~~ John Allen's 35th Birthday Card ~~~

My child is making an old woman of me !!! My baby will be 35 in a few weeks and I had found these number charms months ago and knew I would use them on a card for him...so that's where the inspiration began, at the clearance counter at Michael's ! Of course, I used the Art Philosophy cart for his card!! The oval mat, present and pennants were all cut from the AP cart. I used Gypsy Wanderings for the musical notes.I am really loving this cart and this type of card...I get to show case this beautiful Graphic 45 paper!! I also used the same technique as on the other card I made earlier, for the bow. You can find the video here. I am lovin these bows too!!! Lots and lots of inking on this card, lots of layering and popping. I added some brads and some pretty craft thread, given to me by Tatiana...thanks T, I just died it with Ranger Ink to change the shade a bit. The sentiment is a stamp from the CTMH/AP Bundle. If any of y'all NEED ( hahaha ) to order this bundle, I can hook you right up!! Thanks for all the sweet comments y'all always leave....thanks for taking a peek!!!

~~~ Thinking of You ~~~

Hi Y'all...I have been on a flower making binge ! Some of you have asked how long it takes me to make a card, well this one took the better part of TWO days !!! I can't tell you how many different flowers I made before I settled on these. I almost threw up my hands and trashed it, but I think it ended up kinda purtty.I used Sentimentals for the butterfly, Winter Woodlands for the matting behind the butterfly, Gypsy Wanderings for the scalloped mat and Bloom for the sentiment mat.The flowers were made using a punch and the centers are a small sun punch that work great for centers of flowers..ask me how many lil suns I punched for 2 days ! No...don't ..I can't count that high!! I added some pearls, Memory Thread for the lil curly Q's( you can buy Memory Thread at Michael's and Hobby Lobby, back in the embroidery section) I embossed almost every thing and spritzed it all with Glimmer Mist. Thanks for stopping by !!

~~~ Happy 60th Birthday ~~~

Hi Y'all...my lil Hunny Bunny Dan turns 60 next week!! I wanted to make him a few cards, one from me and one from the fur babies and this one is from me. I might have to mail them to him, since Black Powder Rifle season came in on Monday and I may not see him for months ! lol I really did ask him if he was coming home for the B'day and he just smiled. I used Create a Critter for the happy birthday, Indie Art for the star burst looking thing,Gypsy Wanderings for the musical notes and I cant even remember what cart the numbers are from.I embossed the Core'dinations card stock with the musical notes folder and used a glossy black paper for everything else. I mounted the base on a white card stock, altho you can't tell and that's why I added the black and white ribbon.....and these are kinda sorta the colors of The University of Alabama, so he will be pleased !!! ( I married outside of my religion....I'm an Auburn Fan...arch rivals like you wouldn't believe !) Thanks for taking the time to take a peek!!! xoxoxo

~~ Gift Bags for my Swimmin Wimmin ~~

Good morning Y'all! I was invited to a luncheon today that Betty, one of the Swimmin wimmin is having so I had to hurry and finish the bags I had started for them. Thank Goodness for Sherri Simmons and her GREAT creative mind !! I lifted her Frankenstein and used him on most of the bags and then made a pumpkin witch for the others. I cut a small brown bag down to 4", added some designer paper to the front, that had been embossed and then added the lil figures. I used George for almost all of the cute lil Frank and Gypsy Wanderings for the Top Note. I used Paper Doll Dress Up for the witch's hat,and a combination of Gypsy Wanderings, the pumpkin and Pct 31 for the face on the pumpkin. I fiddled around with my Gypsy, using the hide feature to create the pumpkin. Added a few punched stars and now I'm off to deliver the goody bags to my precious Swimmin Wimmin!! Thanks for stopping by !!!!

~~ Ornament Card and Tags ~~

Good morning!!! We got rain in Alabama last night....woohooo !!! I had forgotten what is sounded like!! Since we stayed up and watched the weather most of the night ( we were under a Tornado Watch) I decided not to waste my time and I made MORE tags and a card to go with them. I used Christmas Cheer for the ornaments,Gypsy Wanderings for the top note and Plantin Schoolbook for the tags and the scalloped border. Added some ribbon and did a lil poppin and walla, card and coordinating tags. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek...I hope y'all have a really great week!!

~~ Spooky ~~

Hi Y'all !! I liked the sketch over at Jitterbuggin so well, that I decided to use it for this card. I'm going to submit it to the challenge over at My Sheri Crafts too...its a Halloween challenge! The house, lightening bolt and fence are from the Oct.31 cart. I tried cutting the cute lil scared pumpkin from the same cart....but my E didn't seem to like that lil curly Q top on her head, so I used the hide feature on my G, so that I could hide the pumpkin outline. I used the pumpkin from Gypsy Wanderings , shadow feature and added the face from Oct 31 to that pumpkin. My E liked that cut, much better! Did lots of inking and popping and literally held my breath while the Cricut cut that house...wheeeh! I was pleasantly surprised that it cut so well, for such a small cut. I think it was done at 21/2". Anyway,I'm breathing now!! I hope y'all have a great weekend!! Thanks for taking the time to check out my card !!!

~~ Pumpkins for Sale ~~

I made this card while at the lake. It's about 10 degrees cooler at the lake, than at home and believe it or not, leaves are falling all over the place there,altho the drought might have something to do with it. Anyway, the coolness put me in the mood to make some fall cards. I used Gypsy Wanderings for the pumpkins and A Child's Year for the wagon. The flower is from Stretch Your Imagination. Lots of layering, popping and inking. Thanks so much for stopping by !!!