Summer has Arrived!

 May and June has been a busy month for the Petersen household. We left on May 26th for a Viking Cruise which I will show photos later and I wanted to get my cards and projects done before I left. This card is for my sister, Adrianne and her husband Lenny, who have been married for 10 years! Where has the time gone!? I love making these book fold cards especially when you have photos to show. Graphic 45's By the Sea collection was used for this Anniversary card. 

I was also busy making favors for "The Greely Girls" get together which was June 18th. We all have a monumental birthday this year. We all turn 70! Again, where has the time gone? We were lucky to have a great day because this spring has been really weird with a lot of rainy days.  Below are photos of the favors for the birthday girls and favors for the husbands. Also a photo of the 7 of us young looking ladies. Love them all! 

My next post will be photos of our Viking Cruise which was in a word,  SPECTACULAR! So glad we finally got to go since we were suppose to go in 2020 but as we all know, Covid happened.  Happy July Everyone! It is a beautiful day in Maine today!

One last photo of a poster I made to remind us all what was going on in 1955!

Bandstand Cards

 

I watched a tutorial from Mixed Up Crafts by Sam and Iced Images also had a tutorial for this style card. I love making different style cards and these two are always coming up with something different. There is plenty of room on the back of this card for the sentiment. There are different sizes for this style card too! It folds perfectly to put in the mail. This particular size is a 6x6 but I know there is a tutorial for 5x7 and 8x8. Happy Birthday Jane!

Here is another Bandstand card using Graphic 45's By the Seal

Our Annual Kentucky Derby!

 This is the centerpiece for the table on Kentucky Derby Day which was May 3rd.  I made the favors from a tutorial which is called tent boxes but I made the flap go over the top for the closure.  The Gold image is from my Cricut. I added the roses and the bows.  I think it came out great!

Here is a picture of the table for the 8 of us! Plus this past winter our friends and I found Kentucky Derby glasses in flea markets in Florida. The picture below is just one of the glasses we found but we did end up with 9 of them. None of us like Mint Julips so we made gin and tonics! Our friend Lynne, makes the best Gin & Tonics!  Thank you!

More April Cards

 This is a Z fold card for my hairdresser's 70th Birthday. He lives near the Spring Point in South Portland Maine and does some running. I used Graphic 45's "By the Sea" paper collection. The runner is an image from my Cricut and plenty of dies that I have. Here are more photos of the. inside of the card.

I have found a new tutorial for a card that is called Bandstand card. I have made about 3 cards with this style. The tutorial that I found was Iced Images and Mixed Up crafts. Both of these tutorials were easy to follow and you can do different sizes.

April has been a busy month. My husband and I take care of my daughter's son, Oliver when she works. Olllie had a guest for a week to play with and her name is Pepper. She is so adorable! My long time good friend from elementary school took a vacation to Florida with her husband so we took care of Pepper. Here is some pictures of the two of them together. It was a fun fun week! Loving these two pups! Missing Pepper so much!

April Showers!

 The weather here in Maine for the month of April has been great one day and then cold/snowy the next. We have had 2 snow events, meaning 3-4 inches of snow, and then the next day the snow is practically gone. It has really been a see-saw range in temperature. Because of the weather, I have been doing a lot of finishing up some projects that I started back in December such as the snowmen in the picture above. I had to try a block snowman and a tin can snowman. Which one is your favorite?

I have also finished up my birthday cards for  April. My good friend, Anna, had a birthday last week and she is in Disney this week with her whole family so I had to do a Disney themed birthday card. 

This is a milestone year for a number of friends of mine so you will be seeing a lot of Happy 70th Birthday cards. This is a 5x7 book-style card. This style card is great for using photos in the card.  Happy Birthday Anna!

Today is my sister's wedding anniversary so I wanted to share this anniversary card for Phillis & Cary!

Lastly,  I made this 4-photo framed display for my daughter. Her pup, Ollie, is so photogenic I had to do this for her. I saw this idea on Pinterest and had to do it. I'm calling it "A Dog for All Seasons".  He is so lovable and has such a great personality.  Love you, Ollie!

Spring has Sprung!

 I have had this Dreaming Tree SVG for quite some time and just last week decided to finally make it.  The watering pail is so cute! Graphic 45 Blossom was perfect for this spring project. It was a little tricky putting the spout on the pail but other than that it was pretty easy to put together. I love the daisy flowers that came with the SVG.  Such a pretty spring project to do! I added some purple gems to the handle and the bottom of the pail. More gems were added to the flower's center. Here are a few more pictures of the project below.

The last birthday card for the month of March is for a high school friend who is turning 70! It is a variation of a gatefold card called "Flying Geese" card. I used another Graphic 45 collection called "By the Sea". It is a beautiful collection! Happy Birthday Julia!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

 We had a fun night celebrating St Patrick's Day last night. I made this little sign with my Cricut which I think came out cute! Here is the centerpiece that I made for the table.

The favors are little leprechauns that I made using punches. I saw a bunch of them on Pinterest and was inspired by them.

And we always have to have a group photo! Our full Irish guy wasn't able to make it and he was definitely missed. I think Donald (guy on the left) won the prize for best St Patrick's day outfit!