Some Birthday Cards

Hey, I'm actually ahead of the game. I have almost all of the birthday cards I need done for the month of October and November done. :)

 Birthday Card for a Friend

Supplies:
Paper: Patterned paper from a friend, card stock from ColorBok
Embellishments: Gems from Michaels, ribbons from a friend, "S" sticker from Target

Little Boy Birthday Card

Supplies:

Paper: Patterned paper from Recollections, card stock from Michaels

Sentiment: Rub-ons from Target

Hope you are all having a great weekend :)

Thanksgiving Blessings

This card has been a work in progress. I've been adding to it little by little until I was happy with it. I am very ready for Thanksgiving to be here... That means we get to go back to Erie for a few days and see the fam. :)

** Edit: I am sending this card out today (October 8), along with two others for Caring Hearts Card Drive that Ling's Design Studio is sponsoring. It's a good cause, giving cheer to elderly residents in Nursing Homes during the Holiday Season. See her website at the link above for more information!

 

Supplies:

Paper: Card stock from Michaels, patterned paper from a friend

Digi Image: Unknown

Sentiment: Freehand

Hi Friend

I actually made the circular part of this card for another card, but didn't like it and yanked it off. I like the way this card looks much better.

Supplies:

Paper: Cardstock from Michaels; Patterned paper from Recollections "Bird Watching" collection

Embellishments: Ribbon from a friend; Gems from dollar aisle at Michaels

Sentiment: Cut out from a paper pack

RAK

My cousin made my day today. :) She sent me a lovely envelope filled with crafting goodies. Thanks so much Christy!!!!

Get Sketchy Card Challenge

So, this week I decided to enter a card challenge over at Get Sketchy. 

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Supplies:

Paper: Card stock from Michaels, patterned paper from Recollections

Embellishments: Ribbon from a friend, gems from Michaels' dollar aisle

Digi Image: Unknown

Sentiment: MM Designs

My First Blog Award

Good Morning All.... I just won my first blog award from the lovely Deanna over at Musings...

With this great honor comes great responsibility.... here are the rules for accepting the award. :)

Rules for accepting the award:

1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link (done).

2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers that you have newly discovered (see below).

3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen (I'll get right on that :) ).

So on to the 15 bloggers I have (relatively) newly discovered - I am really not sure which of the blogs I follow are the most recent!

1. Anita at The Other Side of Me
2. Christy at Christy Gets Crafty
3. Kimberley at Kropf Konnection
4. Pryn at So Not Mocha-vated
5. Sarah at Handbags and Pigtails
6. Jodi at Inked Inspirations
7. Latisha at A Busy Little Craftee Bee
8. Andrea at EwenStyle
9. Vera at Ling's Design Studio
10. Alice at Alice's {Little} Wonderland
11. Angela at Body, Mind, Spirit, and STAMPS!
12. Kez at KB Papercraft
13. Nina at Crafting in Croatia
14. Simone at Designs by Simone
15. Kathy at Inspired to Stamp

A gift from a friend and a combination of ideas.

A few weeks ago a friend found a book with card making ideas and sent it to me. I hadn't had the chance to make anything from it until this morning. Because I did not have all of the supplies I needed to make a whole design, I combined the ideas from two different card options.

Book my friend sent me (She is amazing at finding things at awesomely low prices!)

Card inspiration

Resulting card

Supplies:

Paper: Basic blue card stock from Michaels, Brown card stock from Colorbok collection; Plaid paper from a Surf collection i had; 

Embellishments: Flowers from Recollections; Ribbon from a friend; Gems from dollar aisle at Michaels...

Oh yeah, here is a free advertisement for Michaels ;0) 

I don't know if this is for all Michaels, but a lot of their dollar aisle stuff is on sale for 50% off right now and they also have some great Christmas stamp and embellishment supplies out for Christmas cards and a lot of other new fun things in the dollar aisle!