Happy Anniversary

Hello!  Beach days will be here soon!

Our son's and daughter-in-law's anniversary is coming up. Eight years . . . time flies!  They enjoy the beach, so that inspired my paper heart selections. 

My goal was to create the feeling of a beach (sand at the bottom, sea, 
sun,     sunset).  Jamie likes Disney movies, I was  able to find a small Nemo. The Happy Anniversary was stamped on a washed wood paper for the illusion of boardwalk. 

 The idea for this card was inspired by these 2 cards: My Life in Paper and Jennifer McGuire

Challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash  Here Fishy Fishy - can you find Nemo?  and the Mermaid scales?
  
• CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - lots of assorted papers used!! 
  
• Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions 
• The Male Challenge - Water / Beach
  
• Bastel-traum Challenge #101- Water / Water
• The Mod Squad Under The Sea

Products used: 

• Heart Die: Memory Triple Stitched Hearts
• Sentiments (inside): My Sentiments Exactly & Taylored Expressions
• Pattern Paper: assorted scraps 

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

The weather is getting warmer here. I'm looking forward to enjoying warm days at the beach. 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  Enjoy your day. 

Christmas Stocking Thank You

A Xmas card in May!!?? Yup.  It's actually a Thank you for a lovely woman who helped complete a Xmas stocking for my "little Theo." 

Challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies or Punches
  
• Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper Challenge - Option of Candy Canes
• NBUS - everything on this card is NBUS!  
  
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes
  
• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
  
• Time Out Challenge - Items from your home.  The Xmas stockings are from inside my son's home this past Xmas.  

Backstory: My mom knit gorgeous Xmas stockings for her 3 children. Then she knit for our husbands, and her grandchildren. She knit each person's name onto the top of their stocking. As she was getting older she realized her family might outgrow her ability to continue knitting stockings.  So she made a "stash" of stockings for future family members.  As the oldest I am the "keeper of the stash".  Happily, mom's forecast came true.  Her family grew.  Eventually she was no longer able to knit the names on the stockings, and then she passed in 2019.  Along comes Theo (her 3rd great grandchild). 

My sister-in-law found a lady who was able to knit names onto the stockings.  This thank you is for her. 

Mom knitting a stocking ~2005

Theo's stocking with his Mom's & Dad's

Supplies: 

• diecuts: Thank-you (Simon Says Stamps); stocking (Concord & 9th)
• pattern paper: assorted (HoneyBee & DCWV & My Mind's Eye)

These stockings bring a smile to my heart. The tradition continues. Here's a peek at the inside:

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying a lovely spring day. 

A Foxy Mother's Day

 Hello!  I hope the sun is shining on you today. Even with today's rain, I had a fun day making this card. Theo's mom is celebrating her first Mother's Day in a few days.  She enjoys fox and forest baby things.

Challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches - I rotated the sketch and tweaked the vertical bars.  I needed the card to be vertical to accommodate the sentiment I want inside.
  
• The House that Stamps Built - All About Moms 
• Shopping Our Stash - "I made this for you, Mom!"
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - I love Honey Bee's 6x6 pattern paper pads.  I like that often you can combine papers from their different pads. 
  
• Color Throwdown

 

Supplies:

• Front: fox image - Hampton Art; sentiment - My Favorite Things
• Inside: fox image - Uniquely Creative; sentiment - Gina K
• Other: pattern papers - Honey Bee stamps; "pearl" bling - Craft Consortium

Here is a look at the inside:

Enjoy these photos of Theo starting to get "solid" food.  

Not liking Oatmeal

But he is Loving Carrots!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope this post brought a smile to your face. 

Happy Mommy to Bee Day

 

Happy News!!  We recently found out we're going to be grandparents again!  We are so excited.  This is for our daughter-in-law for their first baby to Bee.   

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning, and the colors from Just Add Ink. It has "cute animals" for the Fusion Card Challenge.  And the pattern papers are NBUS.

Challenges: 

• Tuesday Morning Sketches
  
• Just Add Ink - Inspiration
  
• Fusion Card Challenge
  
• NBUS #26

      

Supplies: 

• stamps: Honey Bee
• Pattern Paper: Craft Consortium
• Foil Paper: Tim Holtz

 Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.  For the Moms everywhere . . . Happy Mother's Day.