mary

Valentine's Day Card in Pink, #2

2012-01-16T01:03:00.000-08:00

As you can see I've been busy making Valentine cards, this year I'm ahead of the game, for a change, instead of waiting until the week before. This card is for another army girl who will also be shipped out soon to another post, so I wanted her to receive it before she moved. Again, I hope she likes pink too. The two army girls are roommates, so this time I wanted to make two different cards. The lady who requested cards for the girls had a chance to visit with one of them when she was home for the holidays and the girl told her how much they have enjoyed receiving the cards and when they would have a rough day, they would take the cards out and re-read the words of encouragement that were written on the inside of them. As they say, Kindness does matter. OK, as usual, everything is Stampin' Up.

Card stock- Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla
Stamps- En Francais, Bliss (retired SAB)
Ink- Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose
Embossing Powder- Clear
Punches- Scallop Trim Border, Full Heart
Ribbon- 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon
Pearls
Sponges

Well, this is my share for the day, hope your week is off to a great start! Happy crafting! Mary

Valentine's Day Card in Pink, #1

2012-01-14T08:45:00.000-08:00

Good Morning to everyone, hope your day is starting off to be a great one!

Today I would like to share a Valentine card that I made to send as a RAK for an army girl. I had to send it to her now, as she will be shipped to another base because her basic training is almost over. Hope she likes pink!

All products (except for the candlewicking thread) are Stampin' Up. Here is what I used....

Card stock- Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Whiper White
Punches- Postage Stamp, Jewelry Tag, Heart to Heart, 1 3/8" Square Punch
Embossing Folder-Framed Tulips
Ink-Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose
Ribbon-1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (from the Clearance Rack)

On the inside I used Teeny Tiny Wishes and stamped Happy Valentine's Day

Well this is all for this card, thanks for stopping in to see it and as always, I enjoy reading any comments you may leave! Happy crafting! Mary

Punch Art Thank You Cows

2012-01-10T10:45:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well and you all had a wonderful holiday season too. Mine was crazy, to say the least. Hubby had a total knee replacement on his right knee on December 20th, yup right before the Big One! He got out of the hospital on the 23rd and I've been busy since then, well actually about the whole month, tried to get alot done before his surgery, had my small family Christmas here on the 18th, which meant I had to clean the house really good because well it just seem like the perfect time to remodel our master bathroom too! Yep, life is not dull around here sometimes! But enough about this, your here because you want to see the card!

My dear friend, Linda, suprised me with a calendar from Chick-fil-A for my birthday last month, see I told you it was crazy here! Anyway, the calendar has black and white cows on it, I LOVE black and white cows and at our other house my kitchen was decorated with them, not overly, but some. Well she didn't know that but it was a sweet thing for her to do for me. So I needed to make a special thank you card for her. Now awhile back on Laura Lipe's blog she had a card just like this one but her cows were brown, so I CASE'D her card. Here is HER card. I used Stampin' Up punches, paper, ink to make this card, sorry I don't have the details, I forgot to write it all down, will do better next time, promise!

Well that's it for today, off to make a thinking of you card, thank you card and some Valentine cards! Hope you have a crafty day! Mary

Happy New Year 2012!!

2012-01-01T00:35:00.000-08:00

Hope you all have a happy, healthy New Year filled with many wonderful blessings!

Mary

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-25T01:05:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, from me to you!

Santa Thank You Note

2011-12-13T01:08:00.000-08:00

Well hello everyone! I hope your day is going along well, mine is so far!

I received a Christmas gift earlier this month and thought I would make this cute little 3 x 3 inch thank you note. I slipped this note inside the Christmas card that I sent to one of my clients, thanking them for remembering me at Christmas time. The only thing stamped on it is the sentiment, which is Teeny Tiny Wishes from Stampin" Up!. I first saw this Santa over on Patti Bennett's blog, he is made entirely with Stampin Up! punches. Isn't he just too cute and not very hard to make either. My upline Chanda, sent a kit to me to put one of these together, you can see her take on this cutie HERE. Chanda has all of the supplies listed on her post, so I will not repeat it here.

Well this is all I have for now, hope to see you again really soon! Oh, and have a crafty one too!

Mary

Snowman Christmas 2011

2011-12-11T01:16:00.000-08:00

Wow..I'm on a roll with my posting, and it sure feels good to be here to and visit with all of you!

I've had this Penny Black stamp, Hot & Cold, for about three years now and everytime I see this little guy, it brings a smile to my face! I made two of these cards to send to two young ladies who are in basic training with the Army. I thought it would brighten their day. The stamp and the embossing folder are not Stampin" Up! but everything else on the card is.

Supplies:
Ink: Stazon and Bashful Blue
Card Stock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Pretty In Pink
Markers: Tempting Turquoise, Pretty In Pink, Pumpkin Pie and Close to Cocoa (retired)
two-way glue pen
Dazzling Diamonds
blender Pen
sponge dauber
Stamp:Christmas Greetings
score tool

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing this cute snowman, have a wonderful day! Mary

D is for Dog Christmas Card 2011

2011-12-09T00:05:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I'm so glad that I can come back here to visit with all of you! I finally got all my Christmas cards made and most mailed out except for the family ones, have to write a note in those, but those seven will go quickly.

Here is a card that I made to send to our vet this year. I've always have tried to stamp some kind of animal on the front, hopefully I will be able to find one for next year, maybe a cat? All products were Stampin' Up! except for the embossing folder and the Santa hat sticker. Can you see the mistake I made? That's because I stamped the sentiment and the lower portion didn't come out as dark as I wanted, so I re-stamped it on a scrap piece of paper, cut it out and put it over the mistake. A stampers gotta do what a stamper needs to do, lol!

Supplies:
Stamp:Heard from the Heart
Ink: Stazon, Bashful Blue
Card stock: Whisper White, Black and Real Red
Glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds
sponge dauber
scoring tool

Well, that's it for this post. Hope you all are ready for Christmas. Today I'm going to get my parents gift and some supplies to make my Cookie Platters for the neighbors. Hope you all have a crafty day too! Mary

Shaving Cream Technique Card

2011-11-26T00:09:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Did you all survive the Black Friday sales? Nope, I don't go to them, too wild and crazy for me, ha!

Today I'm going to share a card kit that my upline, Chanda, sent to me recently. Isn't it so pretty?! I love the colors that she used and boy is it ever pretty in real life, this picture does not do the card justice! You can find Chanda's card HERE and the list of supplies that she used to make this card. If you would like to watch a video on how to make the shaving cream section of this card, you can see one HERE.

Well, I'm off to the craft room to start on my Christmas cards, hope you all have a great wee-end! Mary

Thanksgiving Cards 2011

2011-11-24T01:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I've got all of my side dishes made and my turkey breast roll is in the crock-pot cooking, so I thought I would share my two cards that I made with you. Aren't these little turkeys cute! I'm sending these to two young ladies who are in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. going thru basic training. I found the request for cards for the young ladies over on SCS and thought these turkeys were too cute not to share with them! I found the directions on how to make the turkeys HERE. Inside sentiment reads, "Happy Thanksgiving".

All the supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Card stock; Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Black and Whisper White

Punches; Owl Builder, 5-Petal, Scallop circle and Scallop Ribbon

Embossing folders; Hounds tooth and Square Lattice

Linen thread

I think that is all for this card. I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families! Oh, and try to have a crafty one too!!!! Mary

Christmas Card, Take #3

2011-11-21T01:09:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday to all of you, hope your week is off to a great start! Today I'm sharing another Christmas card that I made. Isn't it beautiful!! No, I'm not bragging, as it is not my design. I found this card on another stampers blog HERE. Didn't she do a lovely job?!! I just love the clean and simple design of this card and it goes together so quickly, which I need, as I need to make around 30 Christmas cards yet, yikes!! As you can see, I did add a thin piece of red card stock and three pearls to the card to make it my own. Now I didn't have the same pine cone stamp as she used, so I found the one I had in my stash of older stamps and I think it works just as well. I did add three small punched out berries and some Dazzling Diamonds to the snow on the pine cones. Sentiment inside reads "Merry Christmas".

Card Recipe:

Stamp set: Peaceful Season (retired) SU
Pine cone is non- SU
Card stock: Whisper White and Real Red- SU
Ink: Black- SU
Markers: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip- SU
Dazzling Diamonds-SU
Pearls-SU
Punch- Scalloped Edge Border punch and Owl Builder Punch- SU

Hope you all enjoyed my share today and hope you all have a crafty day too! Mary

Crosses of Hope

2011-11-14T01:03:00.000-08:00

Hello to all of you! The card I'm sharing today is for a lady who has pancreatic cancer and has decided not to receive treatment. Her daughter requested cards for her and I immediately thought of this stamp set. It is one that is passed over by many in the Stampin' Up! catalog but it has so many occasions you can use it for.

This is one card that I envisioned and it actually turned out like I envisioned it to be! Boy that doesn't happen very often either. I first stamped the image and cut it out, then I laid it on my card stock and sponged over the cross mask so that when I put the finished cross on, it would have the sponged blue background. I used my Martha Stewart fern punch (so glad I got that years ago!). The rest of the supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe:

Stamp set: Crosses of Hope (page 77)
Card stock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Pretty In Pink
Ink: Baja Breeze and Black Stazon
Markers: Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery and Old Olive
Ribbon: Whisper White
Seam Binding: Baja Breeze
Scallop Trim Border punch
dimensional

Well this is all for my share today, thanks for stopping in and have a crafty day! Mary

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-11T01:04:00.000-08:00

Good day to all of you! First I would like to take this time to say "Thank You" to all those who have served or still serving in the Armed Forces. Thank you for the many sacrifices that you have made to keep our country save and free for all of us to enjoy! I know many resturants will be offering free breakfast, lunch and dinners to all veterans on this day.

