King of the Grill Birthday

 Making a Z-fold card for a friend's birthday with the theme grilling was fun to do! Donald did a great job grilling for us a couple of weeks ago so I thought what a great idea for his birthday card! The grill was from my Cricut and the utensils were from Stampin up.  

Kinusaiga is a new craft that my sisters and I have been doing. It is much like Kimekoni only it is on flat foam board. It is sometimes call Fabric Wall Art. Here is the one that I just finished the other day which is pictured below...

Choir Singer

My sister gave me this book folded choir singer to decorate. She did the book folding and lace on the bottom and the snowflakes background. I added the arms, hymn book, crown and hair (Ilove the hair).  This choir singer will definitely be at our craft fair this November. 

Another project that I made for our yearly get together with friends that I attended Greely High School, are these patriotic pinwheels. Our host wanted a patriotic theme because it is our country's 250th Anniversary.  The centerpiece is a 1776 mug that was given to me so I just added some stars and more pinwheels. The tablecloth was perfect! We had a couple of girls that couldn't attend but here we are before the Nor'easter hit our region. Zara photobombed our photo! 

 

Craft Day!

 I took a break from cardmaking to make these button bouquets. We had Craft day last week with my sisters and a friend and made these button bouquets. I have so many buttons this is a great craft. Love the different bouquets that we all made! It is always fun finding a new craft that we all can do together.

Another fun craft that my sisters and I are doing is shelf sitters. I made this one this week with an autumn theme. It measures 8x8 and I used a napkin for the design. There are lots of ideas on Pinterest. 

Hexagon Birthday Card

 This hexagon shaped card is for my sister's birthday which happened to be yesterday so I can post this now. Graphic 45 Bee paper collection is adorable for a summer birthday. Easy to do! Sentiment is on the back using Spellbinders nesting dies. 

If you have shoe boxes, you should keep them. They come in handy to decorate for all different occasions. This one I decorated for a baby shower to put suggestions for baby names for the mom-to-be! She knows that she is having girls so I used pink! The theme for the baby shower was "Two Scoops are better than One" 

Birthday, Birthday and Babies!

 

I am not sure what this style card is called but how about an accordion with panel card. This is for my cousin who has a birthday next week and works with marine life. She has hit a big milestone of 50! The Graphic 45 paper collection is so beautiful that any birthday card would come out amazing.  The little seal is from my cricut. 

My second birthday card I used a die that I have had forever and I think it is from Dynamics but I am not sure. I colored the fish and seagrass with copic markers. Happy birthday. Hallie!

My third card is for a friend's daughter in law who is having TWINS! She is having twin girls. I used a stampin up baby set. The paper collection is from Echo Park. What a blessing for their little family!

A Runner's Card

 I love making a card when I know what theme I can use. This is a Z-fold card for my daughter's friend who ran in a 1/2 marathon a couple of weeks ago with her. They both did great! My cricut sure came in handy for the runner and the "Finish Line" images. This is a quick post to showcase this card. Happy Birthday Jess!  

Easy to fold and mail

Plenty of room for the sentiment

Book Folding for Christmas

 I have started making items for our craft fair in the fall. The books I use for the book folding technique are books that have been used and used.  Loving how this Christmas tree and Christmas gnome came out. The Christmas tree I have made before but this time I put fairy lights on it. The picture below does not do it justice but it does look pretty cool.  Of course, the Santa hat makes the Christmas gnome. Hoping that these 2 items are hits at the craft fair. Enjoy!

Closer look

Lighted tree

Closer look

St Patrick's Day 2026

 We celebrated our annual St. Patrick's Day dinner last Saturday night. Here is the tablescape. I wanted to show you my favors for the guests in the next photo. It was done with my cricut from an SVG file from Simple Crafty.  They are so adorable!

Here is a centerpiece I made last year for the dessert table. It is pretty tall so it was too big for the dinner table. It will be a staple each year for sure.  Another photo below is all the St Patrick's Day necklaces, headgear, and glasses to wear for the party photo! We had a ball! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Fabulous Birthday

 

I made this simple card for a young girl's birthday today! Emily loves her makeup! All of these images were made from my Cricut.  Always happy to use my Cricut, especially Cricut Access! Here is the inside of the card.

The eye shadow compact was also from Cricut Access. I thought it was a nice touch. We are getting a blizzard here today in the northeast but we are headed towards spring. I thought I would share what I made and gave to a friend for a centerpiece. Flowers and birds say Spring to me! I used a IOD mould for the side of the plate both the front and the back. More close up pictures below showing the painted candlestick to match the little birdhouse. Love how this came out!

Hello February!

 

Valentine's Day is just a week away and I wanted to show my Valentine Centerpiece with some added Valentine Target birds. Love making these centerpieces for every occasion/holiday! I am thinking the ribbons make the piece.  This is going to be a busy month taking care of our friends pups while they are travelling. Here is Penny and Ollie! The two of them get along great!

Macy arrived last night and here is a photo of her! She is so sweet and lovable! February has been very cold and snowy as has the whole winter here in the Northeast but spring is coming. Now to get those March birthday cards done! Thanks for stopping by.

New Baby!

I haven't made a new baby card in a while. My sister's daughter in law had a baby last week  and I thought what a good time to make one.  Katie had a baby boy, Jackson. So happy for Katie and Cory! I decided to do the trifold accordion fold card with the paper collection from Echo Park. 

Last. year I made repurposed a small shelf because it wasn't in good condition.  It had some cracks and it needed help. I also think it was made of mahogany which made me really think about this.  But I decided to turn it upside down and glue a small candlestick for the base. Then I painted and antiqued it and I loved how it came out.  Oh and I added some Willow Angels. Lastly,  I am thinking about adding a bow at the top??? Not sure but I just feel it needs something at the top.  Hmmm.....

 

Christmas Tags

 

This is just a quick last 2025 post but I wanted to show these  Christmas tags.  I made these Christmas tags from Filson tags which are very thick and I couldn't throw them away. I used Graphic 45's Merry & Bright paper collection scraps.  Love them! 

Birthday Card For December

 Lately I have been making these triple panel pop out cards. These 2 are for my twin sisters birthday which was December 2nd. Graphic 45's paper collections were used to finish them. On the back is plenty of room for a birthday sentiment. Happy Birthday Chris & Connie!

Back of the card

Also in December is my brother in law's birthday, Russ.  I made a shirt card for his birthday on the 18th. This card also has plenty of room for the sentiment. Happy Birthday Russ!

Inside the card/shirt

Lastly, I wanted to show my Hanukkak card for my daughter  in law's parents. They love getting cards from us. Happy  Hanukkah! Thank you for stopping by. My next post will be my Christmas cards for this year.