Goodbye tension...Hello pension!!!

Good mornin' peeps!

Well today's project was something Dan asked me to make for his boss's retirement party, so I sat at my desk & thought of what she might like & came up with a box of all occasion cards. I remembered that Deanna had a box on her blog that I liked & the size she made is perfect for A2 size cards. Once I found it again I went upstairs to work & made the box first, then a few days later made the top of the box along with the 2 sympathy cards to match the box. After that I set out to make a few more cards along with some cards that I had in my stash. Then I made her retirement card, I've made this card before & love this image & card design...it's my go to design for retirement cards (unless it's for a male, then I will have to come up with a different image & I have a few in mind, hahaha!!!) Dan told me that she loved it! That made me a happy crafter! Don't you love it when people appreciate your work?

Thanks for joining me today, you know how much I love your company! Have a great day!


Retirement card

Inside

This box fit 10 cards. This box was created by my good friend Deanna, click HERE for her tutorial...she's amazing! Thanks Deanna!

I made 2 sympathy cards to match the box.

I put 10 cards & envelopes in the box - a mixed set of birthday, wedding, sympathy, baby, get well, etc.

Happy stamping peeps!

Last Sympathy Card

Hello peeps!

I love how this card came out. To me it has a gentle calming feel to it & a beautiful elegance about it. What do think?

Next week I'll have a few wedding & bridal shower cards for you that a friend asked me to make for her son's upcoming wedding. So take care & I will meet you all back here next week. Have a great weekend & thanks for dropping by today.








Happy stampin' peeps!

Sympathy Cards Part 2

Hi Peeps!

Here are two more sympathy cards that I made for my stash. It's a good thing to have these extra cards on hand so you don't have to make them at the last minute.

Have a great day & stay cool! Thanks for dropping by & visiting me, I love your company & your comments!








Happy Stampin' peeps!

Memories keep our Loved ones close

Hello Peeps!

Hope your all staying cool in this hot weather. I don't know what I would do without my AC but today was a beautiful dry day, so I got to open all the windows & aired out my house, it felt soooo good to have some fresh cool air come in this morning. The humidity returns tomorrow.

Well on to reason you dropped by. I have two sympathy cards for you today, same design but different colors. I hope you like them, I will have 2 more for you tomorrow & then 1 more gorgeous card for you on Thursday & that will wrap up the sympathy cards before moving on to something else.

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by today!












Happy stampin' peeps!

Happy Retirement!!!

Hi peeps!

How are you this fine soggy Friday? As you can tell by that sentence, it's raining here but I'm still in a good mood! I have a fabulous post for you today & I just love it! I had a retirement luncheon for a former co-worker a few weeks ago & needed to make a card & this is what I came up with...I love it! Then the woman that was picking me up has a habit of forgetting things so we all have to call her a few times to remind her that she needs to pick us up or go here or there. It's a running joke with us but we all love her anyway. Love ya Diane! Gina K made a video on this memory dry erase frame & my mind was reeling. I knew I wanted to make it for Diane & then I had a light bulb moment & decide to make one for our retiree Linda as well...not that she forgets anything but ya never know. Now that she's retired she might just start forgetting, right? Ah...maybe not but it was a good gift to make for her anyway. I made a few other little things to put in the gift bag as well, just a little something from me. We all chipped in to get her a few goodies & it put a nice smile on her face when she opened the cards from all her coworkers & friends. Now she has joined us retirees who have a big happy smile plastered to our faces. I call it the Happy face club & everyone wants to join but some still have a few years to go before joining our exclusive club. It was funny hearing them all count down to the day they retire...they can't wait, work has gotten even more stressful since we left & the new systems in place are a nightmare.

Well that's it for today & as always, thanks so much for stopping by, I sure do appreciate it.


I love how this card turned out! My inspiration came from this card by Amy. As soon as I saw her card I knew the stamp I wanted to use & what card I wanted to make...Linda's retirement card & I was off to make my card.


