Thanks for the Little Things

Happy Monday everyone! I know Mondays aren't usually associated with happiness, but today was good for me because I got out of work early which gave me a little time to make a card. Any day I can get in my craft room is a good day. :) Anyway, this is a card I made for a friend at work. She works so hard and does a bunch of little things that the rest of us don't usually notice but they greatly contribute to the excellent flow of our workplace. She also coordinates the lottery that a lot of us take part in. So I thought I would make her a card to tell her how much I appreciate her. She loves flowers and grows some beautiful ones in her own backyard, so I think she will like this card.
Supplies:
CS- SU WW, certainly celery, apricot appeal
Images- SU "Full of Life" & "Just Celebrate"
SU markers
Pearls- SU Pretties Kit

Heartfelt Thanks

Hi there! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Yesterday was so productive for us. I cleaned the entire house. And I don't mean just a light dusting...I cleaned baseboards, dusted the high shelves that you can't really even see, wiped down cabinet fronts, cleaned windows, etc, etc. I guess the spring cleaning bug bit me or something. While I was doing that my husband was mowing the yard, picking up sticks, trimming, etc. The best thing was that our kids were unusually cooperative and helpful by playing nicely together and staying out of our way. Sometimes I would get that panicky feeling like, "They have been too quiet, what are they up to?" or "Have they been kidnapped?!" But no, they were fine. Just playing some kind of make-believe on the swing set. Great, great day. :)

Anyway, on to the cards. I made these cards for my kid's Religious Ed. teachers because next Sunday is their last day of Sunday school. The first one I cased from one of my favorite stampers, Silke Ledlow (My Life). The other one is a little different take on the first one. When I was trying to stamp the image for the first card I got the flowers too far apart so I couldn't use it. Well, being the frugal stamper that I am I didn't want to waste it, so I just made a different card with it. What do you think? Take care and have a great Sunday! Mary

Supplies:

CS- SU pretty in pink, choc chip, certainly celery, WW

Ink- SU markers

Images- SU "Heartfelt Thanks"

Ribbon- Archiver's and Wal Mart

Slot punch- SU

Circle punch- Marvy

Black Eyelets- SU

Popdots

Tart and Tangy Set of Cards

Hi there again everyone! I hope you all had a good week. Mine was good but busy. I spent part of the week preparing for a fiesta at my friend's church. The women's group she is in was having this fiesta as a fund raiser and she asked if I would like to have a make-n-take table. I of course agreed because I am always looking for new customers. It was a lot of fun and there were quite a lot of women there, I was surprised. Anyway, this is the set of cards I made as a give-away they had at the end of the night. I was so happy with how they turned out that I wanted to keep them for myself! :0) But alas, I had to give them up. All supplies for these cards came from Stampin' Up. Enjoy!

Let's Have Lunch

Doesn't this image look inviting? I feel like sitting right down to order a salad and read a book. I purchased this DP at Archiver's today after the Acrylic Album class I took. I had some coupons that required a purchase in order to use them. I know that's how they get you but I was good and only bought the paper. I know, you're shocked at my restraint aren't you?! Well, I'm taking my daughter in to have her pictures taken this week and I'm sure I'll be unloading some cash there. So I had to be good today. :)

Supplies:

CS- SU

DP- Chatterbox

Image- Rubber Stampede

SU markers

Flower punch- EK Success

Circle punch- Marvy

Ticket corner punch- SU

Button- SU

Lifted edge of the "awning" with pop dots

Acrylic Album

Well it has been a fun Sunday! After church I went to my local scrapbooking store, Archiver's, with a friend to attend an Acrylic Album class. For only $15.00 we made this great looking album. I really couldn't believe that all of these supplies came with the price of the class. What a great deal and it was so fun! I can't tell you the names of any of the supplies because we weren't given that information. But I do know that they were all from that store.

I got this card design from SCS's weekly inklings. You should subscribe to their weekly inklings if you don't already. They have such great projects and techniques with all the instructions and pictures to make it really easy for you re-create them.
Supplies:
CS- SU choc chip, bravo burgundy, WW, VV
DP- sei "doodley-doo boy"
SU markers
Image- SU "Just Celebrate" Nestabilities circle & scallop circle dies

Word window punch- SU
Scallop scissors

Velcro dot
Faux stitching created with paper piercer and a white Gelly Roll pen

I'm Back!!!

Hello everyone! I bet you all thought I had fallen off the face of the earth or something! :) Well, not quite. I had the flu, or some kind of bad bug, for almost 2 weeks so I was feeling less than creative. Also during that time my husband was out of town for 5 days, so I had to play master and commander of our little ship here at home. It was not a fun time. But he is home now and I'm feeling much better. Here are a few things I created today:

The first one is a circle card that I created by off-setting a large Nestabilities scallop circle die on the fold of the CS. This way it stays together on the edge so that you can open it. Very simple and gives a great new look to your cards.

Supplies:

CS- SU bashful blue, brilliant blue, WW

SU markers

Image- SU "Just Celebrate"

Stickles- dark blue and frosted lace

Ribbon- Wal Mart

Stapler