Heartfelt Anniversary!

Love Heartfelt Creations cards and this die is from them.  They make such beautiful cards! I made this card for my sister and her husband's 12th Anniversary which was yesterday!  This die makes such a lovely gatefold card!  The sentiment on the front  is something I had in my stash and the vine is a die from Memory Box.

The inside of the card I used dies from Stampin up with a glitter background--so pretty!  Love this bundle from Stampin up called Special Reason.

Happy Anniversary Connie & Russ!

Bride to Be!

Here is the card for my sister, Adrianne!  Her bridal shower was this past weekend and we had a ball getting ready for it.  My other sisters, Andrea, Chris, Connie and I gave Adrianne her shower at Chris' house in Topsham, Maine.  We got a lot of our ideas from pinterest! (where else?) I made this teddy from a template that I found on pinterest.  I added some lace and a bow with some pearls.  The paper is from DSW which I got from Michael's.  The background paper is Graphic 45.

Inside the card!

Here are some pictures from the Adrianne's shower. I am sorry that the planning for this shower is over because it was so much fun making the different things for the shower.  The banners were made by Chris and we all made the bride/groom favors.  It won't be long before the big day on June 7th!  Happy Wedding Day Adrianne & Lenny!  Love you both!!

Mom & Adrianne!

Cupcake Wedding dress!

Thank you favors!

Screen door with pictures!

Love this banner!

A Plaid Wedding

My daughter asked me to make a wedding card for her roommate that is getting married next week.  Tyler and his fiance really like plaid so I used graphic 45 (by the sea collection) plaid paper.  It is the prettiest plaid!  This card was on pinterest and it is all templates that make up a tuxedo.  I changed it up a little.  First with the plaid for a shirt and made a flap in the back for the sentiment.  Click here to download the templates for this tux.

The flap is measured at 2 3/4 x 5 1/2.  I scored it on the  2 3/4 side at 1/2 inch which made the flap.  The entire card measures 5 x 6.    I haven't made a card in a while that uses templates so this was fun to make!  Thanks for stopping by!

Wedding Cards

Here are a couple of Wedding cards that I made for Kristin and Nathaniel's wedding gifts.  One is from Mark and I and the other one is from Eric and Lindsey.  It is made from a lunch size paper bag.  I love it because the bottom of the bag makes a slot/pocket for your check or gift card.  I have made a few of these before for gifts.  Check out pictures below for the inside of the card.

So easy to just slide your gift card or check into the pocket on the right.  The same on the inside of the card below.  Love decorating these cards for weddings.  Thanks for looking!!!

September Wedding

My son and his girlfriend were here last week from California and they needed a card for a wedding in Vermont.   I first saw this on pinterest (my favorite website in the whole wide world) and then noticed that it is Lynn Pratt's design.  She has the most creative cards!!!  Visit Lynn Pratt's blog for the template and her directions. Just adorable!!

This is a gatefold card and I love how the bride and groom come together when it is closed.

Here are some pictures of their visit.  Lobster dinner with Lauren and Eric on Lauren's first visit to Maine.

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Out to dinner in Portland on their first night here!  One of Eric's favorite places Street & Co!!

Black and White Wedding

My son is here from California to visit friends and to attend a wedding for a college soccer teammate so he asked me to make him a card for Adam's wedding. I thought a black and white theme would be appropriate to give it a more masculine feel.  I have had this spellbinders tag with the nestabling to match for a while and  have wanted to use it.  This was the occasion to use it, a wedding!!  I haven't used the MS lace border punch in a long while and this seemed perfect.  The background in white and the background in black are both embossed with different EF.  I just added some pretty white ribbon and some more pearls.  The sentiment "Mr & Mrs" is computer generated.  Wedding cards are so much fun to make and even more fun to attend!  I love weddings!!

Happy Birthday Kyle!

My niece, Danielle,  is coming to visit with her new husband, Kyle!  We have never meant Kyle and his birthday was recently so at the party that we are having for the two of them we are going to give Kyle a birthday cake with cards. The first thing I thought of was their wedding.  Danielle's mother is my sister and most of our side of the family could not attend because the wedding was in Georgia and my dad was ill at the time.  But we saw many pictures and the one that stood out most was Danielle on the back of Kyle's John Deere  tractor after the ceremony going to the reception.  This photo is a hoot!  Sometime ago, I saw a punch art tractor and this is what I came up with for Kyle's card.  It was actually on Isaiah 40:31 blog and she was inspired by Jackie Topa.  Her blog address is http://jackietopa.typepad.com/addicted_to_stamping/2009/08/punch-art-tractor.html

The seat is a heart punch but I bet you could use 2 small oval punches. The steering wheel are 2 SU small  slit punches. Engine of the tractor is a large tag punch from SU.  The wheels are nesties scallop and circle.  I just typed "John Deere" on the computer really, really tiny and put it on the tractor because my handwriting would just mess up the card.   The smoke stack is SU word window punch and the smoke is just a small sizzix flower that I had.  Enjoy!