Sausalito, California

Sunday, April 27, 2025

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!









Monday, April 7, 2025

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!