Birthday Card For Jaryd

Hello, I hope you're having a good day!

My son recently had his birthday and I needed 

a card for him.  I had been doing some gelli plate

prints and had used a piece of card stock to

roll the excess paint off my brayer.

I loved the look of this piece, so I used it to make

his card.

I happened to have a couple strips of 

card stock that matched the colors nicely,

so I used those along the edges.

Then I stamped the happy birthday with

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

I love how his card turned out.

I wrote a personal message inside.

I think he liked the card too.

Thanks for stopping by today to see

what I've been up to, I hope you like what you 

found here and will come again soon.

Until then:
use something unexpected.

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Ornament Envelopes

Hi everyone!

I know it's way after Christmas and these are Christmas

envelopes, but they can be used at any time of the year,

just use different papers.
I wanted something to put these ornaments

in to give them to my family and friends.

I saw a video, by Nina Ribina

showing how to make little gift bags.

That video gave me the inspiration for these little

envelopes.
I made them from Christmas papers from my stash.

Some were made with plain card stock and

pieces of handmade background papers.

Some I used strips of Christmas paper to decorate

them.

They were simple to make,

I measured them to fit the ornaments 

and followed the example in the video that

I linked above.

Thanks for spending some time with me today,

come again soon.

Until then

watch some videos and try something new.

Christmas Cards

Hello and Merry Christmas!

I hope you're having a wonderful holiday season, 

whatever holiday you celebrate.

I'm so far behind with my posts,

but I wanted to share my Christmas cards with you.

This is the card we sent out to our family and friends.

Our first grandchild was born in November, so we wanted

to share a picture with everyone.

These cards are pretty simple to make and the card bases

 are made from one sheet of 8.5 x 11 card stock. 

I made these cards from some backgrounds that I had

 in my stash.

When I saw a video from Mike Deakin

on YouTube and he made some like these,

I had to use some of my stash to make some.

These are my "back up" cards for anyone my hubby

decides needs a card that I hadn't sent to.

I love how they turned out.

Once I had made the cards above, I took it a 

step further and made these also.

For the backgrounds on all of them,

I used black card stock and flicked 

white craft paint onto it to make the snow.

Then added the trees,

I love them all and may just be using this 

idea for next years cards.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me,

I hope you were inspired in some way.

Until next time,

have a wonderful holiday season 

and a fabulous 2020!

Pizza Pan layout

Hello blog friends and welcome back.

Today I have a layout that I made for my son and daughter in law's

wedding scrapbook.

All the guys that Jaryd had in the wedding party were

old friends, they have all been a group since high school.

Pizza Pan was where they would hang out, they would go and

order cheesy bread sticks quite often.
There was even a picture of the group at the restaurant, which

they still have displayed.

On the first page at the middle right, Jaryd has a pouty face

on, because the day the picture was taken, he didn't happen to

be with the group.

In the bottom left picture is the woman that works there.

She was thrilled to see the group of guys come in for pictures

at their old hang out.

It's hard to tell in the picture, but those are supposed to

be bread sticks that I made for the layout.
The wording was cut with the Sizziz and a die set, went old

school for this one.  I used the trimmed off pieces of the

pictures to cut out the letters.

I love how this layout turned out.

What a great group of friends!

Thanks for stopping by today,

I appreciate your time spent here.

Hope you'll come again soon,

until then, try using some odd scraps for your

layouts and cards, like I did with the picture scraps.

Mother's Day Card #6

Today I have #6 and the last in my 

Mother's Day Card Series.

I enjoyed making these cards and coming 

up with different looks for each one.

I hope you have enjoyed them and as

I have said before, just change that sentiment

and they can be used for almost any occasion.

Today's card was again inspired by 

Jennifer McGuire

and her video on using scraps.

For this card I chose 2 colors that I thought

went well with the flower I had colored.

I used the single flower from

 "Poppies" from Stacy Stamps,

stamped it onto water color paper

with Versafine Onyx Black Ink

and colored it with 

Neocolor II watercolor crayons.

I fussy cut the poppy and backed it with

craft foam.  I also used craft foam on the back

of the sentiment strip. That little bit of 

dimension makes a big difference.

The sentiment is from the 

Happy Anniversary Stamp Set

from QKR Stampede.

Thanks for popping in today to see

what I've been creating lately.

I hope you've been inspired in some way 

and will come again soon.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Mother's Day Card #4

Hi all!
I hope you had a lovely Mother's Day!

I know it's passed, but I'm continuing my
Mother's Day Card Series

since I think any of these cards could be 

used for any occasion,

just switch up the sentiment and you're

good to go.

Today's card was inspired by
Jennifer McGuire and a

 video that she posted recently

using scraps.

I found some colors that I liked and

just went to town with it.

I'm so glad I added in that scrap of 

card stock with the silver hearts.

The sentiment is from QKR Stampede

The Happy Anniversary Stamp Set.

I cut the sentiment into a banner shape and

adhered it with foam tape to give it a bit 

of dimension.

I really love how this card turned out,

I love the bright happy colors and

hopefully the recipient will too.

I'm so glad you stopped in today to

see what I've been up to.

Come again soon and you'll see

#5 in the series.

Until then,

try something new!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.