Here is a card that I will be mailing out once it gets closer to Thanksgiving to someone, I don't want to say who, as they read my blog from time to time. My friend Chanda, sent a card like this one to us when one of our relatives passed away last year. I really liked the layout so I kept the card. Yep, I get out the handmade cards that I receive and look at them from time to time! Chanda sent me the necessary pieces so that I could make this card for myself. She cut out pieces of thin cardboard to use as masks, than you take a piece of sponge and apply the colors of ink that you want for the background. It is a fairly simple thing to do, and I will be making some more of these again. I than used a marker, the fine line tip, and free-hand the line on the front. I used gold embossing powder on my leaves and a sponge dauber and sponged some ink on those. Sentiment inside reads, Happy Thanksgiving.

Card Recipe (all products are Stampin' Up!)

Card Stock; Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink; Old Olive, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Soft Suede and VersaMark
Stamp sets; French Foliage and Gently Falling

Thanks for stopping in to see my creations, I appreciate you!! Mary

It's a Wrap Holiday

2011-11-09T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, happy Wednesday! I hope you all are staying warm, it's cold here. Still trying to get use to the time change.

Today I want to share with you a card that I made to send to one of my clients who will be moving to another city soon and I wanted to send her a Thanksgiving card to welcome her to her new apartment. This will be a big life changing move for her, so I want to send her a card to let her know that I'm thinking of her. The stamp that I used was made to stamp onto Avery address labels, which you than wrap around a Hershey's nugget. I've seen other cards made with this stamp in this layout, so I wanted to try one too. The inside sentiment, of course, says "Happy Thanksgiving". I used VerasMark ink and clear embossing powder, I than used my sponge daubers to apply the colors to the embossed image.

Card Recipe, All products are from Stampin' Up!

Card stock; Old Olive, So Saffron, Very Vanilla and Pumpkin Pie
Ink; Pool Party, Old Olive, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie
Embossing Folder; Square Lattice
Whisper White ribbon

There you have it, quick and simple! Thanks for stopping by, see you soon...................Mary

RAK Card for a Little Boy

2011-11-07T01:00:00.000-08:00

Good day everyone! Hope you had a wonderful week-end!

I would like to share with you a card that I made for a little boy, 3 years old, who is fighting cancer. I found the request for cards on Splitcoaststampers and decided to make one to send to him. The person who requested the cards stated that he liked football, baseball and basketball. I used a set that I found on e-bay quite awhile back, thinking that it would be a good set to have on hand to make some boy cards with, so I was glad that I had it and could finally use it! The stamp set is a retired one called Two-step stamping Good Sport. I didn't use the second part of this set, just the ball images. All paper is from Stampin' Up, as is the ink.

Thanks for dropping in to see my creations, have a great day! Mary

FREE MDS Digital Downloads from Stampin' Up

2011-11-04T13:59:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone today starts the free digital downloads from Stampin' Up! I believe you get a total of 4 free! Way cool! All you need to do if fill out a survey HERE, or HERE If they get over 50,000 to fill out the survey they will add a 5th one for free! I believe this runs thru the 7th. Have a wonderful day!

Mary

Peaceful Season 2011

2011-11-04T01:08:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope your week has been going along well! Things have slowed down some here, for right now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring, right?!

Today I'm sharing a second card that I thought about using for my Christmas cards this year. My friend, Chanda, sent me a card kit last year for this card, but I did change it some. I'm trying to make sure that my cards are pretty flat so I don't have to pay extra postage, so I left the pretty brad off. I did add a tree that I made from the Petite Pennants builder punch. The little tree stand is a stamp from the Pennant Parade. I used the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder that I brayed some Crumb Cake ink too, it looks like I could have added just a touch more of the Crumb Cake ink to it to make the embossing stand out some more. The sentiment stamp is from the retired Peaceful Season's set that was offered as a mini catalog hostess set last year.
Once again, I'm stumped on what sentiment to stamp on the inside of my card, any suggestions?

I appreciate you taking the time to stop in to see my cards, I appreciate it so very much! Mary

Peace On Earth

2011-11-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope you all survived all of the little goblins and ghouls that made the rounds on Monday. We ran out of goodies, so we had to shut off our front porch light!

It hit me the other day that Christmas is coming..SOON!! So I've been playing around with my Christmas stamps trying to design a card for the one's I will be mailing out this year. Yes, this card does look very familiar, doesn't it. That's because I made one very similar last year, but this time around I used a brayer and applied the ink to the embossing folder that I used instead of sponging the background. Applying the ink to the background makes this card very simple and FAST to make. I used some Bashful Blue ink for the background and Black for the sentiment. I also used the Northern Flurries embossing folder. I used some Heat and Stick powder, than added some Dazzling Diamonds to give the snowflakes for sparkle. Now I'm trying to decide what sentiment to stamp on the inside of the card. Any suggestions??

Well off to try another idea, maybe this will be my Christmas card this year, we shall see. Thanks for stopping by to see me! Mary

BOO!!

2011-10-31T16:45:00.000-07:00

Hello Doily Happy Birthday Card

2011-10-24T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Long time no see. Sorry to be missing for so long, will try better to stay more on top of things! Boy it has been such a long time since I sat down and made a card, it sure felt good to make this one!

This card is very simple, quick and easy to make. I started with Very Vanilla card stock and used Versa mark ink. Than I sprinkled it with clear embossing powder. I than sponged on some Soft Suede ink so that the embossed image would stand out and make the doily look like ecru. Than I use my spritzer tool and my Soft Suede marker to add to the background. I put a pearl in the center of the doily for just an added touch. I used the scallop oval and wide oval punch for my sentiment. I wanted to add just a touch of color, so I used the flower punch from the Itty Bitty punch pack and also added a pearl to each center. The flowers are made from Bashful Blue card stock with some Soft Suede lightly sponged to the edges. Stamp set is Petite Pairs.

Hope you like my simple card and have a wonderful day! Mary

Four Frames Card

2011-09-28T07:52:00.000-07:00

Good morning to all of you! It's such a beautiful day here, I hope it's sunny and fallish where you are too!

I made this card to send out as a RAK card to a lady who is going through cancer treatment right now, I hope it lifts her spirits some when she receives it. This card will remind you of the one that I made for Chanda as her birthday card. I had some left-over items to use, so I came up with this one. I used the Four Frames stamp set and the sentiment stamp from On the Grow. This time I lightly sponged the raised embossed areas with Soft Suede ink, added some Pretty In Pink ribbon, some more crochet trim and thought it looked finished. Card stock is Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla. I lightly colored in the roses in the frame with Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery to add just a hint of color. I used my Decorative Label punch to punch out the frame and added some Rich Razzleberry card stock behind it so it would stand out from the Very Vanilla.

Well that is my share for today, thanks to stopping in to see what I've been up too! Mary

Happy Birthday Chanda!!

2011-09-24T01:03:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!! I have a birthday card I would like to share with you, it is for my special Internet friend, Chanda! Today is her birthday and I wanted to make a special card for her, well, because she is special! She has the GREATEST sense of humor, just love it!

Okay onto the card. First I started with a card base of Rich Razzleberry because when it is paired with Very Vanilla, looks elegant, to me anyway and this is a special card. Than I took a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and ran it through the small frame embossing folder, which I than cut out. Hmm....the frame needed something else, so I took my retired Sanded background stamp with some Crumb Cake ink and used that to add some character to it, perfect! Than I took one of the stamps from Just Believe and stamped out the image I wanted onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock, the sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set. I lightly sponged the edges of the "picture" inside the frame. I ran some Very Vanilla card stock through the Stripe and Dotted Swiss embossing folders, cut them to the size I wanted, than I added some 3/4" circle punches cut into half the the top part of the Stripe card stock piece (click on image to see better). I found some old crochet trim in my craft closet and added that too! I used my Bow marker and some Crumb Cake seam binding to make a bow that I attached with glue dots. It seem to be missing something, so I got out my tag punch and the Tag stamp set and a safety pin and added the "friends" to the trim below the bow. Whew...this card fought me tooth and nail to be made, nothing seem to go right when I was making this card, but I was determined to win the battle, LOL!!!

Inspiration for this card was found HERE

Well that is my post for the day, hope you all have a good one, especially, you Chanda!! Mary

Wedding Invitation Re-make

2011-09-21T01:03:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a great day today. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words of sympathy, they really help me through this hard time with losing our Molly. Some days are great and others not so great but we are starting our healing process.

Today I would like to share a card that I made from a wedding invitation that we receive about a month ago. I know I should have taken a picture of the actual invite, but just plain forgot to. The circle with the "S" on it was part of the invitation, I used my 1 3/4" circle punch to punch it out. The two side pieces under the "S" was a long strip that was used as a belly-band to hold the invitation shut. I took that piece and put it through the lace ribbon border punch. Than I was at a stand still for a couple of weeks. I finally got around to making the card just last week. I cut out a piece of Whisper White card stock to adhere to my card front, but before I did, I used my bone folder and paper cutter to score some accent lines around the piece of card stock. If you click on the picture, you will be able to see it much better. I adhered the two small pieces of lace ribbon border on the card, than popped up the "S" with some dimensional. For the finishing touch, I added two pearls to either side. Stamped my sentiment on the lower right hand corner and was done. I love the clean, simple and elegant look of this card! Oh, I also took some left over border pieces and adhered them to the inside of the card along with a sentiment. This is the card that we will be giving to the new couple next week-end, sure hope they like my re-make of their invitation!

Stamp set: Petite Pairs

I hope you enjoyed my simple card today and thanks for dropping by to see me! Mary

Good-bye to Our Sweet Molly

2011-09-17T10:13:00.001-07:00

Good-bye, sweet Molly we will all miss you so much. You were our gentle giant and you gave us unconditional love for the last 12 1/2 years. We were so lucky to get you from the family that could no longer keep you and you brought so much joy and happiness into our lives. Now you and Samantha can run and play, once again, with each other. Until we see you again, love you much.

