Birthday Card for a Friend

 I Made the above card for a friend's birthday, and along with the card I'm giving her the above bracelet.
The Stamp I used is from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I colored the dress with copics.

Some more bracelets that I made...

It's hard for me to believe that it's been four months since I have posted to my blog.  (I almost forgot how to do it...smile)

I also think that this is the longest I have gone without creating a card in over 10 years.  And, yes, I almost forgot how to make a card...   As you can see by the above bracelets that I made...I have doing more Jewelry making than cards.

I wish I could say that I have been absent because I went on a fabulous vacation some where...NOT!  In fact, Jim and I did not get away for even ONE DAY!  Hopefully, that will change soon.

Jim and I have both been having some medical issues, but things seem to be going better, so hopefully, I will be posting more and be able to get around and visit blogs....

Hope everyone has had a wonderful summer...

And a Happy day...

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.

It means that you've decided to look beyond the

imperfections.

~Author Unknown

Thank you for visiting my blog today...

Blessings,

Jill

Thank you card for my Mother's friend

I made this card to give as a Thank You card to the lady that had been my Mother's best friend for over 60 years.  Carrie took me to lunch for my birthday (along with my sister)  So I wanted to make a thank you card.

The card was made with a NBUS die (Never been used before)  I purchased this die on my birthday at my favorite Craft store.  The Spellbinder die is called Mystical Embrace.  The card turned out to be just a bit too ornate for me.  My Mother's friend seems to like The Victorian looking cards that I have made for her in the past, and she likes to like them made a bit fancy, so I truly hope she likes this one.
I also added a punched out butterfly (Martha Stewart)  colored it with copics.  Added some Graphic 45 paper in the background,  Stick on gems, peel offs, and a bow.  And a thank you sentiment inside the card.

Happy Monday to you...

"How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it."
~G Elliston

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
Jill

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there...

This is the pic on my side bar.  It's my  sixth Mother's day without her...

But today, I did have a lovely visit with my daughter.  I have been so blessed...

Hope everyone has a very special day today
Hugs
Jill

I'm so spoiled

 My crafting buddies came to my home last night, and had these surprises for me...

Cherie's beautiful card above, along with that lovely PINK bracelet that she made for me.

She also put an acorn on the gift box...with a squirrel inside the card.  Some people who have been on my blog before may remember the squirrel story ( I said I would never live down

the squirrel story)

 This was the pretty card that Kathi made for me, along with her lovely PINK bracelet!

Notice the PINK squirrels on the gift box

 This is a close up of the pretty bracelets that they made for me...the top one was made by my neighbor Chris.

And, of course, you can't forget the food.   My favorite being the chocolate cupcakes

with the peanut butter icing.

It was a great night, but we didn't manage to get any crafting done...LOL!

"Everything slows down with age, except the time it takes cake and ice cream to reach your hips."

~attributed to John Wagner

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Blessings,

Jill

Mother's day card for my daughter

 All the Mothers that were in my life, are sadly no longer here...

I decided to make a Mother's day card for my daughter...

The cute dogie dies are from Impression Obsession Stamps.  The dies were a Christmas present to me from my crafting buddy, Kathi.  They are NBUS, because this is the first time that I have used them.  My daughter's dog, Trixie, is like my daughters's baby.  She's my grand puppy and I'm kind of crazy over her too.  So I'm going to make the inside of this card as if it's coming from Trixie

 Here's a pic of Trixie in her raincoat.  I think she looks so adorable, but I don't think she feels the same way about the raincoat...smile.

A Mommy and Me pic taken a long time ago of me and my lovely daughter.  She doesn't look very happy in her pic either.  I use an over head light to take my pics so that's the reflection on her face.

"Daughters hold our hand for a little while but hold our hearts forever."

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
Jill

I'm flying high today...

 I'm flying high today!!!  For several reasons.  First of all because of the happy mail I received in my mailbox today.

