I cased another one of my own cards...

The above  Card was originally made and posted to my blog 3 years ago...

I tried to case one of cards that I had made before, and this time my card ended up to be two cards instead...smile

I used the same Dreamweaver Stencil for the first card.
LL493.  I also used a spellbinder border die and sponged my stenciled images with Tim Holtz distress inks!

My second card was made using a stamp from Stampin' Up to make the leaf background. Autumn days.  The large leaf was a free printable I found many years ago.  I used Versamark on the leaf and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  My Hello sentiment is a die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

"The Beauty of Life does not depend on how happy you are, 
But how happy others can be because of you."

Thank you for visiting my blog today...
Blessings,
Jill

Iris folded leaf

I found the pattern for the above card here...

http://www.circleofcrafters.com/irisfolding/irisfoldingmapleleaf.html

I'm still struggling with computer problems...sorry I haven't been around commenting as much.  Sometimes I can log into my computer...sometimes NOT!
I still have my hubby stumped as to what is wrong...

"Autumn is a second spring When every leaf is a flower." ~Albert Camus

Thank you for visiting my blog today...
Blessings,
Jill

Christmas card for my doctor.

 Click on Picture to enlarge

 

I made the above card for my eye doctor who did my eye surgery last year.  I never sent him a thank you card, so when I send out my Christmas cards...this card will go along with my thank you letter.

 

The card was made using three dies.  Two dies were borrowed from friends.  Tree die is borrowed from Cherie, and she told me that she thinks it's a die from Cheery Lynn. The glasses are a die I borrowed from Kathi, it's from Taylored Expressions, The star die is from SweetNSassy stamps.  I also used an embossing folder from Stampin' Up, (Textured)  and my ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

 

The card fold is a center step fold, I found the instructions at Split Coast Stampers.

 

I am so sorry that I have not been around as much lately with posting or commenting.  I have been having computer problems.  My hubby is usually very good with correcting any problems that I have with my computer.  This time I have him totally stumped.  He has spent many hours on my computer running all kinds of programs (cleaner, malware check, virus check, etc. etc.)  Everything shows up as being okay.  He even spent lots of time on the phone with our ISP...but my problems still exist!  Sometimes I get into my blog, and sometimes not!  If this post publishes, obviously, it will be one of the times I can.  It's not just blogger that is giving me grief.  It's also google, and Firefox.  Anyone else reading this been having any of these difficulties with the programs mentioned above ?

 

So when I can't get into my programs I have been doing fall house cleaning.  Below is a pic of one of the things I have been gathering together to make their way out the door.

 

The above pic is just half of the books and magazines going out the door.  Can you tell at one time I was a magazine addict?  My pile has sewing, quilting, crochet, knitting, cross-stitch, embroidery, plastic canvas, craft, and paper crafting magazines ( and books) in the pile.

This is the third time that I did a clean out with my magazines.  It is so difficult to let these things go.  I had to get it through my head that I would have to live to at least age 150 to use every idea in these books that I have marked with a sticky note...smile.

"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it.
You're just passing it on to someone else."
~ Mitch Albom

Thank you,
for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
jill

Carol and Cherie's birthday cards

 Carol's birthday card

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

is celebrating a birthday today.  My card looks crooked...but it honestly isn't in real life.

I tried photographing it twice and I just couldn't get a good photograph.

Carol, I'm sorry I didn't get it in the mail in time...So you get to see your card on the day of your birthday anyway.  Carol's favorite color is PURPLE!

I made my card using  Graphic 45 paper, added a bow and some brads.

Hope you have a very special day Carol.

My crafting buddy Cherie is celebrating a birthday too.  Last night we celebrated her birthday along with our weekly craft night.  Cherie's blog can be found here...

http://paperinspirationsandcreations.blogspot.com/

I just wish she had the time to update her blog.  She had made so many neat cards since her last post on her blog.

Obviously, Cherie has cats.  I made my card using Graphic 45 paper, and my sentiment was stamped with a stamp from SweetNSassy stamps. I also  added some twine.

"As you get older three things happen.  The first is that your memory goes,

can't remember the other two."   

~Sir Norman Wisdom

Thank you for visiting my blog today

Blessings,

Jill 

Back to School

 I made the above card using a stamp from Serendipity Stamps!  and a  "Thanks" die from Stampin' Up. I also added a ribbon and brads.

I made this  for a young girl who acted as our guide when we visited a local school near us.  It's a school that we have driven by, and walked by too many times to even begin to count...
I had never been on the school campus, and I always wanted to see what was behind the gates.  I called the school to see if we could have a tour.  

Our tour was an hour long, but it seemed like 10 minutes...I so enjoyed it and would have liked to see even more.  Many of the buildings at this school are almost a 100 years old...  Such wonderful, beautiful architecture.  The grounds are immaculate and so beautiful.   It was indeed a treat to have a tour and our young student was very informative and gracious.  She made the day so pleasant so I wanted to send her a thank you card.