Love from your human "pack".

Pizza Anyone??

2011-09-14T01:03:00.000-07:00

Good morning to everyone! I hope your Wednesday is going great so far. Oh, I'm enjoying this cooler weather, it has been so nice.

Today I'm going to share a card that I made as a thank you card for my husbands' cousin. She invited us to a local pizza place last week to join her and her siblings to chat and visit, it was so nice and than she surprised us by paying for everyone's pizza too! So I just had to make a special card for her. I found the directions for this card HERE It is time consuming, but so worth the results and you can easily add more "toppings" to it. The pizza we had that night was pepperoni, so that is what I wanted to make. The only stamp set I used was the Petite Pairs by Stampin' Up for the sentiment on the inside. The card stock I used was Very Vanilla for the cheese, Crumb Cake for the crust and Cajun Craze for the pepperoni and the sauce. The pepperoni was made with the one inch circle punch with Cajun Craze marker dab around along with a white gel pen. Crumb cake ink was sponged around all of the edges. After I was done making this I wanted a piece of pizza so bad!

Well that is my share for the day, hope you get some crafting in today too, now back to painting trim in the house. Have a crafty day.............Mary

Remembering 9-11

2011-09-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

Here is a video I would like to share with all of you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7b2ZTlWiOg&feature=player_embedded.

Mary

Labor Day 2011

2011-09-05T01:06:00.000-07:00

I wish you all a safe, happy and lazy Labor Day! Thanks for stopping in to say HI!

Mary

Petal Cone Santa

2011-09-03T18:16:00.000-07:00

Happy Labor Day weekend to all of you! So far our's has been quite and restful, which is nice!

Today I wanted to share a 3-D project that I made. I found the inspiration for this cutie in the current Current catalog that my daughter got in the mail this week. The minute I saw this, I knew I could make those with my Petal Cone die from Stampin' Up. Wouldn't these be cute as table favors?! I included the picture from the catalog so you could see what my inspiration looked like.

I cut out two petal cone die shapes from Real Red card stock, this would also be so cute made with the Red Glitter paper too! I took a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock and ran it thru the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, I than cut the piece to measure 1 3/4 inches tall, used some Tombow glue to adhere it to the box and trimmed the sides. Than I sponged some Blush Blossom ink (retired) onto another scrap piece of Whisper White, used Tombow glue, and adhered it right above the beard, trimmed again. I used the Two-step Bird punch and puched out two wings to use as Santa's mustache, attached with Tombow glue. Oh I did lightly sponge the edges with Bashful Blue ink to give it some depth. For the collar of his hat I used the Scalloped Circle punch and punched it twice, adhere. Nose was punch with the circle from the Itty Bitty Shape Punch Pack. Eyes were punched from the Cupcake Builder punch, used a white gel pen to make highlights for nose and eyes. For the pompom on top of hat, I used the 3/4 inch circle punch and than added Dazzling Diamonds.

There you have it, I think it turned out very nice, what do you think? Hope you all have a fun, safe holiday with your family and friends, oh and some crafting too! Mary

On the Grow Birthday Card

2011-08-31T17:06:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone it sure was a hot day here again and for the next 2 days too, so it was a good day to stay inside and play in the craft room!

I think this is about one of my favorite stamps that I've gotten recently. I LOVE to color, even as a little girl. One year for Christmas I got a box of crayons with 96 crayons in it and I really had a hard time letting anyone else use them as I didn't want my boy cousins' to break them, I wanted them to last forever! I really had a fun time with my blender pen and ink pad and markers the other day coloring this. I will definitely be making more cards with this stamp!

See the plaid background? I did that with an ink pad, brayer and the new Stampin' Up Stripes embossing folder. You ink up your brayer and apply the ink to one side of the embossing folder, run it thru your machine, than re-ink the folder again, but turn your card stock, than run it thru your machine a second time and that is what you get! I found this techiqune HERE, you will have to scroll down the post to see the card, Jan's card is so pretty too!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: On the Grow, Petite Pairs
Ink: Pool Party (use this with the blender pen to color the glass jar with), Black StaZon, Pretty In Pink and Black
Markers: Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Bashful Blue
Card stock: Pretty In Pink, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Embossing folders: Dotted Swiss, Stripes
Brayer
Seam Binding: Certainly Celery
Punch: Oval-medium
Sponge
Sticky Strip

Well, that is it for this post, I hope you all have a great day too! Mary

Sunny Fun using Color Coach

2011-08-29T06:58:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Sorry to be MIA but with hubby at home every day, life is different around here now, not in a bad way, but it is just different! We've been busy around the house and yard trying to catch up things that were put off because of the very HOT summer we had.

Here is the third image that is in the Sunny Fun stamp set, it also has two sentiments too. I didn't know what colors to use so I pulled out my Color Coach and started with Tempting Turquoise as the card base. I also used Real Red and Pumpkin Pie. This is way out of my comfort zone but seeing it here on the screen, I like how summery and cheerful it turned out! I colored the image in with my markers and put three brads in the top corner. Before I put everything on the card base, I ran it thru the new embossing folder, Stripes, from Stampin' Up to give it some texture.

Well that is it for today, hopefully I will be able to schedule more time in the craft room this week, have a great day! Mary

Hello Doily Retro Card

2011-08-16T06:20:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great day today, I know I am.

Well as you noticed on the post title, I called this a retro card. You are probably wondering why. As a small girl growing up in a small town in Iowa (1950's), I saw many of these types of doilies in my Grandmother's house. She would daily pick up her crochet hook and do some kind of creating with it. I remember seeing at least one doily crochet with turquoise thread. Boy, some of the doilies that she use to make were really works of art. Oh and of course you had to always starch them to make them lay just so or even stand up with some of the patterns. Oh and not all doilies where white or ecru, they would use other colors too!

When I saw this stamp set in the catalog, I immediately thought of my mom and grandma, so I had to get it. My mom is going thru some health issues with her one eye and so I made this to send to her to let her know that I have her in my prayers. I sure wish I could share this with my grandma! I used all Stampin' Up! products.

Card recipe is:
Card stock: Black, Whisper White and Tempting Turquoise
Stamp: Hello Doily!
Ink: Tempting Turquoise and Black

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my simple creation! Thank you so much for dropping in and visiting with me for awhile, I LOVE company, lol! Have a crafty day......................Mary

Sunny Fun Using Sketch Challenge #215

2011-08-13T12:16:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone, sorry to be MIA, but the hot spell has been broken here and hubby and I have been busy working in the yard, which was way long overdue because of the heat. The yard is finally starting to look good again and YA we had over an inch of rain too!

Here is another image from the stamp set called "Sunny Fun" out of the holiday mini from Stampin' Up!. I also used the Stamping 411 sketch from last week end and flip it on it's side. I left the sentiment off and will add one later as I need it.

Recipe:
Card stock: So Saffron, Pool Party, Whisper White and Not Quite Navy
Designer paper is from the Subtles package
Embossing folder; Lattice Square
Ribbon; 1/4 inch So Saffron
SU markers

Thanks for stopping in to see me, I appreciate it! Mary

Touch of Kindness, Sketch Challenge #215

2011-08-08T01:06:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, how has your day started off?

Today I want to share a card that I made so that I could play along with the Stamping411 gals. You can find the sketch challenge HERE. They can be alot of fun to play along with.

I used all Stampin' Up! products for this card. The stamp set is in the summer mini and it is called Touch of Kindness. I used Marina Mist, Crumb Cake and Whipser White card stock. The larger piece of Marina Mist has been run thru the lattice embossing folder. I used StaZon black ink to stamp my image with and markers to color it in with. Seam binding is also Marina Mist. Crumb Cake seam binding would have been nice on this too. Oh, I used the subtles designer series paper for the background behind the cat.

Thanks for visiting with me today! Have a crafty one................Mary

Happy Moments Thank You Card

2011-08-05T01:07:00.000-07:00

Hi to all of you! Well, it has cool down some in our neck of the woods, hopefully this awful heat wave is over!

Today I want to share a card that was inspired by THIS ONE. As you can see I didn't copy it totally because for one thing I didn't have any of that ribbon and I don't have any of those brads either, so I used what I had handy. The ribbon was a scrap that was lying on my table but was not long enough to make a bow with, so I put down some red sticky tape and made the ends pretty and bunched it up in the middle! Now I added a safety pin with a tiny tag punch stamped with "Thank You" on it. Since it is just pinned to the ribbon, I can always change the sentiment, if I need too. The embossed area is done with the new embossing folder from Stampin' Up!. I love how elegant it makes a card look and feel! The stamp set is a retired one from Stampin' Up! called Happy Moments; card stock is Whisper White and the image is colored in with SU markers. Ribbon and safety pin are non su. A very clean and simple card and quick too!

Hope it is starting to cool off in your parts and thanks for stopping by.................Mary

Quilted Thinking of You Card

2011-08-03T01:06:00.000-07:00

Hello to all of my card making friends! Hope you are all doing well and your week too! Yesterday it got to 108 degrees here, now that is just WAY to HOT! I can't wait for fall now, my poor flowers and yard are just totally gone.

Today I want to show you my first attempt on making a inlaid embossed quit pattern. It's ok, I think I should have made the rings a solid color instead of using designer paper or used solid card stock for the pieces in the circles. I'm going to experiment with this some more to see if I can improve on the looks of this. I found some samples of this type of card on Mary Fish's blog HERE . Oh my are they ever so pretty! Click on the picture to get a better view.

I used mainly Stampin' Up! products.
Card stock: Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Ink: Black
Lattice die
Stamp set: On the Grow (sentiment)
pearls
Ribbon: Pretty In Pink
Designer paper- non SU
Tombow glue (green and white container)

Well that is my share for today, I'm glad you stopped by to visit with me, stay cool! Mary

Elegant Wedding Card

2011-08-01T11:50:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, how are you all doing? This heat makes me think of a Sonny and Cher song, "An the Beat Goes On", except it should be..."and the heat goes on, and the heat goes on...". Now try and get that out of your head for the rest of the day...me BAD!!

