First Snowfall!

Yesterday was our first snowfall for the 2023-2024 season. There was only a coating but it is always so pretty!

I have been busy in my craft room. I made a birthday card for friends and relatives. Here is a box card and yes he does like golf.

This card is a 4 panel pop out card for my sister-in-law. I love putting pictures in cards.

Wanted to show this last picture of Ollie, our granddog. This picture shows a little fall and a little winter and a great subject matter! Ollie even posed for the picture on a walk.

Happy Halloween!

My husband and I decorated this wishing well in the front of our house for our "Trick or Treaters" to enjoy tonight! We have a spotlight on this little scene. Our next door neighbors have a cementery in their little garden out in front of their house. Our neighborhood is having fun with Halloween! Here is the treats for tonights little goblins. Love decorating these little boxes for Halloween. We don't have a lot of kids but enough to keep me busy for the past week.Happy Halloween everyone!

October's Celebrations

This has been a busy month making cards for a first anniversary for my son and daughter in law, birthdays and also making posters for my 50th class reunion! The month is almost gone and I'm just finishing up a wedding album also for my son and daughter in law. We had the East Coast celebration back in August so I had to add those pictures to the album. I am happy to say that I have finished it and will be mailing it to them just in time for Halloween! LOL! Here is the first of 3 cards. It is the first anniversary card which I think is an accordian pop out panel card. I used Graphic 45 Bloom paper collection. The rose is a die from Elizabeth Craft, which is gorgeous. Happy 1st Anniversary to Mr & Mrs Eric Petersen! Love you guys!

My second card is for my son's 40th birthday which was on October 12th. This is a 4 panel pop out card. I have made this style card before and I love how I could put pictures of him on some of the panels. Happy 40th Eric! Hugs!

My third card is for a dear friend and he is a hard worker and occasionally we play cards with he and his wife. This style card is a variation of a trifold card. Love the sentiment, "No matter how you shuffle the deck, you are always a winner". Happy Birthday Donald!

Here are a few pictures of our reunion from last weekend. The posters that I made with friends. I used dies and my cricut for decorating. We were very proud of how the "In Loving Memory" poster came out. It was a fun celebration and we had a terrific turn out! It was so great to reconnect with old friends.

The cake looked great too!

Autumn has Arrived!

We had our weekly craft day with my sisters this week and we made these cute fabric sunflowers using mason jar covers. This is an easy craft to do in front of the television. I made a couple more and made a little bouquet! They are all over Pinterest.

Here are a couple cards that I made for the end of September birthday and Anniversary!

This is different fold for me to make. It is a pop out screen fold card. I used it for an anniversary for my brother and his wife. The back has plenty of room for the sentiment.

I used the same stamps for my daughter in law's birthday card. Her parents sent me these stamps as a gift! Love them! This style card is a pop out swing card which I haven't made in a while. Always love to find different style cards to make. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog!

Pop Out Swing Card and Pop up Surprise Cards

This fun fold card is called a Pop Out Swing Card and also a shaker card all in one!! My daughter turned 36 last week and I made this card for her! We had lobsters for her birthday dinner which is always fun to eat. The next card is a Pop Up Surprise Ball Card. The dies are from Karen Burniston. She does the best tutorials for putting these pop up cards together. I made one a couple of years ago and it was a unicorn. Today's card is a cat. Chloe has a cat and she loves all animals but I thought this would be great for her birthday card this weekend. Check out the pictures below.

I didn't make a card for Ollie but his birthday was yesterday. Here is his picture on his birthday! Love him so much!

September Cards

We hosted a wedding celebration for my son and my daughter in law in August. Our son's in laws sent us some lovely gifts and I wanted to make a card for their thoughtfulness. These stamps that I used are actually from them. Love them! It was such a great evening! It has been a busy summer with events. My husband's 50th high school reunion that was so much fun! Here are a few pictures that I took when we went on the Casablanca on August 11th around Casco Bay!