Birthday

Our neighbor is celebrating a birthday tomorrow.    He is a fabulous  "Mr. Fix It" and has an incredible shop!    MFT's Tool charms arrived just in time for all the upcoming masculine events!!!

I took my "Swiss Dots" Cuttlebug embossing folder and inked the side with the raised dots.  After embossing,  one side had raised Swiss Dots but I flipped the paper over to the inverted dots with just a bit of ink in the holes to give the look of a tool peg board!!!

To add just a bit more texture I used Tim Holtz Grunge paper for the tag!

TFL!

Late!!! FOSTV 12

I am late, I am late.....I can't seem to quite get everything to everyone on time.  I always seem to miss someone!!!  I am late sending out a package to my niece and nephew so I thought this would be the perfect stamp set for my nephew's card!!!  The inside of the card says:  "Bear with me....I forgot."

I am entering this card into Friends of Speedy TV challenge 12 . They actually have 2 challenges running right now!!  For this challenge we were supposed to use a border punch.  I like this Dahlia Dimensional punch for this card.  I like the points instead of it being frilly since it's a masculine card.  This punch actually gives you the ability to make rolled flowers...but I love it for a border too!!!

Punch: ek success Dahlia Dimensional punch
Paper: atd Great Outdoors
Stamp: Mark's Finest Papers Heinrich Collection North American Woods

Unity March challenge

So....it's high 80's here in mid march and we are still trying to hold off using the A/C.  I didn't realize how challenging making a Christmas Card in the summer months was going to be!  You would think the snowflakes on my card might cool me off...but not so much!  I made this card for my Christmas Card Challenge over at SCS but decided to double the fun using the Unity challenge as my inspiration!!!!!

Our challenge was to use a window or door opening.
I used SU Framelits Labels collection for my opening.
I made a sizzlits snowflake but it was too large so I just cut off the ends of the snowflake. If I hadn't mentioned it in my post I don't think anyone would have ever known!!!!  My banner was cut using MFT First Place Ribbon die!  I LOVE that die! 
My stamp was Unity/Ippity Pain and Pride!!!  I first saw this little guy while doing a blog hop....I couldn't wait to add him to my collection!!!!  Expression on his face.....PRICELESS!!!!
TFL!!!

Birthday Card - CIC47

 I have been a little slow in creating cards due to another bout with vertigo.  This one only lasted 2 1/2 weeks but it took LONGER to get my creativity flowing again!  Nothing like a special birthday to inspire me to some stamping time!  My dear friend loves the beach so what a wonderful time to get my  SHORE TREASURES from CLEAR DOLLAR STAMPS!  I popped up one of the logs on a foam dot as well as the bird.  I purposely made the banner a bit wavy.  The Clam is super fun!  I made a second clam and popped it up so it looks like it is open to reveal a pearl!!!  I added a touch of Glossy Accents to give the clam some shine!

I am entering this into:Clearly Inspired Challenge #47 (CIC47)
sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.

Spring version using - Fall for you by Unity Ippity

Here is a quickie card I made for my mom.  She asked me to send her one of my cards and make it into a birthday card for a friend of hers.  I figured I couldn't very well send a card for her friend without sending one to her....so I quick put this together.  It's simple but it was quick.

I had fun making this card!  I used the stamp set FALL FOR YOU from Unity/Ippity that I won from the Ippity Chick Challenge#14.  You can see the randomly chosen winning card on my January 25th post and it's also the card that I sent to my mom so she could give it to her friend!!!

I am entering this card in "Outlawz Twisted Thursday"

PAPER: White cardstock, SU Whisper White, K&Co. DP

Stamp: Unity Ippity "Fall for You"

Valentine's

So in between bouts of vertigo I have been dashing off a few valentine's!!!!  Elisabeth chose the patterns.  Steve suggested the hunting paper and bright orange for the boys. Our Valentine's for the girls look more Spring-like then Valentine but Elisabeth did not want pink so this is what we came up with.

 I had hoped to make a few more.....but I ran out of time.

Card sales for a project in Haiti

This past December the message theme at church was DO SOMETHING!  As practical application a couple of the needs were for water filters to provide clean drinking water and the building of health clinics in Haiti.  Elisabeth decided she wanted to make and sell her cards with the proceeds going to help in Haiti.  Here are a few pictures of cards she sold.

She has an Etsy shop and hopes to sell more.

Our Racer

Just a few photo's of Elisabeth walking/running her first race!  A group of 15 girls from her school are in a group called "Girl Power".  They trained after school for several months walking or jogging to get ready for the the 3 mile race benefiting Angel's House.

No Photo's please

                                                                       

A sprint at the end!