A big huge THANKS

Here is a card that Kel and I did Friday nigh in the cave.  Kelly's husband finally came home from the hospital/rehab after a month!! We are all so happy he is home!

Kelly made this for the rehab staff thanking for taking such good care of her hubby.

The paper is all from my stash. Of course we used Divine Swirls Folder, Crinkly Ribbon and the sentiments inside are from StampinUP!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Another thank you card.

Good morning!  I have been busy making these thank you cards. Well I should say my son has been busy going away on mini vacations with this friends and their families, so I am busy making the Thank you cards.  Here is another one I whipped up.

I again used the Close to my heart Miracle collection for everything on this card except of course the Thank You Stamp.  I believe it is from StampinUP!

Hope everyone is having a great week and thanks for stopping by!!

Thank you card....Challenge

Hello bloggers - a big congrats to Jessica over at http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/ for winning our little challenge we had last week. If you haven't been to Jessica's blog you have to go over and check our her work, amazing!!!

I am entering my card over  over at Docerla's Creations, http://blog.docerelashop.com/.  The challenge is to follow the sketch.  I am happy with the way it turned out.


I also challenged myself to use a paper stack that I had to have and I haven't used.  I have had it for at least a year.


Here is my recipe:


American Alphabet (on the Cricut Impression 2) Circle and doily cut at 3.50"
Close to My Heart Miracle Paper Set (all the papers including the Kraft strip going down the card.  This set has it all!!
Flowers from my stash 
Pearl Pen
Thankful stamp from my stash


Have a great Monday!!

Thank You. Thank You Very Much.

Cone on now ... you know you read that title in your best Elvis voice in your head! LOL! I have a couple of thank you cards to show you today. (I told you I had a lot of cards to make this month!) The first is a thank you card from my son for his birthday presents. As Laurie said a couple of posts back, he is a lover of anything creepy, crawly or squishy, so I stole Laurie's idea of using a frog on the card.

I totally lifted this card from one that I had seen on the Peachy Keen Stamp Challenge. The cute sentiment is from My Pink Stamper.

This second card was inspired by all the white on white handmade cards that are out there right now. I just love the look!

The card was cut with the Cameo and then I hand embossed part of the front with a Fiskars Shape Boss that I have had forever from Noni's stash. All I had to do after that was add the flowers and some bling and done!

Hope everyone has a Terrific Tuesday!

White Space!!!

I have a fear of white space. I love how it looks, but I just can't seem to embrace it on my layouts and cards. So, when I saw this card in the Big Picture Classes 28 Cards in 4 Weeks class that I am taking, I knew I had to scrap-lift it to give to Laurie for the scrap-tastic presents she gave me for my birthday!

I started with plain cream cardstock and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs Distress ink.The sentiment is from SU!  I cut a small slit in the fold of the card and fed baker's twine through it twice, then tied it in the center. I cut the heart from some patterned paper, added the button to it and pop-dotted it off the card. I had the little clothespins in my stash forever; they are soooo cute! And that was it! My brain wanted to add more, but I embraced and walked away. I may conquer this white space fear, after all!

Good morning everyone!!  Can you believe tomorrow is New Years Eve?  So crazy another year gone!!  I thought what better way to ring in the new year than with a baby card!  My cousin's wife is expecting and due in February,obviously they are having girl and her name is Ava.  I cute the little onesie from Stork's Delivery (Creative Memory cartridge).    Swiss dots folder for the back ground paper, I inked that up.  Ribbon from my stash. The name Ava is also cut from the Stork cartridge.

The thank you card is for a woman that I work with that made me two huge trays of delicious cookies, so yummy!!!  I cut the gift card holder from Tags, Boxes and and More, pg 112 cut at 8"  The thank you stamp is from StampingUP!, Alphabet soup and the Thanks a bunch in the corner is from My Creative Time, Many greetings set.  The white flower is from StampinUP! as well.

A Happy Healthy New Year to Everyone!!!

Thank you card by Dawn

Good morning! Boy this week is flying by! Here is an adorable, adorable card Dawn made for my son and me for taking care of her cat. This cat on this card is too cute, and her cat is black too!! I love the card, the layering is awesome and I love the tag. Dawn and her daughter took our dog's for a walk while we were on vacation, so I think they had the harder job. Andrew and I just had to go over and feed the cat, and keep her company for a little bit. She had to deal with two great big dogs (all she does love them).

Here are the details:
Tag: manila office tag inked with Walnut Stain
Kitty embellie: Basic Grey
Flourish stamps: Stampin’ Up!
Thank you stamp: Hero Arts
Striped Paper: Rusty Pickle
Rub ons, Flower and ribbon: stash

Don't' forget about the challenge, it ends this Saturday at 9:00 pm est. There are two cuttlebug folders and rub ons for the lucky winner!!! See the sidebar for details. If you have any questions please email me at lbaires@comcast.net.