Happy Monday! It's been nothing but HOT summer days here in KC! Hope you are staying cool somehow! Here's a "punny" birthday card I made for my dad, which are my favorite kind. And super simple. Mr. Turtle is from the Walk in My Garden image collection, an old favorite of mine.
Happy Monday! Have you been able to enjoy any summer fun? It's been VERY hot in KC, so perfect weather to be in the pool for my college kids and their friends. This summer pool layout has images from the Paper Doll Teen Scene collection plus the pool image from Miss Kate Cuttables Splish Splash collection. Hope you are getting some sunshine and July fun and staying cool!
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Happy Thursday! Are you looking forward to the 4th of July? I am planning our traditional BBQ/pool party with the family and friends. We've started watching the musical Hamilton together on the 4th for the last few years, which has been a really fun addition. I know I'll be taking some photos, so I made a quick layout ahead of time mainly using images from the Artbooking collection, with the addition of a title from Create A Critter. I hope you all get to enjoy some festivities over the 3 day weekend!
Happy Monday! Spring is here, as my tulips and daffodils are in full bloom! I was inspired to make some flower themed thank you cards, using ideas from Pinterest and some of my older SU stamp sets. My mom and I actually made a grand total of 50 thank you cards as a wedding shower present for my niece, since she'll be writing a lot of thank you notes! Have a great week and enjoy some crafty time!
Happy Monday! I'm attending a wedding shower for my beloved niece next weekend and am having fun making her some gifts. Here's the card that will accompany all the gifts. I pulled out a Stampin Up set called Lasting Lily for the lilies and the sentiment is from another SU set called Beautiful Friendship. Both these sets are from 2019 (I think). I used my SU Stamp-aratus plates and sponge daubers to do a multicolor gradient on the lilies. I had seen this technique on Pinterest, but never tried it myself. While I think I could maybe have blended the colors a bit better, overall I like how it turned out. I like a pretty envelope, so I stamped another lily with her name on it to jazz it up!
Happy Monday! Who's ready for spring? We had 70 degree weather....then it snowed. Again. But second spring is coming this week, lol! Last week was good though, enjoying having my younger two sons home from college for spring break.
I had fun making this train layout for my scrapbook for pictures of the family riding the Amtrak from KC to Chicago in December. We had never taken the train before and it was actually a very pleasant way to travel! Less stressful than flying. The train is from the CTMH You Are Here collection and the titles are all from Boys Will Be Boys. My sons (who were all obsessed with trains as toddlers) were thrilled like little kids when the train conductor actually said All Aboard as we pulled out of the station, so that HAD to be the title, lol. I hope everyone has a good week ahead!
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Happy Monday! We've had a quiet week just cozied up at home! Lots of hot tea, books, and crafty time! And a little shopping online....I bought an image collection from Close to My Heart on cricut.com called Everyday Moments and made this pre-designed layout from it for a Valentine's Day photo. (We had a quiet Valentine's Day romantic dinner at home with our favorite Chinese takeout, so I only took one selfie of the two of us.) I changed the design up some, adding the Love title and extra hearts and made one of the photo mats into a journaling space instead. It took a bit to cut all the pieces, but turned out cute! Have a good week and notice the small special moments!
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