Ok, I want to share with you a card that I made for one of my cousin's who is getting married next month, well actually, I think he is my second cousin, but none the less, a cousin. I asked his mom what the colors were for the wedding and she said they were black and white with just a hint of red. Well the first thing that popped into my head was this card. I showed one of these last year on my blog HERE. I found the pattern for this card on Stamp-n-Design. It is a FREE pattern!! This time when I made it, I added some Dazzling Diamonds to the dress, so pretty! I used Stampin' Up! Bride Speciality paper which is retired, scraps of red ribbon and red card stock and some non-SU button brads. Just click on the picture to get a closer view of the card. Also added a pearl because I didn't have any sparkly brads to use, but I think it came out really nice! What do you think??? Please leave a comment and let me know, thanks!

Well that's it for today, hope to see you back again soon! Mary

Awash with Flowers Thinking of You RAK

2011-07-29T01:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Are we all well done by now, or do we need to be flipped over and cooked some more!? I sure hope it cools down sometime soon, alot of the yards around here are all brown and it is like walking on straw.

Today I used a stamp set that needs to have more use than what I've been giving it, it's really a easy stamp to use, it is what they call a two-step stamp. First you stamp the out line, than you stamp the inside. I've seen where some stamp the outline on designer paper, that is also another way to use it too.

This one is one I will send out as a RAK to a young women who will be going thru cancer surgery again and needs some cheering up. I hope my simple card will brighten her day some. I used Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Marina Mist card stock. For the ink I used Marina Mist, Pretty In Pink, Black, So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz. Seam binding is also Marina Mist. The sentiment is from the On the Grow stamp set. I also lightly sponged the edges of Whisper White with some Marina Mist. All products are Stampin' Up!.

I think that is all for this post and please stay cool and make sure to check on your older friends to make sure they are staying hydrated and cool too. Have a great day....................Mary

Elegant Bouquet Thank You Card

2011-07-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hello, hello, hello! I'm so glad you are here to visit with me!

Ok, here is a card that I made to give to my husbands' boss. My husband is going to retire on Friday after working for the government for over 40 years! My hubby didn't want a big retirement party, so just his immediate co-workers, him, oldest daughter and I went out for a nice lunch at one of his favorite BBQ places. Hubby's boss was so kind to buy our lunch for us, so I needed to write a nice thank you note to let him know how much we enjoyed and appreciated his kindness!

I ran the Crumb Cake card front thru the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder. Than with a piece of Marina Mist, I embossed it with the rectangle Designer Frames. I cut a piece of Whisper White to insert inside of the frame. I used the Sincere Salutations and Crumb Cake ink for the sentiment. Now, if I would have been making this for a female I would have added some ribbon. Very simple and easy to do! All products are Stampin' Up!.

Thanks for stopping in, hope you have a crafty day................Mary

Hello Card

2011-07-25T01:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope your week starts out good and continues that way too!

Today I want to share an easy card that I made. My friend Linda (Hi Linda!!) came over last Friday after we had gone out for our monthly breakfast date. She's asked me a number of times to come and see how I make a card, so I shoveled out the dirt and dog hair in the house and said "come on over". I recently got this stamp and it was out on my table, so I grabbed it and a few markers and this is what I stamped. Than I sprayed some homemade glimmer mist on it, of course you can't see that in the picture but we could! Than I showed her how to sponge around the edges to add more color to the front. I asked her if she wanted to try and she said no...I'm going to work on her and have her come back and teach her how to have fun! I told her that later I would do something with it, and here is the card that I came up with. I used a piece of seam binding leftover from another card, just enough to make this pretty bow for the front of the card. Ran some Marina Mist thru the tulip embossing folder and added to Pear Pizzazz behind the stamped image. I colored in the stamp with Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso.

All products used were Stampin' Up!.

Thanks to stopping in to see me, would love to hear from you, have a great week! Mary

Lace Ribbon Thank You Card

2011-07-23T01:04:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, just click on my blog and saw it was blank! I swore that I had something written (it's 6:10 pm here in KC). So I better get busy and tell you about my card!

I recently got some new items to stamp and punch and play with, so I had to make a card. The paper is called Pool Party and I just love the color of it! The embossing folder is a mini one, it comes in a set of two and this one is just so elegant, love how this turned out! Than the punch piece is a new Lace Ribbon punch. I dressed it up by punching out 1 inch circles of black card stock that I glued to the back, just the right touch of color to the card. The sentiment is from a stamp set called, Watercolor Trio, which is retired. All of the products are from Stampin' Up!. I found the inspiration for this card at rubberfunatics.

Hope you enjoyed our visit and hope to see you soon! Mary

Blossom Bouquet Thank You Card

2011-07-21T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Hope your day is going great!

I got to play in my craft room a couple days ago and here is a card that I made. I found the layout for this card at TwoHappyStampers. I don't have all of the colors of card stock that they used so I used what I had on hand and also made this for my daughter to use. I apologize for the not-so-wonderful picture, looks so much better in real life.

I used all Stampin' Up! products and here is the card recipe:

Stamp set:Pretty Postage

Ink:Stazon white

Card stock:Pretty In Pink, Whisper White and Black

Punches:Postage Stamp,Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer, Scallop Edge and small flower-non SU

Pearls

Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder

Tombow glue (green and white bottle)

dimensionals

Thanks for dropping in to see me and have a crafty day too..................Mary

Sunny Fun

2011-07-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, hope you are are staying cool, we are having a heat wave, for the next 5 days, 99 degrees or more everyday! I feel sorry for people who don't have any air conditioning.

A couple weeks ago, our neighbors asked us to come over for hot dogs and swimming. Now the hot dog part I'm cool with, but the swimming part, well let's just say that my body hasn't seen a bathing suit in over 10 years! So hubby and I enjoyed sitting by the pool and talking, we even got to meet some other neighbors, which is always nice!

When I saw this stamp set in the holiday mini, I immediately thought of our next door neighbors, this is a really fun set to have. It also has flip-flops and various ice cream treats too, will have to show you the others soon.

Card Recipe (All SU products unless noted):
Stamp set: Sunny Fun
Card stock: Pool Party, Whisper White, Early Espresso and So Saffron
Ink pads: Pool Party, Stazon-black and Bashful Blue
Various markers to color in the image (I LOVE to color!)
Blender pen, sponges
Flip-flop punch: non SU

Thanks for dropping in to see me and stay cool too...................Mary

All Occasion Card using Strength & Hope

2011-07-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, hope you are having a great day today!

I wanted to share a simple and easy card with you today. I'm trying to get my mojo back and this is a good start to getting back into the card making groove, you know what I mean, "wink"! I was off all last week and had great plans to be in my craft room the whole time, but it just seemed to happen, there was always something else more important that would come up and I just didn't get awhole lot done, unless you consider cleaning the house so the health department didn't come and put tape across the doors important!!

OK, enough with the blabber, no I didn't forget to put a sentiment on the front of the card, I left it blank on purpose so if I needed a card really quick, all I would have to do is make one and stick it on, love that! I cut some squares and rotated them to get the background under the butterfly.

Card Recipe (All Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Strength & Hope, EnFrancais, Solid Stripes (I used this to make my own designer paper under the butterfly!)
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Pear Pizzazz
Card stock:Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz and Pretty In Pink
Pearls
Dazzling Diamonds (you'll have to click on the picture to see it better)
Glue pen

Happy Fourth of July

2011-07-04T01:06:00.000-07:00

I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with family, good friends and good food too! Be safe and enjoy the fireworks!

Happy crafting.................Mary

Welcome Neighbors, SSC209

2011-06-28T11:05:00.001-07:00

Oh, Hi everyone! Sorry to be missing for a whole week. Just been goofing off and not doing much of anything.

Today I'm sharing a card that I made to welcome some new neighbors that have moved in two houses up from us! Hope they are nice and friendly! I used a sketch layout that I found over at Stamping411, it sure makes it alot easier to make a card much faster when you have a layout to follow. Now I found that the measurements for layer 3 had to be tweak just a bit, so make sure you lay out your layers first to make sure you have some space in between them.

Card Recipe:
Stamp set- Good Neighbor (SAB-retired)
card stock- So Saffron, Mellow Moss (retired) and Welcome Neighbor dsp (SAB-retired)
Ink- Old Olive and Crumb Cake
Markers- Real Red and Early Espresso (used black to write in "Welcome")
punches- scallop and 1 3/4" circle

Thanks for dropping in to see my creation today, hope you have a crafty one..............Mary

Ice Cream Bar Card

2011-06-21T01:43:00.000-07:00

Well in a couple of days it will be my dad's birthday. It is so hard for me to find cards for men, as I don't like to buy stamps that after making one card with you can't use again, meaning, you can't keep using the same one for all future cards for the same person. Does that make sense? Anyway, one day I was blog surfing and came across this cute little card at Polka dot and Paper. She actually had two ice cream bar cards on it and I decided to make this one. Of course, after I had the card all put together, noticed that I forgot to emboss the ice cream bar, but that's OK. Once you figure out how big to make your bar, it goes together very quickly!

Card Recipe:
Ink-Early Espresso
Stamp set-Bring on the Cake
Card stock-Whisper White, Early Espresso and Mellow Moss (retired)
corner rounder
scallop circle and word window punches
dimensional
All products are Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stoppin by to see me, I appreciate any or all comments.....................Mary

I Have a New Blog

2011-06-20T16:57:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that from today forward I will be posting only cards or paper projects on this blog. In the future I will post everything else like recipes, hints, tips, crafty projects on my other blog I Can't Believe I Made That. I hope that you will come on over and view what is going on over on it! Thanks for all of your support, oh and I will continue to do this blog too, I know, crazy!