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Memory board with dry erase marker Click HERE for video tutorial


Keep it on your kitchen counter...never forget an important appointment again!


added ribbon to the back of the frame to hold the dry erase marker


Have a great weekend!!!

Plain & Simple

Good morning peeps!

Today's cards are plain & very simple & I love them! Sometimes you just have to do some of these simple ones to clear your head & take it easy before moving on & trying new things. I have a few cards that I made with Dawn Griffith's "Mother of Pearl" technique. I'll show you that sometime this week & add a link to her tutorial in the post, your going to love this one!

Thanks for stopping by today & have a great day!








While I was on a clean & simple kick, I decided to do this birthday card too.

Sympathy Card

Hi Everyone!

Well the morning was a little snowy...not much but now the sun is shinning & we hope to melt some of this snow today before the next storm on Saturday. Yep, you heard right, another storm...this really is the "Winter from Hell"!!! I thought I would brighten things up a little around here so I got me a NEW Valentine background to help cheer me up from the winter time blues...how do you like it, does it cheer you up too?

Well I needed to make a sympathy card for one of my loyal readers & friend who lost her mother recently & this is what I came up with, I sure hope she likes it & I hope I got to put a little smile on her face.

Now I'm off to make another birthday card & hopefully this weekend I can find the time to make my honey a valentine card. Have a great day!




Happy Stamping Peeps!

Post it Note Holders

Hi Peeps!

Today I have a few of the post it note holders that I made for the craft fair, I made 40 of these in all different styles & designs. I'm only going to show you a few of them or else we could be here all week & I don't have the time to take pics & edit them all...so I'm showing a few today & a few tomorrow, then I'll move on to something else.

I have my very best friend Sandi coming over tomorrow & we get to spend most of the day together, yippee!!! I luv it when she comes over to play. I have some cleaning to do today (been neglecting that lately) & then a little stamping I hope. If I think of it I'll try to take a few pictures of us playing but you'll have to excuse the messy craft room & I mean really messy because of all the crafting I've been doing & I really won't have time to clean it till after the craft fair but at least I know where MOST of my stuff is or maybe not, hahaha!!! Talk to you soon.


Hawaiian Style...my friend Joy gave me these cute adorable images & I thought they would be great on a few of my post it note holders for the craft fair & I was soooo right! I luv how they came out, Thanks Joy!






Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

I'm Back!!!

Hello Peeps!

So sorry its been awhile but I was having computer issues, it's still not fully resolved but it's better. I hope to buy myself a laptop for my birthday & hope to bring it with me when I go on vacation in April. Speaking of birthday's, I can't believe I'm going to be the BIG 60 in April & when I say that, I mean that I am truly DEVASTATED about this number. I have never been bothered by age before, it didn't bother me when I turned 30, 40 or 50 I always said its just a number but....60 oh my, now that is an age I DON'T want to be. I guess I could look at it like I'm glad & thankful that I'm still here, well I guess I'm going to have to start lying about my age from now on, I think I'll be 45 from now on...EVERY year! Hahaha!!!

I had to make a sympathy card for a friend a few weeks ago, she lost her mother & I never seem to have any cards on hand. I find that these cards are the most difficult to make. Does that happen with you too when it comes to sympathy cards? I need to make some so I can have them on hand, it's never easy to make them when you have to...note to self "make sympathy cards", that goes on my to do list. I cased this card from Gina K on Stamp TV, I just adjusted my measurements for the main image & I love how this card turned out. I think I'm going to make more with this design.

I have been working on my niece's wedding programs for her April wedding in California, I'm making 40 of them this time (that's not so bad)& they are the exact same design that I made for my son's wedding, Joyce loved them so much that she was hoping I would make them for her & of course I was happy to do so. I can't wait to go out west & I hope to connect with Maria for lunch or something while I'm out there, I can't wait to meet you Maria!

