Lots of Thank You Cards to be Made

Since I am still recovering from my surgery August 20th, I have received many blessings from friends and relatives. Some people sent cards, others did errands, some just stayed with me, and then there was food!!! The word "food" means the really healthy stuff, and the not so healthy, but "oh so good" stuff like cookies, and cake, etc ;-) Now that I am starting to feel better, I am cruising around the Internet looking for ideas, as it is time to start making Thank You cards. The deco-flower is a digital stamp. Head over to MAGIC IN THE AIR to get a FREE digi-stamp. There is a different stamp available every Monday, with a challenge! I decided to use Craft Cardstock as my base, followed by some Blush cardstock, not TAC, and then some rosy colored DSP I found in my overflowing scrap pile, followed by White Cardstock with the digital stamp on it. Everything is colored with Prismacolors and an Aqua-painter. I just got my own photo corner punch, so had to try it out. I paper pierced for the first time, so I'll take all helpful comments or criticisms. Finished the card off with the purple ribbon, and an orange eyelet using my Crop-Dile and a Thank You brad. Oh, and I almost forgot, I used a deco scissors on the corners of the cardstock.
Well, I hope you like it.
Huggers~

A Great Lookin' Card

My BFF had her birthday on September 11th. Did I happen to mention that she is a Stampin' Up! demo and she does awesome cards? I new I wanted to make a card using all of The Angel Company products, as I'm a demo for that company, so the heat was on! What to do, what to do! I felt like I was back in 5th grade Art Class, and you were going to be critiqued, and you knew it. Now mind you, my friend never said a word to me...I was putting all the pressure on myself. So, this is the card I came up with. I'm thinking it looks pretty darn good, if I do say so myself! My BFF has always said "It's all about matting" so I knew I had to do some layering. I started out with some purple cardstock as my base, followed by a mat of black. I then went into my Soar With It Collection, called Angelee and found some nice fall colored DSP. I then used the top note die and made a black or was it dark brown bottom layer. I then took some ivory paper and made another top note die, but this time, I trimmed of the edge of it, so you would see the brown layer beneath it. I then went to work on that ivory piece I just die cut with my Big Shot. I used a 'new to me' stamp, that I got off of Ebay called Crackled. It is a retired TAC stamp. That sure did make a great background. I then used a flower stamp from the Treasure It set. I believe it is called 2 step stamping, where you put lighter ink on the flower, and then use the outline of the flower stamp, and use a darker color. I then used Tim Holtz's Distress ink, called Tea Dye. I finished it off by putting some antique brads on the top notes, and tried to brighten it up a bit by putting some pink ribbon on it. I hope you enjoy the look of it, as much as my BFF and I do! I even think The Angel Company would be impressed.

Hope all is going well with all of you.
Lots of hugs coming your way~

Another Birthday Card

Just a quick post of a card that I did yesterday. This is made from all TAC paper and stamps. I did however add stickles to the cherry to give it a little sparkle, but the camera didn't pick that up. It was very quick and easy to do. But I want you all to know that I CASE'd it from Brenda. When I first signed up to be a demo for The Angel Company, she, as well as other Angels, sent me cards to get ideas from, so she gets the creative award for this card, if there is such a thing.

I have a bad headache so this was a short post, so that I can go to bed early.
Hugs to all,

Back from Scrapbooking

I'm really tired, but wanted to get this post up before going to bed. We scrapped until 5 am this morning and then we all headed to couches to take a quick nap. One girl was up by 7 am, and the next one at 8:15 am, and at 10 am, someone came and woke me up, as I was in a deep sleep. But I grabbed a cup of coffee, and went right back to scrapping. I've posted 2 different pages that I did.
The first one is a picture of my son, sleeping in a hospital bed, after being up all night waiting for his precious son to be born. And then again, sleeping at home, you'd think he had went through the labor...lol And they were very worried that their rat terrier would not like the baby, as she thought she was the baby, but you can see, they all got along just fine.
The next page shows my grandson at 8 months old. For Father's Day we went to the zoo. Even though the picture in the middle looks like he doesn't want to be there, he loved it, especially in the fish enclosure.
I used Kalediscope Boyz paper from TAC for most of the layout and matting. If you like this paper, it is not expensive, it's only $6.95. It really helps making the layout easy. If you click on the link, it will take you to my upline's site. If you order through her site, just leave her a quick note that I sent you over there. :-)
I'm going to bed, have a great day, it's going to be hot and humid Sunday with the temperature around 95 degrees. I'm going to go and see someone tomorrow that I haven't seen in about 5 years, because he moved to New York. He hung around our house quite a bit when he was younger, as he was friends with my son, and we kind of took him in under our wing. My son flew out to New York on Friday, as his friend was getting married on Saturday, and they, the bride, groom, and my son, are in a car, as I write this, headed back to Wisconsin already. So, I'm suppose get up by 8 am, to go to meet the new bride and groom. Catch you all later.
Hugs~

