Halloween Cards for the Grandbabies

Hello crafty people!

I love to make cards to send my grandbabies for

holidays.
Here are the cards I made for them this year for

Halloween.

I have a small stack of burlap paper and decided

it would be perfect to use for their cards

I cut out a pattern with scrap card stock

and traced it onto the back of the

burlap papers, then cut them out.

For the background on the pumpkin, I inked

some clouds for the sky and

cut green paper into grass.
I love googly eyes, so used them for the 

eyes on each card.

I stamped the background on the spider card

with a stamp from my stash and

black ink.  I hung the spider with some 

black thread glued to the card.

Inside the cards I used a simple 
Happy Halloween

greeting.

I think the kids will like receiving these cards

 in the mail.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you will stop in again soon.

Until then,

make a kid smile!

 

Koi Basket

Good day my friends!

My girls keep me busy with projects

for their business.

They wanted a basket that would be a pond for

the Koi fish that they make.

Kelsie and Sara chose the yarn and I made

this basket.

They didn't want it to be totally round, so I made it a 

bit more oval.

And it's not too deep.  

The love how it works with their little

Koi, which are a very popular item for

Clumsy Cloud Gifts.

People love these little fish,

by the way his name is Kevin the Koi.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Until then,

try something new.

 

Wedding Layouts - Family

Hello and welcome!

It's been 2 & 1/2 yrs since our daughter got married,

and I'm finally getting close to the end of 

creating their wedding scrapbooks.

Yes, I said scrapbooks.
When I did Jaryd and Sara's books I ended up with

6 full books.

I'm sure Kelsie and Brad's will be just as many books.

Today I have a couple layouts to show you.

These are a couple of our family layouts.

I love these pictures of Dave with Kelsie.

So many beautiful pictures that it was hard to not

 choose all of them.

This layout is Dave, Kelsie and Me.

I love how this turned out.

I wanted to do something a little different,

so I cut the large heart with the same paper

as the other background page.
All the flowers were stamped on coordinating 

papers and fussy cut and arranged on the page.
I've really enjoyed working on these

layouts for the wedding.
Now just to finish them all and get them

together for a Christmas gift for 

Kelsie and Brad.

Thanks for popping in to see what I've been up to.

I hope you have been inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then,

try something new and different.

 

Clouds for Clumsy Cloud Gifts

Hello craft lovers!

Today I'm showing you some clouds I made

for my girls and their business.
Their business name is 

Clumsy Cloud Gifts.

They asked if I could make some clouds

to hang in their booth at craft shows.

Of course, I said sure.

I bought a yard of white felt at Michael's.

Did you know that Michael's now sells fabric?
They have some beautiful choices and the prices

are fabulous.

I created a cloud on my computer and printed it out

in 3 different sizes.  The clouds were traced onto the felt

then cut out.

I stitched around the edges with the left over crochet thread

from the doilies I made for them and stuffed them

with a little poly-fil.

I think they are going to look cute hanging in their booth.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

use your talents to make something fun.

 

First Day of School Shirt

Hello crafty friends!

Marie started kindergarten a couple weeks ago.

Hard to believe she is almost 5 yrs old.

I made a shirt for her to have her picture taken in.

It says Class of 2037 on the front and I made an

XL pink shirt, as pink is, at this point, her favorite

color.  The idea is to take her picture in it the

first day of school every year.

When she graduates from high school,

all the pictures can be displayed at her

graduation party or in a scrapbook.

She is very proud of her little wild flower

garden behind her, so this is the perfect place

to have her picture taken.

Gosh I love that little girl!

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

be creative!

 

I Love You Cards

Hello everyone!

Today I'm sharing a couple cards I made for my 

grandbabies.

Every now and then I like to send them cards, just to 

let them know I'm thinking of them and love them.

After all, who doesn't love to get snail mail, 

especially when you are 2 and 4 yrs old?!?!

This card was made for Marie, she is 4 yrs old

and she loved the funny bird I put on the front of

this card.
Inside I wrote, "Flying by to say I love you."

This card was for Asher who is 2 yrs old.

Inside I wrote "Sending you a big sloppy kiss."

He loved the dog on the front.

Both these cards were made with things from my

stash.  I had already stamped the images and 

colored them with colored pencils.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

send someone a card for no reason.

 

Doilies for Clumsy Cloud Gifts

Hello everyone!

My girls, Kelsie, my daughter and Sara, my daughter in law,

have a business called Clumsy Cloud Gifts.

A little while ago they asked me to make them some 

doilies for their display.
These are just 2 of the doilies I crocheted for them.

Unfortunately, I totally forgot to take pictures of the others

that I made for them.

This heart was the last one I made, with the crochet 

thread that was left after making a bunch of others.
I love how it turned out.

This is one of the purple ones I made for them.

It doesn't lay totally flat, but that's okay, as it works for

what they need it for.
All the doilies I made for them, I made up as I went.
I kind of fly by the seat of my pants on these.

They are happy with them and that's the most important thing.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll be back again.

Until then,

think something up and make it!