Mary

Happy Father's Day, Dad

2011-06-18T04:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's day to all the dad's out there, a day early! Hope you all have a relaxing, fun day with your family.

Here is the card that I made to give to my dad tomorrow. He loves dogs, so this is perfect for him! I will add a gift card of some kind for him to enjoy.

I used all Stampin! Up products. I lightly sponged the background so that the images didn't look like they were floating in the air. I even stamped the dog on the envelope too.

Card stock; Whisper White, Baja Breeze and subtles designer paper
Ink; Baja Breeze, black, creamy caramel, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, real red, brilliant blue, certainly celery and bashful blue
Stamp sets; Friends Fur-ever, Sanded and Teeny Tiny Wishes

I hope you all have a great week-end with your love ones..................Mary

Flower Garden Sympathy Card

2011-06-16T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi to everyone! I hope all is well with you. A friend of ours recently loss her husband, he had been sick off and on for many years and had just recently found out he had lung cancer. We were sorry to hear of his sudden passing. This is the card that I made to send to her and her family.

I used an embossing folder to make the flowers on the card stock, than took sponge daubers to apply ink to the raised areas. Maybe next time, I will add a few pearls to it to dress it up some.

All products Stampin! Up.

Card stock- Whisper White and Regal Rose

Testured embossing folder- Flower Garden

Stamp set- Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink- Marina Mist, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose

Ribbon- Pretty In Pink

Bye for now.................Mary

Postage Stamp Thank You Notes

2011-06-14T04:04:00.000-07:00

Hi to all of you! Sorry to be gone for so long but was very busy with the garage sale, which turned out to be a very big success, especially for the oldest daughter, she sold over $400 worth of clothing!! We got rid of alot of other items too, so we all were very happy and will be doing another one when our home associations has it in September.

Here are some more thank you notes that I did for the daughter, this time with the colors done differently. She wants black, white and pink so that is the colors I will stick with for her. I used all Stampin! Up products. After seeing them in the picture, it looks like I needed to take more time to put my pearls on straighter, next time I will be more careful!

Card stock- Whisper White, Black, and Pretty In Pink
Ink-Pretty In Pink
punches- Postage Stamp and Decorative edge
Stamp set- Pretty Postage and Easter Blossoms
pearl

Thanks for dropping by to see me, hope you have a crafty day..............Mary

Masculine Card

2011-06-03T04:08:00.000-07:00

Well this week went by fast, my week is all messed up from the holiday we just celebrated. It is Friday right, lol!

Today I want to share another card kit that my upline, Chanda sent awhile back, just got around to putting it together. You can get all of the details by visiting her blog HERE. Her creativity just amazes me at time, she is very creative for sure! Thanks Chanda for your card kits, I really enjoy receiving them!

I hope you all have a great week-end. I may be missing for a couple of days, trying to get ready for a garage sale, but will post if possible.....have a crafty week-end......Mary

Just Believe

2011-06-01T08:30:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, hope you all had a relaxing Memorial week-end! We were busy trimming bushes and what not around the house, but glad to get a good start on it before the real heat of summer sets in! Oh, and we didn't get any poison ivy either, big plus for hubby!

This is another RAK card for a lady who takes care of elderly people and she hurt her neck, hope she has a fast recovery!

I used all Stampin' Up! products. I stamped the image, sponged the background and just wasn't too happy with the results, so I ran it thru the square lattice embossing folder and I think that added some interest to it. I probably could have added some pearls too (if I had thought of it).

Ink- Pear Pizzazz, black & Marina Mist
Card stock- Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz & Marina Mist
Seam binding- Marina Mist
punch- Decorative label

Thanks for droppin by to see my latest creation, I appreciate it.............Mary

Daughters' Thank You Notes

2011-05-27T04:03:00.000-07:00

Hi to all of you!

I just wanted to show you three of the thank you notes that I made for my daughter, had to get her approval before I make too many of them, lol! She requested black, white and pink colors. These are 3" x 3", she had decided that she will include these in with her customer's orders. Now she wants some A2 size ones to give to whomever host a party with her.

Note card recipe:
Card stock- Whisper White, Pretty In Pink & Black
Ink- Pretty In Pink
Stamps- Lovely Letters, Easter Blossoms, Tiny Tags
Punches-Scallop circle punch, Tiny Tag punch, 1 3/8" punch, Eyelet border punch
ribbon- non SU
safety pin- non SU
pearl

Hope you like my small thank you cards, thanks for stopping by.............Mary

Thinking of You Card 2011, #2

2011-05-25T03:43:00.000-07:00

Good day to everyone, hope your day if off to a good start.

The card I'm sharing today is one that I made for my friend, Esther. She had one of her knee's replaced last week and I wanted to send her a card to let her know I'm thinking about her and to wish her a speedy recovery too.

I semi-followed Stamping 411 sketch, #204. You can see the sketch by clicking HERE .

It sure does help making a card alot easier sometimes, especially when you have had little sleep because one of your dogs is afraid of thunderstorms, not that I would know about that at all, lol!

All Stampin' Up products used, here is the recipe:

Stamp sets- Herb Expressions, Teeny Tiny Wishes

card stock- Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

designer series paper- subtles collection

ribbon- Certainly Celery

Markers- Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace

pearls

Thanks for stopping by to see my latest creation, have a crafty day...............Mary

Joy Fold Card

2011-05-23T04:04:00.000-07:00

As promised, here is the last of the card kits that I received from my upline, Chanda. I'm late in showing these to you as these were the cards that her club members made in April. You can find the card recipe on her blog by clicking here I just love the color combination that she used on this card, it is so pretty!

This is all of the card kits for now, will be posting some more in the future, now I need to get busy and make some thank you cards for my daughter, she has just recently started selling Mary Kay, so I had better get the move on!

Thanks to stopping to visit with me today..........Mary

Inlayed Embossing Card

2011-05-21T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hey, hey, hey, hope you all are having a wonderful day!

Again I'm sharing a card that I received as a card kit from my upline, Chanda. You can see her card by clicking HERE Chanda has all of the supplies listed on her blog. Hope you are enjoying her cards, they are alot of fun to put together too! In a couple of days I will show you the last card kit that I got from her.

Until then have a crafty day....................Mary

Oh, just wanted to welcome any new blog followers too! It's always nice to see new faces!!

Key to my Heart

2011-05-19T04:17:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone, hope your day is off to a GREAT start!

Today's card is a card kit that I received from my upline, Chanda. She is soo sweet to me, when she has her card club every month, she also sends me the kits to make the same cards as her class did, pretty cool, huh!! Now I will send you on over to her BLOG by clicking here to get a list of all the items she used to make her card with. Thanks Chanda!!

Hope to see you all back here soon.........Mary

More Thank You Cards

2011-05-17T04:14:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Today I want to share some more thank you cards that I made, you can never have too many!

As you can see, they are pretty simple, I was using the Stamping 411 sketch from the previous week. Those sketches sure make it easy to put cards together with their different layouts!

I used the following:
Pocket Silhouettes and Strenght & Hope stamp sets
Whisper White card stock
Pretty In Pink card stock
Early Espresso card stock
Prettyin In Pink ink
Regal Rose ink
Early Espresso ink
5 Petal punch
BoHo punch
brad
pearl
All products are Stampin' Up!

Thanks for dropping in to see me and I hope you have a crafty day also........Mary

Strength & Hope

2011-05-15T13:05:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, how are you all doing? It is on the chilly side here and no sun either, it is very dreary here this week-end.

Today's card is one that came together very quickly, for me anyway, which is always nice. I think it only took about 15 minutes to make. This card was mailed as a "thinking about you" for a card request over on Splitcoaststampers. This stamp set is offered by Stampin' Up and every set that is order, they donate $2.00 to the Breast Cancer Research Fund. Since my mother is a breast cancer survivor, I really wanted to support this.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up. I made the color block on the embossed background with my clear acrylic block "D" with Pretty In Pink ink, makes for a fast background. Than stamped the words in Regal Rose ink. Butterfly has pearls on it for the body, as well as, dazzling diamond glitter, it was stamped in Regal Rose ink also. I popped it up on a dimensional, lightly sponged the embossed area and added a Pretty In Pink ribbon.

Thanks for stopping in to see me and I would love to hear from you too........Mary

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-08T04:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's day to all of you who are moms. I hope you have a day filled with alot of love, laughter and fun!

This is the card that I made to give to my mother this year. She made the comment one time, "don't wait until I die to give me flowers, because I won't be able to enjoy them", so every year I give her a card with flowers on it and also a flowering plant of some kind that she can plant in her yard and put out on her patio to enjoy all summer.

The supplies that I used for this card are all Stampin' Up, the stamp I used is a retire one.

Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to visit with me, hope you have a crafty day...Mary

A Lovely Mother's Day Surprise!

2011-05-07T07:59:00.000-07:00

Oh, look at the surprise that was on my front door step last night! Hubby came in from mowing the front yard and handed this too me! Isn't it just beautiful?!!

It's from the hubby and my two daughters. Here is a close up of some of the flowers in it, small roses, daisies and carnations, it's so pretty, just love it!

Hope all of you who are mother's in anyway shape or form have a lovely day tomorrow.

Mary

Happy Birthday

2011-05-06T13:38:00.001-07:00

Happy Friday everyone! It is nice and sunny here today, just a perfect spring day all around.

The card I'm sharing today is going to a young man who is in the military, serving overseas. His sister put out a request for birthday cards for him, he was recently home for two weeks and was sad that he had to go back again, so she thought some unexpected birthday cards would help to cheer him up. I put a post-it note on the inside and told him to re-use the card, if he wanted to do that. I inked up my acrylic block and stamped onto a piece of white card stock, with different ink colors, than ran it thru my Big Kick and the square lattice embossing folder.

