Birthday card for A friend

I'm giving this Autumn card to my friend, Cherie...Whose birthday was four days ago...Yes, I am late...seems like I am late for everything...In fact I was counting up how many birthdays I missed this month...and it was four...Yikes, I used to be so good with remembering birthdays...don't know what happened?

I made up the 3d image a while ago, so I'm not totally sure where I found it, but I think it was from Nikky's site. I finally made a card with it last night. At least I am now picking the right time of year (Autumn card) to give the card to someone. I used Fiskars, sunburst punch for the side lace...and an acrylic stamp for the sentiment...stamped with Momento ink.

I entered this card in Marks Finest papers

here is the link http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/2010/09/speedy-cats-friends-challenge-22.html

Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT113

It' s Tuesday again, and Tuesday is beginning to be my favorite day of the week...because it is time for my favorite card challenge...This week we have the option of sending our cards to an

organization for Alzheimer's Care Givers.

You can read about this challenge here at split coast stampers...

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/teapot-tuesdays-f260/mmtpt113-~-nanner-nanner-boo-boo-i-even-won-tu-tu-t507264.html

The card I made for this week's challenge is called a Mola card, and I found the instructions for this week's card here...

http://www.circleofcrafters.com/cardmaking/anyoccasionproject10.html

I hand cut the frame from a template from circle of crafters, and then added some Stampin' Up and October afternoon designer paper. Along with some purchased flowers that I colored with Stampin' Up rose red ink, and then added some stick on pearls.

The Mouse House/Teddy Bear house

We are getting ready to do some needed repair in our home...(not looking forward to the mess)

we had a leaky roof (roof was just replaced this week) so now we can fix our ceiling...Yes the whole ceiling will probably have to come down. In anticipation of this...we need to put some of our things in storage to make room...Okay, that was probably more info than you wanted to know...smile...

Anyway, My point is...I am taking photos of some of things before we put them in storage...The Mouse house that I am showing you today was made by my father in law about 15 years ago. I saw the idea in a "Better Homes and Garden" magazine. I showed it to him and asked him if he could make it for me. I wanted it made for my grandson to play with who was 2 years old at the time. When he finished the Mouse house, he also made me some furniture for the inside...including a fire place. I actually called it the Teddy bear house, because I bought little teddy bears for him to play with the house. He played many hours with this little house. I had always hoped to finish it with wallpaper on the walls, etc...but with working full time, etc. I never got around to doing that...but oh, the possibilities! Obviously, my teenage grandchildren no longer use this doll house. But it's hard for me to let go...maybe one day I will try and decorate it for my great grand children...The outside cover was hand painted for me by my Husband's Aunt

MMTPT112 Teapot Tuesday Challenge

Here I am again, with another Teapot Tuesday challenge...the details can be found here...

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/teapot-tuesdays-f260/mmtpt112-~-nibbles-fritz-feline-fantasy-blitz-t506575.html

This week we were to make a house warming card...for a fellow split coaster moving from

Texas to California, and obviously she is taking her two kitties along...

This challenge had me stumped, and this is the best I could come up with...

My images came from a child's coloring book, I used them for templates for my red wagon,

and my kitties,

I used the SU lattice embossing folder...added buttons for wheels,

and a bead for my wagon handle...

Birthday card

Front of card
Inside of Tunnel card

I actually made this card a while ago, but I don't think I ever posted it on my blog...

It seems to work for this time of year... Beautiful day to do yard work.

I made the card for my Mother to give to a friend of hers, and she misplaced it, so I had to make her another one to replace it. After going through her things I found the missing card. I do know she liked it, so maybe she just didn't want to send it to anyone. Some of the favorites that I made she wanted to keep.

This is a tunnel card, and since I made it a while ago, I don't remember where I found the 3d sheet.

3d fllowers...

I can't remember where I found this 3D sheet, when I do I will post the link...

It's kind of rainy and dreary where we are...but we need the rain...just hope it

holds off tomorrow long enough to get our roof done...

These flowers kind of cheered me Up today...

Hope they do you too..

Jill

MMTPT Tea pot Tuesday #111

Well it's Tuesday, so it must be time for another Teapot challenge...

this week our inspiration teapot has a cute dogie on it...

so our cards were to have a cute dog and tree (s) or our card...

you can read about the challenge here..

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/teapot-tuesdays-f260/mmtpt111-~-its-fast-furriest-arent-you-tad-bit-curious-t505848.html#post17307810

My card will be going to Rachel who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer...

My card was done with a Stampin' Up stamp from D is for Dog...

I heat embossed my dog with bronze embossing powder, and stamped a tree with a rubber stamp from All night Media...My dog house was Iris folded, and the paper I used on my card was from stampin' up (Blueberry Crisp) I sponged my sky/clouds with a Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger "broken china" added pop dots and a brown and white gingham ribbon.

Our anniversary...