The above card was sent to me from Carol...http://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com/
Carol knows that my favorite color is pink!  She has sent me several beautiful birthday cards in pink and I would NEVER get tired of seeing her pretty pink cards.  The above card is just perfection, Carol.  Thank you so much.

Carol, drove me to her favorite stamp store which has now become my favorite stamp store.  I also had the privilege of stamping with Carol several times.  She blows me away with her creativity.  The cards on her blog are lovely but even more so in person.  (she's fun too!)

 The next lovely card that I received in my mailbox is from Sue.  Sue is a/k/a  IrishGreenSue at Split coast stampers.  Sue doesn't have a blog, but here is her wonderful gallery at Split Coast

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=113778

I had the privilege of meeting Sue in person two times at a stamp show.  

 

 The next card is from the very kind and creative Darnell.  This is the link to Darnell's blog.

http://www.djkardkreations.com/

Darnell's blog not only has beautiful creative cards and projects on her blog...it's so much fun to read her stories.  I always leave her blog with a smile on my face.  The above beautiful card also brought a smile to my face.  Thank you so much, Darnell,  for brightening up my day.

Okay,  Trust me this Choc crumb cheese cake with whipped cream tastes a lot better than the pic
I took.  It may also  be the fact that I couldn't wait to try a bite before I took a pic!

Indulge on your birthday...order dessert first!

Hubby asked me what I wanted to do today.  I told him go to a craft store!  I'm sure he didn't expect me to say anything else.  He took me to my favorite craft store.  (the one that Carol above first took me to)  I had a blast there!  Finding some new goodies and also meeting several ladies there (They were having a get together in the stores craft workshop area)  Some of them were members of  My favorite craft forum (Split Coast Stampers)  So we got to exchange blog addresses, etc.   It is so nice to meet people in person.  (Extra special when they enjoy crafting as much I do!)
It definitely made my day!  Thank you again, Ladies,(If you get to read this)  for letting me crash your party for a few minutes.  

Would you believe, Jim also took me to two more craft stores after that.  What a guy!  He gets a gold star today!  It would have been three but I think I missed the closing of the other store by just a few minutes.

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
Jill

Another Baby Card

Yesterday, It was a baby girl card, and now this time it's a baby boy card.

I have seen so many of these cards posted at Split coast stampers, and also on Pinterest.
The card was on my to do list for a while.  I finally decided to give it a try after watching a video on Utube by Jackie Topa

http://www.jackietopa.typepad.com/

Jackie makes it look really easy, and it is!  I used her directions in the video and added some Stickers that I had had for a very long time  (stickers were from KC& Company)  also added a little hanger I had on hand and some brads for the knobs.

"Babies are God's Opinion that the world should go on." Carl Sandburg)

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Blessings,
Jill

Baby card

 I managed to complete two projects tonight at craft night!  Only one of my craft buddies could come tonight, but we still had a blast crafting.  (My favorite thing to do! )   
Baby card was made using a rubber Stamp from Kaisercraft, stamped in Brown Memento ink. Used designer paper from Our Daily bead, added brads and a ribbon.


My neighbor helped me to finish another bracelet.  I did all the stitching on the bracelet...(she helped me correct my mistakes...smile).
The pattern for the bracelet was found on Pinterest.  It's a free pattern from 
www.AroundTheBeadingTable.com
It's called Stackers!

"Babies are a blessing from up above that fill our hearts with lasting love."

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Blessings,
Jill

Center step card

This is sort of a mystery card.  The UNKNOWN image is one that my husband colored with copics many years ago, and I finally got around to making a card using it.

I don't know if the image was rubber stamped or if it was a digital image.
One of the reasons it probably took me so long is the fact that the image has a lot going on, and I did Not want to take away from the image by adding too much else on the card. 
...Thus the black background!
  Jim liked what I did with the image and that is what was most important to me.

I'm grateful that I managed to get another one of Jim's big box of colored images done...
Many more to go...

"Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude."
Henry Ward Beecher

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
Jill