Connie

A Little of both

First my rant:
I have never gotten that "awww" sight when I've seen a plane. I just know that they get me from one place to another, faster than driving. Well, once a year, the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) is held in Oshkosh, WI. I live about 18 miles from the airport that puts on this event. In order to land at the airport, all planes that are going to be landing, must circle my town. And from my understanding, the best time to fly is in the morning. Well, I have the problem when the pilots think morning is anytime before 8 am. I am a late night person, have been all my life. But I hear the planes starting to fly by my house every morning at about 6:30 am. It's been every morning for the past 5 or 6 days, and so I got about 5 more days left. This event show means a lot to people, as some fly all the way from Australia to see it, and the hotels are booked a year in advance, but not all people are airplane buffs, like all people aren't card making buffs.
Rave:
A friend and I got together and organized a scrapping/stamping get together. Anyways, it starts Friday afternoon, August 7th and goes straight through until Saturday night. It will be an awesome time.

I wanted to show you a card I made. I used mostly TAC products. In the middle of each square is a piece of Mimi cardstock. This is still available, but this year it is called More Mimi, because the DSP is now double sided. I did use SU! ribbon to make the little brown bow.
So it is all done and I will be giving it my Aunt for her birthday at the end of August.
Hope you have a good day!
Hugs to all~

A man's birthday card

Hi everybody,

I never got out of my PJ's today. I had an IV injection of steroids yesterday, and only slept 4 hours last night, and then I took a 3 hour nap this afternoon. I know that steroids cause insomnia, but only 4 hours??? And this weather isn't helping any. Ok, I'm done complaining...but call if you want to hear more. lol

Anyway, it seems like I do a lot of cards for men, but I think it only feels that way, because they are so hard to do. You can't add ribbon, or anything girly, or frilly. No flowers, no pink cardstock, the list goes on and on, so I always have to put on my thinking cap. Boy, cards for women are so much easier.

So I had to do a birthday card for a guy that never takes anything seriously, so I made this one for him. I used Floyd from HERE... I love to use the Art Impression stamps when I want to do something fun. Anyway, on the front it says "As you are getting older" and on the inside it says "if you ever need a helping hand, just look at the end of your arm". I'm sure he'll find it funny. I used TAC Kraft cardstock, I used Prismacolor watercolor pencils and the aqua painter to color Floyd. I put a couple of eyelets in, and tied some brown hemp, just to make it look manly. I think it turned out okay.

One thing I ask of you, is that an old friend of mine got hurt in a farm incident yesterday and has 3rd degree burns over 70% of her body. She is currently at a burn center here in WI, but she could use a LOT of prayers.

Take time to hug the ones you love~

I've been MIA, sorry

Time sure has a way to get away from me. This card, I hope I didn't show it in an earlier post, was made using the TAC Flutterby stamp set and the Spring into April set, I think. Diana will let me know if I am wrong!! She's my upline, and knows TAC like the back of her hand. Anyway, I put a few brads at the bottom, some glitter glue on the wings, and colored the rest with Prismacolors. Sponged on a very light layer of green ink.

I need to make 2 cards by Friday, so I can't go on and on, but I wish everyone a Happy AND Safe Fourth of July. I will be spending Saturday with my grandson, all day!!! yea!!!

He's 20 months old and I hope he doesn't get afraid when the fireworks have those ones that go so high up and then just "bang". Maybe we won't be going to the fireworks. Who knows, but I'll be with my special little guy, who's going to be getting a card!

Hugs to everyone~

Father's Day Card

Well, here is the awesome Father's Day Card that I made for my son. First, the card is done using The Angel Company's Reece paper line, and a tag from there as well. I attached it with hemp, and added a screw type brad to it. Seeing as I have no "Happy Father's Day" stamp, I just wrote that in by hand. The other picture is the inside of the card. I framed it with some more of the Reece's DSP, but the card has a sentiment on it, that I am not sure where I found it, but it sure has a lot of meaning. I hope you can read it, but if you can't it says:

"One of Life’s greatest joys has been raising a son like you
Seeing you grow from the little boy you once were
To the special man you’ve become
Has brought more satisfaction than you could ever imagine

But watching life come full circle
Seeing you as a father
Giving the best of yourself and your heart to your own family
Brings even more happiness
And more reasons to celebrate all that you are"

That sentiment just called to me. My son called me and told me that he received the card and loved the meaning of the sentiment. I spent the whole afternoon with my son and family today (Sunday), so I have to post one more picture, and that is of my lil grandson, James. He is 20 months old, and is testing you all the time, to see if your really going to come and get him down after he has crawled onto the table and decided to walk on it! He is my precious little boy. His mom always finds the funniest hats, because he is so blond that the sun would burn his head in no time. We were just going to head outside to be by the turtle....His sand box is shaped like a turtle :-)
Huggers~