I made the above necklace and bracelet at craft night with the help of my neighbor.  I did all the stringing of the beads...but she had to help me with the clasp.  I think I am getting more and more addicted to beading.  The beads were from a kit that I purchased at Walmart...A LONG TIME AGO...I'm just so happy that they finally got used (thanks to my neighbor.)

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
~J.M. Barrie

Thanks for visiting my blog today,
Blessings,
Jill 

Card #3 for the NBUS challenge

 I Made the above card for my hubby's recent birthday.

I made a quick simple card...since he is home almost 24/7...It's difficult for me to make something that he doesn't see me making.

I think the stamps from Lawn Fawn are so cute, and I think this is the first set of stamps  I have that are from Lawn Fawn.  I've had the set for a couple of months now...so I thought it was time to use this NBUS stamp.  The clouds and waves were cut with dies from SweetNSassy Stamps.

I made this card to enter into Darnell's Challenge

Darnell's challenge can be found here...

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html

If you haven't ever visited Darnell's blog...What are you waiting for?  Darnell has one of the nicest blogs around.  She posts such creative projects, and has such a great sense of humor.  I always have a smile on my face after a visit to her blog.

Thank you again, Darnell, for having this challenge for us.  

"Age is merely the number of years the world has been Enjoying you."


If you have an extra minute...Please stop by my hubby's blog and wish him a Happy Birthday!  Thank you!  The link to his blog is below...

http://irishdreamweaver.blogspot.com/

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill 

My second card for the NBUS challenge

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html

This is my second card for Darnell's NBUS Challenge.  The link to her great challenge can be found above.  My NBUS items is a 3d sheet that I had printed out last year and hadn't used yet to make a card.  Also (my other NBUS) acorn and leaf embellishments were given to me as a gift from my sister in law, ages ago so I could use them to decorate my cards.

Anyone who has been following my blog for a while may remember the story I shared on my blog last year..

http://ribbonchallenged.blogspot.com/2014/09/to-everything-there-is-season.html

I told about the day we celebrated my dear friend Cherie's birthday.

I mistakenly thought the name for the restaurant that we were meeting in was named Squirrel something?...  Wrong.  I was teased all day about that.  Then Cherie goes home after our day together and finds a squirrel in her house!

You know that they couldn't let me live that down....So on my birthday they each made me a birthday card with squirrels on the cards.

Cherie, also has been sending me (from time to time) Pics that she finds of squirrels on pinterest.

So, since her birthday is coming soon,  I naturally had to send her a card with a squirrel on it.

"The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are,

but how happy others can be because of you." 

Thank you for visiting my blog today,

Blessings,

Jill 

 

NBUS Challenge #5

 My Crafting Buddy, Kathi, just celebrated a birthday, and the card above is the one I made for her birthday.

I knew that Darnell said on her blog that she was going to have another NBUS challenge, so I thought I would try and make Kathi's card using something NBUS from my stash.  The stencil that I used in the above card I had won at the Dreamweaver Challenge blog ...LAST WINTER!  I thought that I was way overdue in getting it out and using it.  Darnell's challenge always encourages me to do so.

 Instead of making Kathi a cake for her birthday.  My other weekly Crafting buddy, Cherie.  Came up with the idea of making fruit tarts.  Let me tell you they were Delicious!

 My card above was made with Dreamweaver Stencil LL437.  To say that I struggle using embossing paste...is an understatement.  It only took me 6 tries to get a good image with my paste.
They say practice makes perfect!  It took me two days to get Kathi's card done, (because of all my flops with the embossing paste)   I was still working on my card when she was driving over to my house for craft night.  That was a really close call!  Didn't know I could glue a card together so fast.  (But I think she did like it). 

Darnell's fabulous NBUS challenge can be found here...

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/09/its-here-nbus-challenge-5.html

http://www.djkardkreations.com/

I have entered ALL of her other challenges, and was fortunate  to win a prize in one of the

challenges.  This time, Darnell has a big surprise...Lot's of Sponsors offering challenges!

Wow!  

Thank you so much, Darnell, for doing this for all of us.

"These is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." 

Thank you for visiting my blog today,

Blessings,

Jill

I Received more Happy Mail...

 Card made by Darnell

Darnell's website can be found here

http://www.djkardkreations.com/

 

Card by Kathi

Kathi's blog can be found here

http://katscreativebliss.blogspot.com/

It's so nice to go to your mailbox and find something besides junk mail and bills.  It's especially nice when it's mail from two very talented ladies.

When you receive a card from Darnell you feel like you've received a masterpiece in your mailbox.  Every card she makes is so well done and creative.

Kathi, is one of my friends who comes to my home almost every week for my weekly craft night.  I get to see her creative cards and projects in real life.  I wish she had more time to post on her blog so you could see some of the wonderful work that I get to see.    

Both Darnell and Kathi make me feel like one blessed lady.

Darnell, thank you for helping to make our special day even more special.

"The best kind of friendships are fierce lady friendships where you aggressively believe in each other, and think the other deserves the world."

Thank you for visiting my blog today,

Blessings,

Jill