A Birthday, Breast Cancer and 2 Anniversary Cards

Greetings Blog Friends! I hope you are having a good weekend! I don't usually post on the weekends and almost never ever post at night but I've got a busy week ahead and I wanted to gets these posted before I lost the thread of things. A simple card made with Spellbinder Sprightly Sprockets...That right...a card done without the use of my Silhouette... 

A while back, my son asked me to cut him a breast cancer ribbon with my Silhouette so that he could make a card for my ex-sister-in-law who recently underwent surgery for breast cancer. While I was at it, I cut the ribbon for myself and made this card, just to have on hand---

The same but different...2 anniversary cards...The same layout, different paper and one has a square and the other has an oval for the sentiment. This was my first attempt at using the rhinestone feature on my Silhouette. Now, with the olive out of the jar, I will have to try something a little more creative---

That's it for now...Just to let you know that I may be MIA for awhile. Many months ago, I noticed a drastic change in my vision. When I went to my eye doctor last month, she confirmed what I had already thought was the case...cataracts...both eyes making me as blind as a bat. I will have surgery on the first eye this week with the other to follow once my "new eye" settles in. Not knowing how my vision will be with only one good eye, I don't want to say when I will be back blogging. Cross your fingers that all goes well. I will see you when I see you but the next time I post...I will REALLY be able to see you...lol! Have a great evening!

Happy Anniversary From Donald and Daisy

Good Morning...I hope you are having a great week. Here's an anniversary card I'd like to share with you and take the opportunity to to say "Happy Anniversary" to our good friends Kathi and Bob. Made with clip art that I found on line and a few cuts from the Silhouette on line store, I had so much fun making this card--- 

That's it for today...thanks for stopping by. Remember, I will be out of touch while I am working on a project for my son but hope to be back soon...til then enjoy your day!

I'm Back From A Much Needed Break From Blogging!

Hello Everyone! Those of you that have blogs know how much work blogging can be...I'm back from a much needed break. Here's a few cards I'd like to share with you since my last posting. A simple anniversary card using the Cherry Lynn Lace Heart...one of my favorite dies---

 A birthday card for my sister in law using the Martha Stewart Lace Heart edge punch, Heart/scallop Nestibilities and Cuttlebug Hugs and Kisses embossing folder---

 A birthday card for my youngest son who LOVES giraffes. I used the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder and Die-Version Sweet Petites Giraffe die---

 A couple of Valentine cards for the twins using the Scrapping Cottage Hanging Monkey die, heart/scallop Nestibilities and the heart button from Spellbinder Home Sweet Home die---

 A closer look---

This one is a bit blurred, I must have moved when taking the picture---

A Valentine with a working spinner from a die from MFT that I have had FOREVER and just decided to put it too use---

That's it for now...Thanks for stopping by...I hope you enjoyed your visit. I'll try not to be such a stranger and not wait so long between postings. Have a great evening!

Something Other Than Christmas

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by!  Remember when I posted the cards that I made for our neighbor with the heart bride and groom? I told you that was the last you would see it for a while. I guess I knew then, that wouldn't be entirely true. I knew in April that I had an anniversary card to make for our Disney enthusiasts Bob and Kathi. I wanted to put a little different twist on it using the Mickey heads cut with My Cricut--- 

I knew last month when Gina K of Stamp TV posted a video for the "Sunshine Background", I wanted to use it to make a card for my mom. Here is what I came up with. The flower and clouds are dies from My Favorite Things and the doily is a die from The Scrapping Cottage. The sentiment is computer generated---

I always try to keep a few quick Thank You card in my stash. I used a Michael's $1 bin stamp and A Cuttlebug embossing folder for this one--- 

Here's a Tiddly Ink image that I colored with Copics and paper pieced the dress. I added 2 different EK scalloped edge border punches, a Nestibility heart and and a few brads---  

I used a embroidery floss bobbin as a template for this card. I inked and added the swirl and flower from an EK  punch and added a pearl and embroidery floss The sentiment is computer generated, cut with an oval and inked---

That's it for now. I've got a few Birthday's cards to do for September then I'll be finishing up my Christmas cards. Working on my Christmas the whole month of July has really given me a good head start and I had so much fun, I want to finish them. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day, I'll see you next time...have a great week.

Disney Anniversary

Good Morning Everyone...Thanks for stopping by...I hope you are having a great week! For those of you that have been following me for any length of time, you know who this card is for but if you are new to my blog, I may need to explain. Our dear friends Kathi and Bob are HUGE Disney fans and celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary August 8th. I try to make them cards that feature The Mouse. I have a separate section here on my blog dedicated to cards with a Disney theme. If you'd like to take a look you can find the listing on my sidebar. After 2 1/2 years of card making, I must say that it is getting harder and harder to come up with something for them, but I love a good challenge and this is what I came up with---

That's it for today...Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions on the recipe or supplies that I have used in my posting today, please feel free to email me. I'll be back on Monday with a posting for The Cutting Cafe, I hope to see you then. Enjoy your day and have a great weekend!

Another "Give Away" From The Cutting Cafe

I know I said I wasn't going to have a chance to post anything today but I really wanted to get this done so you all would have a chance to win the Anniversary set that is being given away by The Cutting Cafe---
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/anniversary/
All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave me a comment between now and midnight EDT Wednesday 9/9 for the drawing to be held Thursday morning (unsure of the exact time but you know me...I'm an early bird) and announced here on my blog that morning! At first I didn't know what to think of the set, after all my anniversary isn't until January but after exploring all the possibilities I wanted to do something with it and now that it is done, I think I will hide it away until January!

All 3 sentiments are done using the Anniversary set from The Cutting Cafe that I resized and colored using the Apex color theme in Microsoft word. I layered the "Happy Anniversary" circle onto a circle/scallop Nestibility, embossing the center circle with Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. The "I Love you more & more each day" sentiment was cut and layered onto a heart Nestibility and pop dotted. The "To my Wonderful Husband" sentiment was cut and layered onto the oval/scallop Nestibility. The band was cut with the EK arrow border punch, adding a layer of card stock that was embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and added a bow ribbon. The flowers were cut with the small and medium Marvy daisy punch, adding a center cut from a dollar bin punch from Michael's and a flat back gold gem. The leaves are punched using the EK fern punch.

Now I've got to fly like the wind to get this mess cleaned up before my husband gets home from his physical therapy session! Have a great holiday weekend!

Don't forget, the only way you can win this great Anniversary Set is to leave a comment!