Recipe:

Card stock; Whisper White, So Saffron & Marina Mist
Ink/Markers; Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Real Red, So Saffron & Creamy Caramel
Stamp set; Bring On the Cake
Acrylic Block-B
Embossing Folder-Square Lattice
adhesive
Brads-other source

Hope your day is going great and that you all have a wonderful weekend too..............Mary

Sympathy Card for a Female, #4

2011-05-02T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, hope your week is off to a great start!

Today I'm sharing a sympathy card that I made to send to my cousins who live in Iowa, their mother, my aunt, passed away. We were unable to attend the funeral due to travel time needed. I feel so bad when we can't make the funeral, but hope they understand and that my card will let them know that we have them in our thoughts and prayers as they go through this difficult time.

Supplies used were all Stampin Up'

Whisper White and Pretty In Pink card stock

Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and Certainly Celery ink &/or markers

oval and scallop oval punch

Pretty In Pink ribbon

pearls

I hope you all have a crafty day today, thanks for stopping in........Mary

Happy May Day!

2011-05-01T04:00:00.000-07:00

Happy May Day!!

Did any of you, as a child, make May Day baskets?? When I was a child, we made ours out of folded paper napkins and with the help of a turned over water glass, we worked our magic to make little baskets that would hold some candy. Than with great excitement we would go through out the neighborhood, ringing doorbells and either hide in the bushes or run like heck before they answered the door! It still brings a smile to my face to this day to remember how much fun we had and to see the happy smiles on our friends and neighbors faces as they realized that they had a little gift from a secret friend! Do people still do this type of thing anymore?

For my hanging basket, I used Stampin' Up! petal cone die, Whisper White card stock (sponged lightly with Pretty In Pink ink) and the small bits of green are from using the Two-Step Bird punch.

Pink card stock, brad, daisy die, ribbon where from other sources

Why not surprise someone today with a small token of friendship and see how happy it makes them! I hope you all have a day of surprises and a crafty one too....................Mary

So Simple Corner Bookmarks

2011-04-30T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to share with you and idea that I found at Traci Gentry's blog. You can find the directions on how to make these cute book markers on her blog Inkin' up the Dogs

Now my friend Chanda from One Crafty Mommy sent me the supplies to make these shown here in the picture (which after looking at them, I did not make right, sigh) but it just shows how you can make them anyway you would like! Chanda did make hers are smaller size and you can find her directions on her blog (click on her blog name above).

With these cute bookmarks you use a Stampin' Up envelope, scrap pieces of designer paper, ribbon and scallop punch. They go together very quickly too.

I hope you give these little gems a try, have a crafty day...............Mary

ThanK You Card

2011-04-28T04:00:00.000-07:00

Today I am going to show you two cards that I made using a stamp set called Pocket Silhouetes from Stampin' Up! I found a card at Lee Conrey's blog that I liked so well that I wanted to CASE it, you can see her card HERE . The first one is made using Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery ink, Pretty In Pink ribbon. The one below is done with Marina Mist ink, card stock, ribbon and Certainly Celery ink.

I used all Stampin' UP! products for this card

Embossing folder-Perfect Polka Dots

Designer Label punch

Stamp set- Watercolor Trio-sentiment

Hope you have a great day and thanks for coming by to see me...............Mary

Super Quick and Easy Card, Part 2

2011-04-26T04:14:00.000-07:00

I hope you are enjoying see some of the quick, easy and simple cards that I've been working on. It is nice to have something that takes just a few minutes to make for those last minute cards you might need. You could easily dress it up with some ribbon, if you wanted.

For this card I took an acrylic stamping block and patted onto two different color ink pads, cleaning between color changes. I used all Stampin' Up! products for this card.

Card stock- Whisper White

Ink- Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue and Early Espresso

Stamp set- Pocket Silhouettes

Acrylic stamping block, size "C"

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a crafty day too...............Mary

Happy Easter

2011-04-24T04:17:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I hope that you all have a blessed day spent with family and or your friends. Hope the Easter bunny was good to you and left you all alot of goodies too!

These are the cards that I made for my daughters this year to put with their Easter baskets, yes, even though they are in their 20's, they still want an Easter basket! Could it be too that the Easter bunny also put alittle bit of cash in some of the eggs?!! Nice Easter bunny, wish he would leave me a basket with some cash in it! I got this stamp set last year after Easter (you didn't think I would be smart enough to get before did you)? So, of course, I had to wait a whole year to be able to use it. One of these days I will get smart, wink,wink!

All supplies use were from Stampin' Up.

I'm going to hop on out of here and have some chocolate eggs, have a crafty day...........Mary

Super Quick and Easy Card

2011-04-22T12:03:00.001-07:00

Hi, today I want to share with you a card that made. I found the original idea at

BUTTERNUT SAGE blog. I know that I've seen this technique on another blog, but can't remember where now. I think it took me all of five minutes to do these two cards. You could easily change the sentiment for whatever you would need it for, maybe a sympathy card?? I used a brayer to put Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue ink onto my card base. The stamp set is called As Lovely as a Tree from Stampin' Up!. Whisper White was used for the card base.

Hope you all have a blessed Easter and if you are on the road, a safe trip too! I'm so blessed to have you all as my blog friends, thank you for dropping by to see me.........Mary

Cherry Coke Salad

2011-04-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start.

Today I want to share with you a salad that I made for our Easter dinner that we had on Sunday. We had to get together a week early because my youngest daughter was in town for a volleyball game and would not be coming back for Easter.

This is a recipe that I got from my sister-in-law clear back in the late 1970's and has become a salad that is always on the table for every family get together. So sorry I don't have a picture to share with you, didn't have time to take one. You can stir this up a couple of days before you need it too.

CHERRY COKE SALAD

1 - 14.5 oz. can of red sour cherries, save the liquid
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup liquid from the cherries
1 - 8 oz. can crushed pineapple, undrained
10 ounces COKE
1 cup chopped nuts, optional
2 - small packages cherry Jell-O

Place cherries, sugar and cherry liquid in saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 to 3 minutes, remove from the heat. Pour in cherry jello and stir well. Slowly add the COKE, mixing well. Set aside to cool to lukewarm. Add the nuts and pineapple when mixture is lukewarm. Pour into either a serving bowl or a mold. Put into refrigerator to set.

Hope your family enjoys this simple salad as much as we do, thanks for stopping by!! Mary

Same Stamp Set, Different Layout

2011-04-13T02:29:00.000-07:00

I wanted to share with you another card I made using the same stamp set that I used a few days ago. I used different colors of card stock and I used the Stampin411 Saturday Sketch #198. I used Stampin' Up- Baja Breeze, So Saffron and Whisper White card stock; SU markers used were, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa; SU stamp set; Meow Meow; SU-scallop border punch. So as you can see you can use your stamp sets and get many different looks by just changing the color and layout you use! Hope your day is going GREAT!! Have a crafty day.................Mary

Meow Meow Card

2011-04-11T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi to all of you! Now you all know what a big dog lover I am, but I do on occasion need to make cards for people who have cats as a part of their family. So one night I went surfing on E-bay for a cat stamp set and found this one called "Meow Meow" which is a retired stamp set from Stampin' Up. As I sat at my craft table, I thought and thought on how to use this set, so as always, I went over to Splitcoaststampers and found this card. I CASE'd this card made by Kittie Caracciolo, also know as Kittie747 over on Splitcoaststamers. You can see her card HERE. What an amazing card maker she is too! If you would like to see of her work HERE is the link to her blog. I once again used my spritzer tool to add to the white background of the card. Below are the supplies that I used: Stampin' Up: stamp sets: Meow Meow and C is for Cat (paw print), card stock: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Rich Razzleberry designer paper markers: Close to Cocoa, Early Espresso, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, More Mustard & Creamy Caramel spritzer Other: Deckle scissors Scallop Nesties I'm glad that you stopped in to see me today and as always I would love to hear your comments too! Hope you have a crafty day..................Mary

SSC #198 Of the Earth

2011-04-09T15:11:00.000-07:00

Today I thought I would play along with Stamping411 and their sketch challenge. This is the first one I've ever done, while the sketch was very easy, making my card was not! Today was not the day to make any cards, it seems everything was going wrong, and my card is just not one of my favorites but it's not too bad. If you would like to do the challenge, you can find it HERE Here is my card. You have to use all Stampin' Up products, well, I wanted to put a little safety pin in the ribbon, but of course, I don't have any. I think that is why the card is not speaking to me, I should have put a bow on it and I think it would look much better, oh well, just one of those days. I'm short on sleep today, hubby has a cold and boy was he ever loud last night, all he did was snore! Hopefully I will get some sleep tonight!

Here is what I used:

Stamp set- Of the Earth; Very Vintage wheel; champagne glimmer mist; card stock-Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla; ink-Early Espresso; scallop border punch; to set marker color on brad-clear embossing powder; marker-Early Espresso to color brad with.

There you have it, hope your week-end is going well, it is sunny and 85 degrees and windy too but hey it sure beats the snow and cold that just left! Have a crafty week-end.............Mary

Baby Blossoms Cards

2011-04-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, did you all survive the wild and crazy spring weather some of us have been having? Oh, I wish Mother Nature would settle down and let spring come and stay...Soon!

Today I would like to share with you my latest cards that I made, more RAK cards. Now when I first got this stamp set and saw all of the pieces to it, I thought to myself, "why did you buy this", it was very intimidating! So I finally got brave enough to play with it and this is the card that I made. I did find THIS handy reference guide on Brenda's blog, it sure does help too!

I love the soft look that I achieved with the paper, ribbon and inks! I made the top background piece by using my Stampin' Up markers and a spritzer tool, I had so much fun doing this that I will try this again with different ink colors!

All supplies are Stampin' Up:

Baby Blossom, Watercolor Trio stamps, Pretty In Pink card stock, Certainly Celery ribbon, pearls, Scallop border punch, Spritzer tool and markers.

I'm having trouble with double spacing, if anyone can HELP me, I'd appreciate it very much!

