Hope your birthday is out of this world!

I made this birthday card for my brother. He humours me by laughing at the silly puns I include on some of my more recent cards. I think he might secretly think they’re funny. What do you think?

I was inspired by my brother’s love for space, although he might have a thing or two to say about my cartoonish depiction. Hahaha!  I used one of my many favourite stamp sets from Paper smooches http://www.papersmoochesstamps.com/

This will be my second entry in their 2020 anything goes January challenge 

To make this card I used the Paper smooches “space cadet” stamp set

Aren’t those stamp images out of this world?!

Ok...fine...I’ll stop!   Hahaha

A little birdie told me...

...it's your birthday!!!

I made this card for Riley's 4th birthday.  I felt inspired to use my Paper Smooches die cuts and decided to participate in their Anything Goes Challenge http://www.papersmoochesstamps.com

I made Riley's card using an assortment of Paper Smooches "wise dies" including "birthday words" "Backdrop Builders" "Birds" "Borders 1" and a few of Paper Smooches photopolymer stamps from their "Metropolis" stamp set.  I LOVE Paper Smooches stamps and dies, you can probably tell by my well used sets. 

This is my first time participating in any kind of card making contest or challenge, so hopefully I submit this correctly. 

A few celebration cards

I kept this one simple and a little more elegant for a friend's birthday - I wanted it to go with her party theme which was black and white


The birch trees that I used in the background are some of my favorites


I made this card for my husband for our Anniversary I used Paper Smooches stamps and dies.  Which can be purchased here https://www.papersmoochesstamps.com/product_p/j3s-13-165.htm

I made this card for a friend from work to celebrate her birthday I used an alcohol based pen set to create the background and I embossed the sentiment using a copper colored embossing powder.

I made this card using an adorable baby party animals stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.  https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product/Simon-Says-Clear-Stamps-BABY-PARTY-ANIMALS-sss101520-Falling-For-You-sss101520

 I love this duck stamp from Whimsy Stamps but it seems like it should be pair with a more clever sentiment than just a simple Happy Birthday.  I'm stumped, but he's just to cute not to use

Hand made greeting cards

A few happy hello cards

This was my first attempt at a shaker card


I tried to emboss on the plastic of my second shaker card and found that it warped a bit - drat!

Stamp and building dies used are from Paper Smooches

Stamps and dies for this "pawesome"  card are also from Simon Says Stamp

Bear Stamp and "Hugs" die are from Simon Says Stamp.  Background stamp is from Magnolia Stamps

Stamp from C.C. Designs

Played with different types of embossing for this one

Played with spray inks for this background

A few thank you cards

Changito the monkey

I bought the dog stamp and die from Simon Says Stamp.  The background stamp was purchased from Magnolia Stamps

A whole lot of dies used to make this card

inked background -I made a grass stencil and sprayed the ink on

Baby cards

I used the same stamp for these 2 cards, but went for different looks

Birthday Cards

40th birthday card

A card for a little girl's birthday

Used googly eyes for this one

Father's Day 2015

Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day with your family. We hosted a BBQ/potluck at our place.
I assembled some fruit on a stick for the fondue

I made a banner for the special day

and some decorations

As part of his gift we gave him a small assortment of tomato plants

Hope your Day was extra special too

The old greenhouse

Ahhhh....Spring is coming...c’mon sunshine!  This will be the first full Spring in our new home - so exciting!  Once the sunshine makes a more regular appearance we will be turning our focus to gardening.  Gardening is probably one of the most exciting parts of Spring for us. We want to eventually put in a Greenhouse but we will need to wait until we properly plan and prepare our landscaping which will probably take a few years.  In the meantime we can still reminisce on the greenhouse we built at our previous home.

We started with a simple wooden base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then the framing continued, the plastic went up, and finally; in went the plants.  I planted way too many , then removed the weakest ones, and gave a few to friends and family.  The plants included tomatoes, peppers, arugula, green onions, cucumbers and many more

 

 

 

The tomatoes did quite well

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So did the cucumbers, here's a picture of them in the earlier stages of growth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was given some sunflower seeds at a friend’s wedding, they had a spring wedding and gave various seeds as wedding favors (how cute!)  On a whim I planted a few next to the green house and they grew taller than me, then eventually grew to be taller than the Greenhouse!

We enjoyed that old house and loved that old Greenhouse. I designed it with the help of a few library books, and had the numbers and design verified by my Dad, husband and Father-in-law. My Dad made some improvements to my design and it was built by all of us (mostly by our Dads, as they had more construction know-how).  

What is your favorite thing about Spring?
  

A deck of GREETING cards

Hooray!  It's my first blog post - Oh happy day!

Today is a rest day for me (cue the lullaby and chirping crickets).  I've been feeling under the weather these past few days. But thankfully now I'm feeling like I'm on my way to recovery.  I thought starting something fresh and new was a great way to celebrate feeling better -  so voila: blog!

I think that every new start deserves a proper greeting. But if I introduced you to all the random topics that interest me, this blog post would consist of a mile long list with everything from Home renos to face painting to tea drinking, and a whole lot in between.  So I will select only one of my interests to share today, and I'll squirrel the rest away for another time.

...and the winner is....

making greeting cards!....my title probably gave it away, didn't it?  Anywhoooo...here is a small selection of cards I've made recently:

The sentiment and the truck stamped images are from a company called hero arts 

The sun is from Stampendous

The clouds are from a C.C Designs Rubber Stamp Sugarplums set called Scenery Scene

Here's one I made for my Dad's recent retirement















I made this card for a former co-worker last year.  I used to tell him that he was such a snazzy dresser.  But he would say that others tell him he dresses like an old man.  He was probably a thirty-something.


I made this a while ago, but I believe I cut and glued parts of a few stamped images together. I think the main stamp image of the guy is an amalgamation of two different stamps from a company called the greeting farm  the stamp of the guy is called "Jeremy" and I cut out the hat from a stamped image from the same company called "Hello Ian".  The lamppost image is from a company called flourishes

Ever since my co-workers saw that card, I have been voluntold to be the official card maker for my office, haha!  As long as I'm not busy with other things I don't mind .  Each and every one of my co-workers is so kind to me and it's a great opportunity to reflect some of that kindness back to them.

Now my list of cards to make is getting longer and longer, so I try to get a few done in advance, as inspiration strikes and time permits.


Here's a sneak peek at one I made for a co-worker who plays, watches and all-around loves sports.



Stamp is from the greeting farm - Edward
The soccer net stamp I used is from a company called Magnolia Rubber Stamps and I believe the name of the stamp is "goal"

And another sneak peek at a co-worker's card:

The main stamped image is from a company called bildmalarna
 and the image is called Frollie Frog Birthday
 

I'll share one last sneak peak at a co-worker's card.  I don't know about you, but I am looking forward to Spring and Summer, and I think this card really shows it:  


The Lady and Park Bench stamps I used are from a set from C.C. Designs 7
The Rustic window box image is from stampingbella




Enjoy your day!