I had this card on my blog before but it's a favorite image of mine...because I felt it could of been me at the age of four and my Jim at the age of 5 because that's how old we were when we met for the first time...
My Wedding dress...

They were very pretty when my husband gave them to me

Honest!!! smile

Pretend they are dried flowers...

I was reading Lynn's blog where she posted about her 30Th Wedding Anniversary...

http://lynnslovelies.blogspot.com/2010/09/30-years.html
Lynn wrote a beautiful tribute to her husband...

and it dawned on me that our Wedding anniversary was last week and I

never posted about it or showed the beautiful roses that my husband

bought for me...(of course they were PINK) I took a photo right before

I had to get rid of them...I should have remembered to take a photo

when he first gave them to me...but things have been so busy lately...

(like everyone else these days I am sure...)

this year made me a bit sentimental so I went looking for my wedding

dress that I made...and decided to show a picture of it...(and NO I cannot fit in it anymore!)

It's not my original wedding dress because we eloped (as teenagers)

and I never had an official wedding dress or a wedding photo when we were married

I have to tell you, If anyone would ask me what the biggest regret in my life was

I would have to tell them...That I don't have a wedding photo/or any photos taken

us of that year we were married!

We renewed our wedding vows a few years later, and I made a dress for that day

and our friends at church gave a little party afterwards...nice surprise.

We also renewed our wedding vows on our 25Th anniversary, and on

Marriage Encounter. I guess you can say we our REALLY MARRIED!

Ugly card

I will be really amazed if anyone looks at this card...with a title like that...

but since I have taken the time to make it.. I thought I would post it...smile

I made it for a card forum challenge...You were to make a card usingstripes, circles, and spots...the card does meet the challenge if nothing else

The circles are punched and I put sticky tape and then put glitter over it

a technique that I found at Split coast...but I think it's one that

I WILL NOT DO AGAIN!

I put eyelets on my card...it's the first time that I have used eyelets on a card...

and it was fun, I will do that again...but it seems strange to put in my card recipe

for making my card...Card stock, designer paper, ribbon, glitter, stickers, eyelets

and for techniques...punching and a HAMMER!

Considering how bad my week has been...that Hammer was a good way to

get rid of some of my frustrations! Never thought when I starting cardmaking

that I would be using a hammer!

Watering Can

Yesterday at Split coast stampers Artystamper posted a really cute card she made

with a template that she found on Waltzing Mouse Stamps website...

she also posted the link where you could find the template...

http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/collections/freebies

I had to give it a try...I made two cards and I'm still not happy with mine...but I will

try it again, because I do like the idea of this card, and they were are easy and fun

to make...

MMTPT110 Teapot Tuesday

It's Tuesday, and it's time for another Teapot Tuesday, Those of you who follow my blog...will probably guess by now, that it's one of my favorite challenges. I love seeing all the fancy teapots, and beautiful cards everyone is inspired to do looking at the great teapots...(and there is always so many great stories to go with the teapot...

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/teapot-tuesdays-f260/mmtpt110-look-us-fly-were-so-high-time-try-flutter-t505181.html

My card was supposed to be a blue butterfly, but it just didn't go right for me, and it ended up yellow. I blame it on the cooler weather we have been having, it made me think of Autumn...smile. I stamped my butterfly in Versamark, then heat embossed in Ranger black embossing powder, I then colored my butterfly with Marvy markers. I mounted my butterfly with pop dots on a frame I hand cut with a stencil (open passee-partouts) frame EH1813.

I cut out the corners with an exacto knife and put designer paper behind the fame, and

then punched the corners with a stamping up ticket punch.

Present from Carol

Carol from http://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com/

invited me to her home for an afternoon of cardmaking...I had a blast! I was at her house for four hours making cards, and I thought I was there for minutes...the time just flew by...

Carol gave me some paper and ribbon which I used to make my card...and

also gave me a gift...which I'm posting here...it's a little note book made using post it notes...It has my birthday flower on the front cover...Isn't it a great gift? Thank you Carol...

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #25

This is a card for The Shabby Tea room Challenge...the link to the challenge is here...

http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-25-old-meets-new.html

The theme for this week at the Tea room is Old meets new...

We were to have something Old on our card...My Old is my designer paper...

and Something new on my card...My new is a new purchase of lace and charms...

I added the lace, ribbon, charm, and some glitter to my card...

Thursday Night Craft Night

My Crafting buddy, Cherie, and I managed to get together tonight and craft. We missed last week because Cherie was sick. We both felt like we were going through with drawal...craft night is our therapy...LOL.

We take turns giving each other a challenge. Cherie's challenge for me this week, was to make a Big Buckle Card...the instructions are from Split Coast Stampers and can be found here...

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/big_buckle_card/

It's actually a quick and easy card and I know I will make more...

My card is made using Two rubber stamps...Artistic Iris from Hero Arts...

and Elegant Get Well from Wordsworth