I hope you all have a crafty day...................Mary

Happy Birthday Cards for my Daughters

2011-04-01T04:05:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, hope your day is going well! Well this time of year at my house means three birthdays in one month, my two daughter's and my husband. I'm the lone wolf in the family, mine is in December. This year I decided to get ahead of the game and make my cards earlier so I didn't have to "throw" something together at the last minute for the girls' birthday cards. I think these cards turned out so cute! Both of my girls own yellow labs, Lucy and Montgomery, so I wanted to make them a card that had a dog on it. Well one day I was over at Splitcoaststampers cruising the gallery and found this card HERE. I knew immediately that this was the card for their birthdays this year, I think that they will really be suprised when they open them! I found a video tutorial on Mary Fish's blog where she shows how to make the background for my birthday wish label, you can see it HERE, it is really very easy to do with the decorative label punch. All of the supplies are Stampin' Up except for the polka dot glitter paper, I got that a couple of years ago at Archiver's. Hope you like my birthday card and also hope you have a craft day too! Mary

The Versatile Blogger Award

2011-03-30T04:04:00.000-07:00

Today I want to thank Helen over at Let's Create by Helen Made for the blogger award that she sent to me. You can visit her blog HERE. Thank You Helen for thinking of me I appreciate it very much. She has some wonderful items that she makes on her blog.

You are suppose to pass it on to 15 other blogger that have less than 300 followers, but I'm sorry to say that I just don't have enough time right now to do that. I do have a list of bloggers that I visit daily listed below my blog archive on the right side (scroll down), if you would like to go and visit them.

Until next time, I hope you all have a crafty day...............Mary

Textured Embossed Card

2011-03-27T16:23:00.000-07:00

Good Sunday evening to all of you! About an hour ago it was snowing here, big fat, wet flakes, but it has all melted, thank goodness. Gee, I wish spring would come and stay.

Tonight I would like to share with you a card that I made, I don't remember the name for this technique but it is very easy and makes for a really pretty card. With this card I punched out my flowers and glue them to my white background piece, than I insert it into my textured embossing folder, ran it thru my Big Kick and this is what the result was. I stamped and punched out my sentiment and added some pearls, very easy.

All supplies I used were Stampin' Up, let's see if I can remember all of them, Rich Razzleberry , Whisper White and Certainly Celery card stock; pearls; 5 Petal, Boho, scallop oval and oval punches, Rich Razzleberry ink, Watercolor Trio stamp set, Tulip and Texture embossing folders, Tombow glue (green). I think that is everything!

Oh, the inspiration for this card was found HERE.

Thanks for stopping in and I also what to welcome my new followers too, so happy to have you come and visit with me in my craft room! Have a crafty evening..............Mary

New Take on RAK Cards

2011-03-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

Today I wanted to share a RAK card that I made using THIS layout that I had used before but with a lighter color. The color is from Stampin' Up and it is called Marina Mist, I really like it! Everything is Stampin' Up except for the saftey pin, I got some of those at Jo-Ann's.

Hope your day is going well, I'm off to clean my house, it's a dirty job, but someone has to do it! Hope you all have a nice week-end too and a crafty one! Mary

Welcome to Spring

2011-03-21T04:30:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, I hope that you are enjoying the first couple of days of spring, I know that I have!

I would like to share my cards with you today that are RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) cards. I like doing this as it is a way for me to share my handmade cards and it will also help to lift someones spirit, has they go thru a difficult time or because of a health problem.

My friend, Chanda, mailed a card kit to make this card, you can see hers HERE, now I don't have the same supplies as she sent to me and I wanted to make a few more cards, so I pulled out some designer paper and sponged some ink onto it. All supplies I used are Stampin' Up, I like how everything coordinates so well together, makes it so easy to put everything together that way.

Thank you for stopping by to see me, I hope you all a crafty day.............Mary

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T04:32:00.000-07:00

Top of the morning to all of you! Hope you are dressed in your green today.

I wanted to share my card that I made to send to my daughters for St. Patrick's day. Now I don't own but two stamp sets for this holiday, I just don't really get into it. Every year I have to look all over the Internet for inspiration for this type of card. This year it came from Stamping 411. They had this layout as their challenge last Saturday, so I used their layout.

The shamrock punch is Martha Stewart; green card base, green ink is Pear Pizazz from Stampin' Up; dark green and cream card stock is Bazzil, ribbon from Michael's and stamp set is from Stampendous.

Hope you all have a fun day today and crafty too! Mary

A Card for Spring

2011-03-15T11:30:00.000-07:00

Well I hope everyone is having a great day today, the sun is out and suppose to be in the 60's today, yea! Spring is coming next week too.

I wanted to share with you a card(s) that I found in my e-mail box one day. These cards are completely CASE'd from Gretchen Barron, you can see hers HERE. Are they not just the most impressive cards! I really like the clean and simple design of these cards. Of course, her pictures are so much better than mine. Her sponging is much better than mine (I didn't have a sponge so I used a sponge dauber, so mine is not quite as even as hers is). These took only about 15 minutes to make, super quick and easy.

Supplies: All Stampin' Up

clear embossing powder, ribbon, scallop border punch, ink, stamp set-Thoughts & Prayers and card stock.

Welcome to my new followers, glad to have you join! Hope you all have a crafty day...........Mary

Luck of the Irish to You!

2011-03-13T04:58:00.000-07:00

Hi, and happy week-end to all!

Today I want to share a St. Patrick's day card that I made last year for my friend whom I use to send cards to every month, sadly she passed away in December, I really miss her. I saw a card similar to this one at Archiver's and wanted to make one. The stamp set is from Stampendous and was a Archiver's exclusive set. The shammrock punch is a Martha Stewart one, paper is Bazzil. I used Prismacolor pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits to color the image. I also added little pearls to the shammrocks.

Thanks for taking time from your busy week-end to visit with me, I appreciate it, hope you have a crafty week-end.........Mary

Bliss Mother's Card

2011-03-11T04:27:00.000-08:00

Oh, I'm so excited to share this card with all of you, isn't it so pretty?!! Now this is not my original idea, I found this card over on Wanda's blog, HERE. It was just too pretty not to copy. Now I did change the sentiment on the front because to me it just says "Mom". I like it too because you can easily change the colors.

I used all Stampin' Up products for this card. The color is Pretty In Pink, stamp sets-Bliss and Well Scripted.

Thanks for stopping in to see me, have a crafty day...............Mary

Web Address Book

2011-03-09T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well.

Today I wanted to share a little notebook that I made with my Cinch. Now if you don't have a Cinch, you could use a Bind-It-All or even a Crop-A-Dile or Big Bite to make your holes with. This is a password-email address book. I don't know about you but I have a hard time remembering the password/addresses to all of my favorites on the Internet. I found this cute idea on Splitcoaststamper about two years ago. This idea is from Wanda and you can find hers HERE Now I didn't want it to be obvious that this is a password book, so I tried to make the outside look more like a photo album. Here is what the inside looks like,

I used Georgia Pacific card stock that I found at Wal-Mart to make these books with. It is a cheaper card stock but for this, it works really well. The outside covers are covered chipboards that I found at Archiver's awhile back. I used Stampin' Up Two-Step Bird punch, also their ornament punch and scrap pieces of card stock and also a left-over piece of seam binding.

I hope you find this project useful and something that you would like to try! Hope you all have a crafty day..............Mary

RAK Cards

2011-03-07T04:36:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, hope you have a great start for the coming week!

I wanted to share with you today a card that I made that was inspired by a card kit that I received from my friend Chanda, you can see some other cards that she has made HERE
boy do I enjoy getting these little gifts from her, she does an outstanding job with her cards! Now her card is on the left and my card is on the right. As you can see, mine is just alittle bit different than hers because I didn't have all of the supplies that she used on hers. I used some retired designer paper that I was able to sponge my ink onto, I believe it is called "Bride and Groom" from Stampin' Up. I didn't have the crochet trim, so I used some seam binding that I received in the mail as a gift, I had to really be careful with it as I didn't have alot of it to work with, so I just attached it to the two sides (I didn't run it under the stamped image) and used sticky strip to hold it down with, also from Stampin' Up. I'm not going to list all of the things I did different, you can click on the picture to enlarge it and see what I did different. This color combo is way outside of what I usually use, it has a very rich feel to it and I will probably use it some more in the future! Thanks Chanda for the inspiration!

Supplies:
Stampin' Up: Bliss and Watercolor Trio; rich razzleberry ink and card stock, seam binding, oval and scalloped oval punch, Bride and Groom embossed paper
Hero Arts: gemstones
Tan card stock: Archiver's
sticky strip

Dog Sympathy Card

2011-03-05T04:22:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, hope your day is going well, the sun is out here, maybe spring is finally coming!

I received a phone call the other day from one of my ladies that I work for. She was calling to tell me that she had lost her other dog, Ellie Mae, to cancer. This poor lady, within a two week span, had to put both of her dogs down due to health issues. I feel so sorry for her, the dogs were only 9 years old, and she has always had dogs. Her family is encouraging her to get another one very soon and I'm encouraging her to go to a local shelter here in Kansas City to adopt a dog. When I go next week to work for her, I would not be surprise to see a new friend at her house.

Here is the card that I sent to her, the image and sentiment are from Clear Dollar Stamps. I used my Prisma color pencils and odorless mineral spirits to color the image in. Paper is Bazzil, ribbon from Michael's and the oval and scallop oval punches are Stampin' Up.

I hope my simple cards helps to ease her pain just a bit.

Thanks for stopping in to see me today.......Mary

Masculine Sympathy Card

2011-03-03T04:17:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Well, I'm almost over my cold, thank goodness!

