Happy Anniversary!

Hi everyone!

Here's a quick post before I get ready to go out and celebrate our 36th anniversary. This is a cute card of Gus & Stella.  The inside of the card reads, "Marriage is like a deck of cards, In the beginning all you need is two hearts and a diamond. By the end you wish you had a club and a spade!" We are far from the end!

Supplies I used to create this card: 

Bugaboo digi stamp Gus & Stella Deck of Cards

Spectrum Noir alcohol ink markers

Hammermill cardstock 

Patterned paper from my scrap stash

Pebbles candy dots 

Glossy Accents

Fiskars border punch

MFT pierced oval STAX

Have a blessed day! 

29 Again?

Hi everyone!

We've had a beautiful weekend, unfortunately it went way to fast!  I've been working on some other projects and haven't had a lot to post, - things are coming! In the meantime, I will say that I have been playing around with alcohol ink markers. They are different than pencils, I'm trying to get the hang of it.  I have to tell myself,  just like I tell my grandkids "practice, practice, practice!"

Here is my 1st card I've made using Spectrum Noir markers. This is a cute digi stamp from Bugaboo stamps.  I'm entering this into the Little Red Wagon  Challenge #307, "Try Something New".

Supplies I used to create this card: 

Bugaboo Stamps Stella Over the Hill

Paper Smooches Birthday Sampler sentiment

BoBunny Surprise Collection 6x6 paper pad

Red cardstock

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

MFT Fishtail Flags STAX

Spellbinders Lacy Circles dies

Fiskars border punch

Glossy Accents

Bakers Twine & a lost button

Happy Anniversary!

Our dear friends are celebrating their anniversary. Woo-Hoo! Congrats! It was last year that we saw a little video at our church and in a nutshell the message was, "We can celebrate a birthday without doing anything.  Celebrate your anniversaries - that's an effort by two people to commit to their relationship through thick and thin for another year."  Not that it takes a ton of effort but too often we take those relationships for granted.

Happy Anniversary David & Julie!

Supplies I used for this card:

Bugaboo digi stamp Gus & Stella

Paper Smooches Good Gab sentiment

White Hammermill cardstock card base & image

Cardstock and pattern paper scraps from my stash

Spellbinders labels #6

Momento Ink - Summer Sky

Prismacolor pencils

Stickles-Glossy Accents-Enamel Dots

I will submit this card to the Bugaboo challenge Anything Goes

www.bugaboostamps.com

Thanks for Looking!

Happy Birthday to my Favorite Handyman!

Today is my dear husband's birthday! He is such an amazing man, husband, father and friend. A genuine Godly man who loves his family. He is so supportive of me and my little craft adventure and has been my cheerleader, tech support and my sounding board! I made this little Gus card for him. He has a thing for flashlights with dead batteries - it drives him craZy! Happy Birthday darlin, I hope you enjoy your birthday and may this next year be bright!

The inside of the card reads "Flashlights: A case to hold dead batteries."

Supplies I used to make this card:

Bugaboo digi stamp  Gus tidbits - flashlight

Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Hobby Lobby Burlap paper pad

MME Collectible 6x6 patterned paper

Prismacolor pencils

MFT Blueprints #13

Glossy Accents

jute twine

Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap

I am entering this card into Bugaboo challenge "Anything Goes"

www.bugaboostamps.com

Thanks for looking!

Lil Red Wagon Clean and Simple Challenge

Hi everyone! This is my entry for Lil Red Wagon Clean and Simple challenge.  I purchased this digi stamp from Bugaboo Digital Stamps. I liked the crows stacked atop one another.  I was able to align this image onto my card just right so I printed it directly onto my card stock.  I think it's a fall-ish card. I'm so ready for some cooler weather! Enjoy!

Supplies I used for this card:

Neenah Desert Storm card stock

Bugaboo Crow Trio digi stamp

Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler stamp set

Prismacolor Pencils

jute string

Fiskars 3 in 1 corner rounder

I am entering this card into the Lil Red Wagon Clean & Simple Challenge #305

Take a look at the wonderful entries at Little Red Wagon

Thanks for looking!

Bugaboo Butterfly

I love Bugaboo digi stamp company! They have adorable stamps; simple and whimsical and the Gus and Stella series just crack me up!  They recently had a sale 50% off everything in the store and lets just say I purchased...a couple! Haha!
I'm entering this card into the Stella Say Sketch challenge for the month of August.  I love this sketch, I can easily whip up a card in no time at all.

Supplies I used for this card:

Bugaboo Chubby Butterfly digi stamp

Hammermill white cardstock for card base and image

Pebbles Family Ties patterned paper

CC Designs Pool Party sentiment

MFT Horizontal Stitched Stripes

MFT Pierced Rectangle, Pierced Circle and Fishtail Flag STAX

Spellbinders Blossom die

flower punch and rhinestones from the stash

Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Back to School

My twin grandsons are back in school today, starting 1st grade! It seems like yesterday that I was helping their momma when they were newborn. I asked Brody if he was excited for school, and he said "No Grams, I'm kinda scared." I asked him what he was afraid of, he said to me, "I don't know anything!" I told him "Silly boy, that's why we go to school!" I know learning new things can be kind of scary. I've had to push myself out of my comfort zone and learn how to do this blog thing - but it has been so rewarding!

I gave them little back to school bags and here are the cards I made for them. It's just a little something to encourage them with a new start to the school year. The teddy bear banner is a bookmark that they can use for reading all those new books!

Thanks for looking - I appreciate all of your encouragement!

Supplies I used for the cards:

Hammermill white card stock for the card base & image

Doodlebug 6x6 Back to School patterned paper

Bugaboo Boy Bear digi

Prismacolor pencils

MFT Fishtail Flags STAX

Misc scrap paper & ribbon