Sweet Birthday Card

I made this card using the sketch over at Carol's Sketch Fun. This was a fun sketch that I will use again. I printed out the sketch and put it in my sketch book to refer back to later. Thanks for the great sketch, Carol!

By the way, I plan to hit the yard sales this week and weekend, so keep your eyes peeled for a new Yard Sale Report!

Thanks for stopping by my blog,

Season of Friendship

I had two general inspirations for this card. First, I was inspired by the wonderful 2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday Challenge. The challenge was to create a card inspired by a summertime photograph. I found inspiration in the summer season, the azure blue color, and the simplicity of the photo.

Secondly, I was inspired by the gratitude that I feel for the wonderful friends that I have in my life. So many friends... real, true friends stopped me in church this morning to ask me how Grandma Thelma was doing this morning. Another friend brought me a bag of clothes because she knows I've been working so hard at my weight loss goals and that buying new clothing before you reach your goal is expensive. Another friend sent me an ecouraging card about my weight loss yesterday. I'm so blessed to have so many great friends and I truly believe the sentiment on this card.... "The Season of Friendship Lasts Forever."

It was difficult to photograph this card - especially the glittery little blue bird in the tree.

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Love and a Hug,

All of the materials used in this card were Stampin' Up, except for the Ranger Stickles.

Giving, and Giving, and Giving

This was the Father's Day card I made for Brian's Dad. I didn't have time to take a picture of the one that I made for my dad, which I actually think turned out better. Anyhoo - I think this turned out quite nice.

Love and a Hug,

Thank You Card

Using a clean and simple design, I whipped up this thank you card in no time. Use up that stash today and make a five minute card!

Lookie at what I won!

I won Blog Candy! I was so excited to receive such a generous package from Samantha. You can check out her very inspiring blog, here. She offers monthly Blog Candy, lots of interesting challenges, and cool Stampin' Up information. Thanks, Samantha! I love the Blog Candy!

A Congratulations Moose

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I love the Stampin' Up Set, "Moose You." I have used it for so many cards and for so many occasions. This is a "congratulations" card for my cousin who recently graduated. He likes the outdoors, so I thought it was fitting. This is one of the cards I made when I visited my sweet friend (and Soul Sistah), Veronica. She let me use her Top Note Die and I fell in love with it. It is something that I am going to put on my stampin' wish list. The ribbon was a $1.00 find at the Crafts 2000 store in Parkersburg, WV.

Simple Baby Card and Frugal Tip

I made this simple baby card for a friend at work. It's a smaller size than the usual 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. Why? Well.... it my plight to be every so frugal, I started buying dirt cheap cards at yard sales. I give the cards to some little girls at church to play with and I keep the envelopes. Then, I use my scrap cardstock pieces that are leftover from scrapbooking to make cards that fit the envelopes.

Fall Birthday Card

Keeping it clean and simple, I mass produced six cards like this one today. My card stash was running low on birthday themed cards. I used a small pumpkin stamp from an oldie but goodie Stampin' Up set called Tag Time. I also used a sentiment stamp from the SU Birthday Whimsy set. I'd been hoarding the ribbon for ages and was happy to use it up. I hope you like the card and thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

Happy Labor Day and God Bless You and Your Families ~