My husband got an e-mail from one of his former co-workers the other day telling him that his mother had passed away. His mother was in her 90's! From what his friend told him, that it was expected but it is still very hard to lose our loved ones. I told my husband that I would make him a card to send, and this is what I made. I used Stampin' Up's Thought & Prayers. I think of all the stamp sets that I have, I think this is the one that I have used the most. You can use the tree images on it for so many different occasions. Masculine cards can be tricky to make and I did struggle with this one, it just seem to need "something else" but could not think of what it would be, so I just left it very simple.

I hope you all have a happy, crafty day.....................Mary

More Thinking of You Cards

2011-03-01T04:06:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing well, I'm feeling alittle bit better today, thank goodness, but still no real appetite. Just had a really bad head cold, ugh, I don't like being sick either!

I bet you are all surprised by the colors on this card! I decided that I needed to start using some different colors besides just blue and pink! I was looking at my ribbons the other night and decided this would go with some retired Stampin' Up card stock that I have. I think it goes very well with each other! I used my scallop punches to cut out the white and purple card stock with. The stamp set is a retired Stampin' Up one called, Happy Moments. As you can see I used to different sentiments on them. I used Stampin' Up markers to color in the flowers as well as a blender pen too. Another clean and simple card.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment, I enjoy hearing what you have to say! Have a crafty day..........................Mary

Close As a Memory, Thinking of You Card

2011-02-27T10:49:00.000-08:00

Well I had planned on posting this card tomorrow but Blogger decided to post it today instead, oh well, here it is! :)

I've been under the weather the last couple of days with what I think is a sinus infection, my head feels like it could exploded, ha! I'm on medicine, so hopefully it will clear up SOON! I'm behind on some projects, but they will just have to wait until later. I did want to share some cards that I made last night, forgot to take a picture of one, a sympathy card that I needed to get out and the other one was a sympathy card for a friend who recently lost one of her dogs. I sure hope this trend doesn't continue any further into the year.

This is a card that I'm sending to someone who is going thru cancer treatment, no I don't know this lady but I sure hope it brightens her spirits some.

Here is what I used:

Stampin" Up: Close As a Memory and Like it a Latte, markers and bashful blue cardstock, oval punch and scallop oval punch

Ribbon: either Michael's or Jo-Ann's

I hope you enjoy viewing my simple cards, next time I post I will show you two more cards that I made and hopefully by then I will have the crochet baby bib done to share with you to and maybe a new recipe, it's been awhile since I posted a recipe.

Have a crafty day and hope that all of you are staying healthy! Mary

Silhouette Machine Giveaway

2011-02-23T16:19:00.000-08:00

Hi my friends, if you would like a chance to win a free Silhouette machine, hop on over to My Repurpose Life and leave a comment. HERE is the link to her blog. Hope one of you win too!

This would be so much fun to have, it can do alot of things and you don't have to buy any cartridges either!

Hope you all have a crafty day! Mary

Birthday Card for my Uncle

2011-02-22T04:25:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Did you think I had forgotten all of you...no way could I forget my blogging friends! The weather has turned cold again, we did have some days with it in the 70's, but winter is not ready to leave just yet.

The card I'm, posting today was inspired by a sympathy card that I received from my friend, Chanda. I needed to make my uncle a birthday card for his upcoming birthday in March. Boy, do I have a hard time making cards for men, I just don't know what to put on them so that they don't feel overly girly to them. So I decided on a dog card. "Does he like dogs", my husband asked, um, I don't really know the answer to that question, I sure hope he does! I decided to put some grass under the dog and once I got started was thinking that I really made a huge mistake, but after looking some more at it, I decided that it was going to be OK, especially after I used some blue chalk to make the sky with. I wanted the card to be fairly simple and not bulky for mailing. I wrapped some ribbon around and put the paw print over it to help keep it in that area. It came together fairly quick too.

Supplies used:
Stampin' Up: D is for Dog stamp set,dimensonals, glue dots
Paper: Bazzil
Ribbon: Jo-Ann's

I have made some other cards but have already posted those before, so I didn't want to repeat them. Thanks for dropping in and have a crafty day...........Mary

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T04:30:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

I hope you all are having a great day today. The weather here today is wonderful, the sun is out and it warm too, above 40! Gee, maybe spring is coming soon.

Here is the card that I made for my two daughters for Valentine's day. Mom and Dad always put alittle cash inside so that they can get what they would like. Now I don't make alot of these kinds of cards because I just don't give them to everyone, just the girls, so I don't have any valentine stamp sets, so I have to get creative when I make them.

Stampin' Up: scalloped oval, oval punches, embossing folder and Flexible Phrase (retired set).

Marvy punch: heart

Ribbon:Jo-Ann's

Paper:Bazill

Oh I don't know why this is double spacing today, ugh! Anyway, have a great day and a crafty one too........Mary

More Cards For Those Who Need A Lift

2011-02-07T04:24:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope that you are all staying nice an toasty warm, it is so cold here.

Since it has been so cold outside, I've had more time to stay indoors and play in the craft room, which is a very good thing! I've made a few more cards for requests that I found on Splitcoaststampers. I also found this card layout over at SCS HERE. It was a simple, easy card to make and you could easily add whatever sentiment to it that you would need. I cut the scallop rectangle as well as the regular rectangle with my Nesties. Stamp' Up stamp set, "Watercolor Trio", as well as the paper and markers to color the stamp with. Ribbon is from Jo-Ann's and white paper is from Bazzil.

Hope you all have some extra time to play in your craft/stamp rooms too...........Mary

Birthday Card for Linda

2011-02-05T04:34:00.000-08:00

Hi to all of you! I want to share a card that I made for my friend, Linda's birthday. It was February 3rd, so I know she has received it by now, I didn't want her to see it here first. Hi Linda!!!

I really like this stamp set from Stampin' Up called "Bloom" (it is a retire set). I just love hydrangeas, I love the many different colors that they can bloom in, blue, pink, purple and white...so pretty! I used my coluzzle oval and my Nestie scallop oval, than my Stampin' Up markers and a blender pen to color the flowers in with, scalloped punch is Stampin' Up as is the oval punch. Ribbon is from Jo-Ann's and paper is Bazzil. Oh the sentiment is from "Watercolor Trio" also Stampin' Up.

Thanks for droppin by and pleas leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you!! Mary

Pansy Thank You Card

2011-02-03T04:36:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Hope your day is going along well.

I wanted to share with you a thank you card that I made for my friend, she treated me to lunch about a week ago and I wanted to let her know how much I enjoyed our little outing! She belongs to a sorority called Kappa Alpha Theta or KAT or Theta's . The sorority's flower is the pansy, so I wanted to incorporate that into my card. I think she will be surprised when she opens the envelope and see it!!

Stamp set: Stampin' Up, Petite Pansies--retired; sentiment, Watercolor Trio
Ink: Stampin' Up markers
Scallop punch/oval:Stampin' Up
Scallop square: Nesties
Paper: Bazzil
Ribbon: Jo-Ann's

Dog Thank You Card

2011-02-01T16:41:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I'm back once again. I just wanted to thank all of my blogging friends who sent me messages about my Sammy girl, I truly appreciated everyone of them. Life is going on, but Sammy has left a empty spot in our house that will be hard to fill.

I wanted to share with you the card that I made to send to our vet. We appreciated the fact that he dropped what he was doing with his family last Sunday night to come and help us with Sam. He really is a very kind, generous, compassionate man, we feel blessed to have him as our vet.

The stamp set is from Stampin' Up called "D is for Dog", corner punch is also from Stampin' Up. Paper is Bazzil, ribbon is some free stuff from Archiver's, brad is Memory Makers.

Oh, we are in the middle of a blizzard here in Kansas City, blowing wind, snow and last I heard 9 inches, SO FAR!!! Boy is it ever going to be cold when clearing the sideway and driveway tomorrow!!

Hope you all are staying warm and have a crafty day too! Mary

Very Sad At Our House Tonight

2011-01-30T18:42:00.000-08:00

Well, we had the very difficult task tonight of saying good-by to our black lab, Samantha. She was doing really well this morning and even into the afternoon, she enjoyed both her morning feed and afternoon feed, but around 7:oo this evening as I was in our computer room I could hear that her breathing was very loud and labor. My husband and I were concerned because it just came on so quick and we both knew that we would not be able to sleep knowing she was having trouble. We called our vet and he told us to come to the office. Well she was so weak that she could not even stand up on her own, so we had to carry her out to the car. On the way out to his office, we thought that a couple of times she was gone, but she was just resting. He could see that she was distended in her abdominal area, her temperature was way low and her gums were very light pink, all not good signs at all. He thought that a cancerous tumor had ruptured and she was full of blood or she was full of fluid, so he took her in the back room and when he came back with her, the syringe was full of blood, not a good sign. We knew going out there that it would probably not be good, but this was not what we had expected. The only right decision was to have her put down. We didn't want her to be in pain and the vet told us that she probably would not make it thru the night either. Oh, what a painful decision it was. We both stayed with her until she passed away. I don't think that we will ever have another dog like her, she was so smart, loving and just an all around great dog. She would have been 14 on April 15, she almost made it.

She was a wonderful part of our family and we will surely miss her. Mary

Basket and Blooms Favor

2011-01-29T11:32:00.000-08:00

Today I want to share with you two little, and I mean little, baskets that I made the other day. Don't let the size fool you in the pictures, they measure 4" by 4", but they are sooo cute and not too hard to make either. The first basket is copied after the one I saw HERE

Than I made this second one running the basket pieces thru the Textured Embossing folder from SU to add some texture to the paper. The flower, made with the 5-petal punch from SU, on the second one is also made out of vellum but I sponged the edges with SU Pretty In Pink ink. The small flower used for the center is one of the pieces from the Boho blossom punch, is also from Stampin' Up. The die to make the basket is also from SU, Basket and Blooms. The brad is one that I got from Jo-Ann's and the green and pink paper is Bazill.

I made these as a test run for some possible baby shower favors that my daughter is going to host for one of her co-workers. I just think these are just so cute!

Well this is all that I have to share for day, until next time, have a crafty day.........Mary