It's Been a While... Again!

As I am getting used to my new schedule with both boys at school this year, I am finding so many things to do! I am not bored at all! But... I have not been blogging, you might say. Well, I have been making cards, though.

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This is a card I made to include in a friend's birthday present. (I made her about 5 cards to use in a gift pack of stationery.) All of you who are familiar with Stampin' Up! colors... this photo shows a little more "red" than Close to Cocoa really is... but I think you get the idea, right?

All Thanks To You

This shows the card I made 12 of to send as "thank yous" for my son's birthday. Love that graphic Stampin' Up! set.

Hi There!

See HERE. (Click to read where I am at this week.)

Scraps Used!

Inspired by having a ton of scraps... and by my friend, Jaimie! (She could and should start her own blog!)

Two-for-One

The above photo is a card I made for my brother-in-law and his wife for their anniversary. I really like the Stampin' Up! set called "Fifth Avenue Floral" and used it here with some watercolor pencils to give it dimension.

The above card is a blank notecard I made. I have used my scalloped edge punch for a lot of cards and think it adds a nice touch.

Another One For My Man

Hubby's birthday fell on Father's Day... so he got the works when it came to cards on this day. This is the Father's Day card I made for him. Sorry... the color on this photo is not the best... the greens I used were more olive-colored and the darker color background on the text is more chocolate than appears here. Anyway... you get the idea: we are blessed to have him as a husband and father and we wished him Happy Father's day this way.

For My Man

He's a golfer... and I love him! Here is the card I made for him for his birthday. Simple and manly, I guess.

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Challenge # 5

Hi! I am BRAND new to trying this... but thought I would give it a go!

I was directed over to Sunday Sketch and Stamp by my friend, Barb at Made For Keeps. They give you a sketch and you need to create a card using the sketch as your starting point.

Below shows the sketch and my creation! Be sure to let me know what you think!

This card will be for my friend, Sharon, on her birthday. (It is coming up! I don't think she checks out my blog, so the surprise will not be ruined... I hope!)

Simple Design

I have never been good at combining colors so I rely on my color wheel to help me out all of the time. I thought this turned out to be a calm combination of colors that did not turn out too bad for a sympathy card.

Have I Shared This One Yet? Ha ha!

Summer vacation arrived here a couple of weeks ago or so for my boys... they are keeping me very busy, to say the least... but I miss blogging. We will see if I get any computer time worked into my schedule to go along with card-making time.

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Here is one in a group I made for my husband and his clients at work. He has shared that a couple of clients have appreciated the hand made cards... I just want to share that they are made with love and sympathy for those who receive them.

So Very Hard to See!

So Very is the Stampin' Up! set that I used here... but in this photo the words are very hard to see! I did end up going over the words with a marker in a slightly darker shade than it stamped out with the "Really Rust" stamp pad... and then this baby card was ready for another teacher who is expecting a baby! Yippee!

Funky New Baby Card

I wanted to make a yellow (bright yellow!) card to match a gift bag I was using for a new baby present. I took a look at my Stampin' Up! color wheel and it gave the above suggestions. I wasn't sure about it at first, but then thought it turned out kind of funky and, dare I say, hip! (?)
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I am now loving incorporating patterned papers with my stamping... something that had been out of my comfort zone. How do you think I did? :-)

Another New Set

Inspired by a card my friend made (Hi, Jaimie!) I used another new Stampin' Up! set (Organic Outlines) as soon as I got it delivered to me. I am liking this blue, green, and brown combination, too! Here, this card is used as a "Thinking of You" card, but obviously could be used with a variety of sayings.

Happy Punch Time

These cards were used for sympathy cards, but the outsides are pretty generic to be used for about anything. I was excited to use a "new" punch and churned these two cards out right away.

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(I called the punch "new" as it was new to me, but a retired punch from Stampin' Up! that one of my Stampin' Up! demonstrators found for me to complete me having the stamp set that matched. Did that long, long sentence make sense? Ha ha!!!)

Baby Card # 2

We had to make 28 cards (14 each of 2 styles) for the card swap I mentioned in the previous post. This is my other selection made for a "new baby boy" card.

Here's a little sumthin'...

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Hi! Hopefully I am black to this blog for a while!

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My husband has "commissioned" me to make sympathy cards for him to send to his clients (unfortunately when he gets many of his doggy and kitty patients, they are quite ill). Well, I am not starting off with one of those... but know that they are on their way!

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Rather, I am posting a photo of a card I made for a card swap I participated in. The category I got was "baby boy." So, what do you think?

Good-bye... for a while...

I have really loved blogging.

What I have really enjoyed most is the people I have met through my blogs. What a wonderful bunch! I really cannot think of words to describe how great that has been.

And I really don't come up with the words, photo excitement, cards to share, and posts as easily as I have before... life changes and things move along. My focus is turning a couple of other places now...

Perhaps I will find a passion for all of this again... but for now: a break.

I wish you all peace and happiness... and those words are from my heart.

Fun... but some work!

Stitching doen by hand after mapping out stitch placement with a template. Fun... but it did take a while... the results are very cool nontheless.

Birthday Card For My Mom

I know I couldn't make a card beautiful enough to be as beautiful as my mom is... but this is what I sent her this year.

Birthday Sparkle

A birthday card made recently for my friend's little girl's birthday... fun with glittery paper and glitter added to the stamped image!

Thank You for the Fun!

Okay... the color on these two photos turned out a little bit different... but the card stock used in both is the same. The bottom photo is the one that looks most accurate to what they were color-wise.

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These are the thank you notes I sent out to my Bigger, Little Man's friends for his birthday party. I just thought it would be cool to share with the families the fun time we had at the party. (I had to do two versions, unfortunately, due to the fact that I did not have all the boys all in one photo at one time. The unfortunate reason being that one little boy got sick and had to leave and the other one showed up later.)

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Anyway... I can never figure out what colors work best with that sage shadow (per Stampin' Up!) green color, so I therefore never use it. I thought I would challenge myself and use it for these cards... grabbed the handy-dandy color wheel (also from Stampin' Up!) and wah-lah!

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Now, can you guess what two little boys in the photos are my two guys? (This is the only time I have shown their faces!) Also... I sent out completely different versions of thank you's for family... and I had a good time incorporating the photos into the cards.