Well that's all for today gang, I hope you have a great Sunday & enjoy the "Super Bowl"!



inside card

Card details

CS: SU Bravo Burgandy, PTI Kraft & White
DP: Basic Grey Indian Summer
Stamps: SU Pocket Silhouettes & Little Paper Shop for the sentiments
Ink: Bravo Burgandy & Copic marker R59 to frame the main image
Accessories: Ribbon & MS border punch

Sympathy Card

Hi all!

I want to make a few sympathy cards to have on hand when I need them & for every card that I make I'm also making one for Jessica & Sarah for their card tins that I gave them for Christmas which I didn't have time to fill with cards. Here is one that I made this weekend with Pam (hi Pam...a few more days till your cruise!) I luv this Calla Lilly stamp from the Little Paper Shop & its great for this type of card.
I still have so much to catch up on & need to get my act together but hey at least I got my mojo back!

Well this post is short but sweet so until tomorrow folks! Have a great day & thanks for stopping by today!



Supplies

Stamps: Little Paper Shop (link is on my Shopping list)
CS: Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery & Pure Luxury (Gina K)
Ink: Basic Black, Koh-I-Noor pencils & OMS
Accessories: Nestabilities, Ribbon & CB Dots EF

Sympathy Card

Hi everyone!

Wow 2 posts in one day...Amazing!!!

Looks like we are going to get more snow tomorrow, it already looks grim out there. I know a lot of you are in a deep freeze & I hope you are all staying warm & healthy.

So sorry that I didn't get to post yesterday but we ended up going out all day & when I got home I didn't feel like posting. Here is the card I promised that I would post on Monday so I'm a day late & a dollar short! Hehehe!!! I really need to make a stack of sympathy cards to have on hand so that I don't have to feel so sad when I HAVE to make them. This one is for a good dear friend who lost her mother recently & no one (from where we used to work) told us about it till after the funeral, I hate that because Dan & I would have been there for her...out of sight out of mind as the saying goes. Anyway onto my card.



Card Details:

CS: Elegant Eggplant, Wild Wasabi & WW
Stamps: Little Paper Shop & sentiment on front is from Rubber Stampede(AC Moore)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Koh-I-Noor pencils & OMS
Accessories: Ribbon, Swirl punch, rectangle nesties, CB Dot EF, Scor Pal & dimensionals



Inside my card


I hope you all have a great day & thanks for stopping by today!

75 What a great number!

Good morning everyone!

This is what I was working on yesterday & it came out the way I pictured it in my mind! This stamp set is from Little Paper Shop, it's called "Still Hot Granny" & I love this set, it has some awesome sentiments that come with it! I couldn't decide what I like better so I picked 2 of the sentiments to put inside the card, she'll get a kick out of it! I do have to say that she doesn't look 75, hope I look as good when I get to be that age! Wow time is certainly going by fast, I can't believe it's only 1 more week before we leave for Vegas! Wow I so need this vacation & I can't wait to see my nieces & great nieces & nephews from out west...it's been a few years since I've seen them. We're more like sisters because we are so close in age, Pat is a year & half younger than me & Joyce is two & a half or 3 years younger than me & we used to hang around together all the time. Well enough of that, I will take pictures & share them with you when I get back. Well that's all for now, I need to get to bed. Have a great day & thanks for taking the time to stop by & visit with me today!




Card details
CS: PTI White, Dark Chocolate Brown, Sweet Blush, SU Certainly Celery & Black
DP: From my scrap pile
Stamps: Still Hot Granny stamp set from Little Paper Shop & Sister is from Spring Blooms Gina k Designs
Ink: Palette Noir, SU Chocolate Chip, Prisma pencils with OMS, Copic glitter pens for the glasses & inside of the martini drink
Accessories: Nestabilities, CB Olivia Alphabets die plates (75), SU word window punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, scallop circle punch & corner rounder punch & paper piercing tool



Inside the card...I just luv these sentiments that come with this stamp set so I ended up using 2 of them! She'll get a kick out of it!