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!

February Birthday Cards

I know it's been a while since I have posted but we have been in Florida for 3 weeks and I will post some pictures of our travels but wanted to show the cards I made for February first. 

This card is a birthday/gift card for a friend who is leaving to go to Disney! Her favorite Disney character is Donald Duck! She actually calls him "her Boyfriend"! Love how this came out for her! Happy Birthday Cindy!

Masculine cards are always a challenge so I made a couple of these cards for Tom and Sandy's February Birthdays. Perfect for them!

My last February Birthday card is for a little cheerleader that I know.  I love using pictures on cards and this was a perfect style card for photos! The cheerleader on the front is an image from Cricut! Happy Birthday Emily!

Another Theater Card

Closed

Opened

Sentiment on the back

 Another theater card as well as another September birthday for a friend's granddaughter.  Chloe loves her cats so I had to make a cat card!  The big cat inside the card is from Elizabeth Craft and the black cats,  I think, are from Memory box.  I did share the link on a prior post when I first started making these style cards so check back a couple of posts back.  Theater cards do have a BIG WOW factor to them! Thanks for stopping by.

Caroline's Disney Card

Mickey hiding in the balloon

Our neighbor's girls love to get a handmade card every year and yesterday was Caroline's 9th birthday.  They do like going to Disney and I haven't made one for her so I  made a Mickey Shaker card.  Love that I had Mickey's hand to hold the shaker balloon!  I never get tired of making Shaker cards.

Next week our good friend has a birthday and the card below is a card for her.  I guess I will have to mail it but would love to hand it to her! She loves to make cards too!  I hope this means her expectations!!  Happy Birthday Jane!

Front of card

Twisted Pop up

I have the Karen Burniston's die for this type of card but I have made it many times without it.  The paper collection is Typography from Graphic 45 which is always a win, win!!  Hope we can celebrate soon with you, Jane!

Warmest Wishes!

Praying for no virus!

Our sentiment

This will be a quick post for a card I made for our friend's daughter in law.  She was exposed by a coworker (who shouldn't have been at work) along with about 60 other police officers to the coronavirus.  She lives in Florida and is a police officer who works for Orange County.  She has a husband who also is on the police force and 2 adorable young sons.  She is quarantined for 2 weeks. She is close to her 14th day so and is still Covid-19 free.  Praying that she and her other co-workers does not come down with the virus. 

Marching into March!

Our good friend's birthday was yesterday and we are getting on a plane tomorrow to go and visit them in Florida!  I am all packed and ready to go!  I made this birthday card for her.  She loves her gardens, both flowers and vegetables so I had to make her a card with flowers on their fence!

The left side

The right side

Back of the card

Front of the mini file folder

In addition to the card, I also made a mini file folder album for her with pictures of her grandsons in it. There is plenty of room for her to add more pictures but I did steal some pictures from  her facebook page and her daughter-in-law's facebook page.  Her grandsons are so adorable; it was definitely hard to pick which pictures to use but below is a sample of some of the pages.   I used graphic 45 paper collection, Mother Goose.  This little mini album uses only 3 file folders.  If you want the link to it, let me know, I will definitely find it for you.  Thanks for stopping by!

Family

The boys

Flip page

Tags for the top pockets

October Festivities

Spiders for Halloween

These spiders made with toilet paper rolls are so adorable!  Made them with our neighbors two little girls and with another two little girls during a reception at a wedding this past week.  Just a side note, the wedding this past weekend was so beautiful! Location was at the top of a mountain and the foliage was spectacular, not to mention the bride and groom!  These spiders were so fun to make, if you don't put candy in them they stand up but with the weight of the candy they fall to the table.  In the picture above, the 3 spiders in the back have candy and the 2 in the front do not.  One of the girls put a handle on the one in the front which made it fun!

Pop out card below is for a friend's birthday tomorrow.  Usually I make a card like this with flowers coming out of a vase but why not bottles in a crate for a masculine card.  Happy Birthday Donald!

Birthday card

Inside birthday card

Caden's Cards!

Sentiment for Caden

It has been a busy summer!  Making birthday cards and getting ready for a couple of craft fairs that my sisters and I are doing this fall.  My husband and I just got back from a vacation trip that we took to Glacier and Yellowstone so I am still trying to get back on track to getting back into my craftroom.  Here are a couple of cards that I made for my friends grandson!  He loves dinosaurs and the Red Sox!!  The bridge card above and a card in a box below.  These dinosaurs are just the cutest!

This Red Sox card in a box birthday card I made for my friends to give to their grandson, Caden.  They are Red Sox fans and so is Caden.  This was so appropriate for both of them.  It is so much fun making cards that just works for that special person!  and they appreciate it so much.  Caden couldn't put them down!!  Happiest of birthdays Caden!!!

Birthday with Animals!

Jungle Birthday

Our next door neighbor  has a birthday today!! She is 8 years old today and loves crafting.  I made this diorama card for her with Elizabeth Craft Jeep, which I just got and I love it!!  The Panda, Elephant and Giraffe are from Marianne Designs.  I just got the kangaroo today or I would have added it to the card.

Card folded

Back of the card for the sentiment

The frog on the front and the back are stickers that I have had in my stash.  I think I got them at Michael's, so adorable.  It does lay flat for mailing which is pictured above but I am glad I didn't  have to mail it because it does take a huge envelope because I made it huge.   The size of the card is  5 1/2 x 6.  I have made them smaller which I would do if I was going to mail it.  Dioramas are so much fun to make and decorate.  Hope she likes it!  Happy Birthday Caroline!!

Disney Birthday!

I have the most fun making these explosion boxes for friends!  This one was the most fun because it is for a very good friend who loves Disney and Donald Duck! We finally celebrated her birthday last week (her birthday was in February) because we all have been traveling and was able to get together for lunch.  The paper is from Simple Stories and is just perfect for a Disney album or card!  I made a shaker star for the top of the box---the pictures below show the sides and, most importantly, inside!!

Tags on the sides

Donald Duck surprises Cindy on the inside of her explosion box!  How cool!!  I made a little platform for Donald to stand on.  Just love this!!

Donald's closeup!

Happy Birthday Cindy!!

We had fun celebrating with Cindy! She is so easy to buy and make things because she loves Disney and Pink!! So guess which one is Cindy!! Love you Cindy!

Birthdays Galore!

This has been a busy month making birthday cards for friends and relatives. Right now, I just finished making some thank you cards to send out for my birthday gifts from friends and relatives that were so kind to me on my birthday!!  I used Stampin up "Just Believe" stamp set that I think was my first clear stamp set I purchased from SU!  I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest and I haven't done any sponging or embossing in a while and wanted to make this one.

Stampin up's "Jar of Love" Stamp set and dies is definitely a favorite set of mine and this is what I made for my sister's card this year.  Love the shaker style cards!  So  pretty!!  This was put in the mail today for her birthday next week.  I still have another birthday card to show you for my brother in law which I will show in the next post.  (Oops!, I thought I had taken a picture of it but I didn't) Thanks for stopping by.  Can't believe in another month it will be fall!  Happy End of the Summer to all!