Anniversary & Babies!

This double Z fold was easy to make. It is always fun to find a way to decorate for the special occasion and in this case it was for an Anniversary. I used a Stampin up stamp set with the coordinating dies.  

This is a gatefold card for a friend's son and his wife who are having twins in October! They found out recently that they are girls. Love working with pink! Echo park paper collection worked out perfect for this baby card. They really had some cute stickers! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Pop Up Step Fold Cards for June!

 I saw this pop up step fold card on Pinterest and had to make a couple for June's celebration.  I love that I could use scraps for the card and then decorated with dies from stampin up.  I also made a birthday card using this same fold. There is plenty of room on the back for the sentiment and it folds for a 5 x 7 envelope. Here is the link to the tutorial https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34832597116586582/

Here is the second card I made with this style card. Love how they both came out!

May Days

Autumn Celebrations

 I used my Stampin up set called Beer Brew for a birthday card for a dear friend who has a birthday on the 9th. This is a great set for guys, some girls but mostly guys! LOL! 

This style card is a pop out style card which I thought was perfect for just about any celebration. This is an anniversary card for my son and his wife which will be their 3rd Anniversary tomorrow.  I used  a Graphic 45 collection - so pretty! 

The back of the card has plenty of room for the sentiment. Love this style card.  Happy Anniversary Sabrina and Eric!

This past weekend was a big weekend for weddings and the weather was beautiful. I wanted to show some pictures of Brady who's mama and papa got married, Saturday October 4th. Brady and Ollie got along very well. They both were so adorable!

Brady relaxing

Brady wanting a treat

Ollie relaxing

Ollie waiting for a ball

Summer Celebrations

 

July as well as August are busy birthdays and anniversaries celebrations! This card is for my sister and her husband.  The focus is on butterflies which I have seen all around my yard. They are loving the coneflowers! Happy Anniversary Chris & Tom!

This style card was a fun card to make. It is a Quadruple Z-fold card. I have seen the tutorial on youtube for a couple of different people and thought I would give it a try. Love finding new fun folds especially when there is plenty of room to put your sentiments. This one happens to be a "thank you" for a friend. I used the Ocean Blue Graphic 45's collection and also By the Sea collection.

Thank you for stopping by and I have to leave you with some summer fun! We now have a petting zoo in our pool!

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!

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!

September Birthdays and Anniversaries!

My daughter-in-law's birthday is tomorrow and here is her card. It is a book card. I love the graphic 45's sunflower collection which is perfect for September's birthdays! There is plenty of room on the back for a sentiment. Happy Birthday Sabrina! We love you!

Another birthday card for a friend's granddaughter who has 3 cats. I thought this cat die was perfect for her card since there are 3! Happy Birthday Chloe!

Lastly I have this trifold variation for an anniversary card for my brother and his wife. I love using pictures for cards. I think this was so perfect for them. Happy Anniversary Hal & Charlotte! Love you guys!

Happy July Anniversary!

This is the second trifold card that I have made but this one is for an anniversary. It gives you a lot of room to decorate and a sentiment or more than one sentiment like I did in this one.

Graphic 45's Blossom was used again for this card. It is such a beautiful collection that you don't need to many embellishments the paper does it for you. Love it! Happy July!

Happy Anniversary Card!

My sister and her husband had their 9th Anniversary yesterday and I made this card for them. It is called a balconey card and I used one of my favorite paper collections, Graphic 45 Blossom! It is gorgeous! The colors are just perfect! The stamp set is from Stampin up and is called Grace's Garden and dies. I am always looking for different style cards and making sure there is enough room for a sentiment. This one also folds up great for mailing. Here are some more pictures with a side and back views.

Again Happy Anniversary Adrianne & Lenny! Can't believe it has been 9 years! Love you both!