Another August Milestone!

 This card is for a friend who also just turned 70! It has been quite a year with a lot of friends from elementary and high school turning 70. This card is a triple fold card. The paper is from Graphic 45 and I think it is called "Bloom". 

This card is a crate with beer and I used a Stampin up stamp set for the front of the card.  Below is a side view of the card and it folds up great for mailing. So who doesn't love beer for his birthday! LOL!

My last project is actually a pin that I made for a friend who is going through chemotherapy and she had a wonderful nurse for her first infusion. So she and I decided to make this pin for her to wear. 

Flowers & Sailing for Birthdays!

This is a great stamp set from Stampin up called "Sailing Home". I have made this style card quite a few times. I like that you can see the inside of the card because of the acetate. The inside sentiment on the card I found on Pinterest and it was perfect. Happy Birthday Sandy!

This birthday card is for a friend who loves gardening and especially her flowers. Her gardens are beautiful! I have made tent, frame and diorama cards before but this one is called a "3D Collapsible Frame Card". The tutorial can be found on youtube and it is by Iced Images.

Here is a side view of the card which shows that they is plenty of room for your message or sentiment that you need to write. Happy Birthday Eileen!

I took this picture a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful sunset from our backyard. It was so gorgeous I wanted to end with a beautiful picture!

Motorcycle Birthday

My brother-in-law's birthday is this month and he just bought this motorcycle! He loves riding motorcycles; he has 3 of them! Punch art was perfect to make a motorcycle for the front of the card. I used the picture he sent us for the back of the card. Found all of these little sentiments on Pinterest for the card. Thanks stopping by. Happy Birthday Sandy!

Closer look at this Z-fold card with sentiment and picture!

File Folder Album

For some reason I like making mini albums with file folders.  I think it is so creative plus there isn't as much cutting except to layer the album pages.  The paper collection is from Bo Bunny called Juliet which I have pretty much usedit all with the other projects that I have done this fall.  The video for this cute file folder album is below.  Try it out, it is really easy and fun to do!

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Here are some more pictures of the inside and the back of the album.  You can stand it up too!

Pockets on the inside

Pockets on the outside

Additionally, I made a sympathy card  and I used Tim Holtz's dies and Stampin up dies and paper. This was a simple but very pretty card.  Love Stampin up flower die - really makes this card!

20th Anniversary

Today is my sister's 20th Wedding Anniversary!  I can't believe it has been 20 years!  We are headed to Longhorn Steakhouse to celebrate with Chris and Tom!!  Happy Anniversary to such a wonderful couple!!

I made a fun fold card with memory box's butterfly, Tim Holtz clock die and Dee's Distinctively leaves. The paper is Graphic 45 and the flower is from Prima. I added some pink pearls and a "Little Whimsies" blue heart. Check out the inside below-

Sizzix, MS corner punch and SU punch to finish the inside of the card.  Happy to report that I used my new Envelope Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers for the envelope.  So easy to use, I just love it!!!

Birthday Rosette

Fall has arrived here in the Northeast and with all the rainy weather this weekend, I spent  a lot of time in my craftroom.  I thought I would get a jump on some birthday cards for the fall/winter season.  I am not going to specify who I am going to send this to since she may read my blog. I wanted to use Tim Holtz rosette die.  Just love how it comes out.  Looks like a spent a long time putting it together, NOT!   I haven't done the tri-fold in a long time - just love decorating this fold.  Used some punches from Stampin Up and Memory box fringe border for the pink flower that my sisters gave me for my birthday. Thank you Chris, Connie, Adrianne and Andrea - I just love it!  The DP is from SU.  Check out some more pictures of this card below. 

A closer look

My mom, sister and I met our good friend, Cindy for lunch in Cornish a couple of weeks ago and then went to a fabulous antique shop and I found a newell post.  The price was right and I thought it would look great with my wire basket (my find from Brimfield last July).  This was a unexpected find -  Thanks Connie for pointing it out to me!  It is on my deck and it won't be long before we will have to bring it in along with my wagon wheel.  I love this time of year and I actually don't mind the first couple of winter storms but then after that I'm done!  Thanks for stopping by!