November Fun!

I was asked to make a card for a friend who has a friend who has a milestone birthday in November! The big 70! I have done a card in a box before with the same theme but this was it was all about being 70! He is a grandfather who likes to play games with his grandchildren. I love it when I had a themed birthday card!

My sisters and I are gearing up for a craft fair this Saturday in Portland, Maine at the Italian Heritage Center. This is one of the items that we will have for sale. These "race track" luminaries are fun to make. It definitely is a time consuming process but I loved how my nautical one came out. There are tutorials for these luminaries on Pinterest. We have about 3 or 4 of them to sell. It is tempting to keep this one, though! Here are a few more pictures below from different angles.

We set up a couple of weeks ago in my garage for the craft fair to see how it will look. Below are a few pictures of what you will find at our tables there. Happy November everyone!

Babies and Birthdays

My daughter asked me to make a baby girl card for a co-worker who just had a baby girl. This baby dress is a template that I have used before from Pinterest and I love using lace for it. The paper collection is Echo Park and so are the stickers from the collection. The baby's name is Eloise which you just don't hear anymore. Loved making this card!

Hello Eloise Jean!

Here is another Grace's Garden Stampin up Birthday card. I have made a few because I love this stamp set and I know so many people who love their gardens. This one is a tent card. Here are a few more pictures of it from the side and back.

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Handy Man Birthday

I have made these bench cards before for a Father's Day card but this one is a birthday card for my son! Today is his birthday and he and his fiance bought a house last year and they are doing a lot of renovations. His birthday gift is a Home Depot gift card! These bench cards are fun to design and I love how it comes together. I used a lot of my tool dies and the Sizzix embossing folder for the front of the bench table. It is hard to believe my oldest is 38 years old today! Happy Birthday Eric!

Fall Birthday Cards

Making cards for friends with a theme is more fun than just using the balloons and birthday cake ideas. Our good friend was a football coach and also played football in high school. His birthday is tomorrow so it is already in the mail. I used the sponging technique for the background, Elizabeth craft's football die, and the grass (which I use all the time) is from Die-namics.

Inside sentiment, love it!

This gatefold/crossover card is for my Aunt Carol who turns 80 tomorrow. Love the sentiment "80 looks good on you". She is my Mom's youngest sister. We are hoping to take her to lunch soon especially before the snow flies.

This type of card is a different way to close the card and I'm always looking for a different style card to make. Happy Birthday Aunt Carol!

One last card is for our friends who son just had a baby boy! So this is kind of like a birthday card too but more Welcome little one! His name is Jones Maloy Hallisey! Such an adorable little guy.

I used a template that I found on Pinterest to make this card. The embellishments are stickers from Echo Park's Baby Boy collection. Thanks for checking out my cards. As you can see it has been a busy fall as well as summer!

Recycling & Repurpose

My sisters and I have been doing a recycling/reopurposing thing since last winter. Here are a couple of items that I have purchased at Goodwill recently and transformed them. I bought this bread box for $8.50 and then repainted and added new knobs, stencil from Cricut and transfers. I love it and I am keeping it. Love it! Just makes me happy!! Love IOD transfers so much!

The black knobs, I think, really make a difference!

This winter scene wooden tray, I got at Goodwill too for $3.00. I painted it with chalk paint. It took 2 coats of paint and then added IOD transfers again. I think it is beautiful. Thinking of keeping this one too! Came out great!

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End of Summer Fun!

We have had a lot of fun celebrating birthdays, Labor Day weekend and my son, Eric and Sabrina's engagement not to mention a couple of craft fairs that my sisters and I have done. Below is the card I made for my daughter's birthday. She loves watermelon! I think this is my second slimline card. Fun size and style to do! Happy Birthday Lindsey!

Another birthday card below is for a friend's granddaughter who also is a Virgo! The 4 panel pop up card with the panda bears is so adorable!

Now the fun pictures! Labor Day Celebration with friends-these lobsters were 2 1/2 lbs! I haven't had one this big in a long, long time, if ever?!!!

Eric & Sabrina visiting from California and have set their wedding date for next Spring! It was so great to see them because it has been almost 2 years since we have seen them in person!

Last but not least Ollie's first birthday! Here he is with one of his presents! Love his expression! Tomorrow is the last day of summer, here comes fall! Yay!

End of Summer Wedding!

What a beautiful wedding! I will show some pictures below but wanted to first show the card I made for my dear friend for 55+years! Becca Feeken from Amazing Grace/Spellbinders die makes such a beautiful card! So happy I was able to use it again for this special occasion! I used silver glitter paper for the background. Just love it! Here are a few pictures of the wedding that was in Narragansett, Rhode Island just before Hurricane Henri hit there. Perfect day before the storm!

So happy for this wonderful couple! Love their wedding cake that is showing their "babies", Jade and Holly! Such a great weekend - did leave a little early because of Henri but the wedding was perfect! It was just how she wanted it, outside! Congratulations again Mary & Tom!