Valentine Centerpiece & Birthdays

We had some friends over for dinner and I wanted to make a centerpiece for the table. I used a container that I had from a gift and painted it red and white. It needed a couple of coats of paint for both the red and white colors. The felt hearts around the rim of the container I made myself with felt and a heart steel die from sizzix. The heart shapes were from the dollar store and I decoupaged them with music sheets I had. Then I just decorated them and put them on a stick. Loved the way it came out. Here is a closer look...

My Valentine card to my husband is a book style card from Mixed up crafts. It was pretty easy just cut, score and then glue!

Graphic 45 Love notes is the paper collection that I used for this card. Happy Valentine's Day. One last birthday card I made for a friend's birthday that was just before Valentine's Day and as you can see he is a golfer!

This is an upright Z fold or double easel card. I used a stamp set from Stampin up for the golfer, ball and clubs. Then I used some dies and punches for the different shapes. Happy Birthday Tom!

Milestone Birthday!

My husband had a milestone birthday, 70 years old last week! We hosted a small birthday celebration for him. I made this centerpiece with the help of the Dollar Tree and Michael's. Love these pictures of him when he was a young guy! I also made the favors for the table with the theme of beer.

It was a fun evening with friends who love to celebrate just about anything. Here are a few more pictures of the fun night! Happy Birthday to the love of my life!

Cards & A Fun Project!

My first card for the new year. My niece had her first baby at the beginning of January, a Baby Boy! Here is an accordian screen card with pictures for her Welcome Baby card! The paper collection is from Echo Park. He is so adorable!

Today is a good friend from high school's birthday! This is my first Double Panel Step card. This card opens like a vertically. Love how it folds up and mails easily in an envelope. I used the Fairie Wings paper collection from Graphic 45 for the card. Happy Birthday Betti! I put the sentiment on the back where there is plenty of room for it. Here is the tutorial for it.

Here is the second Double panel step birthday card that I made which is for a student of my husband's who happens to have her birthday on the same day as my husband and she has given him a birthday every year since she has been at the elementary school that Mark worked. She is such a sweetheart and now she has a family of her own. This card opens like a book style. The tradition continues...

Lastly just wanted to show a project that I made for my bay window. It has been a crazy January in the Northeast with warming temperatures and terrible destruction on the coast and now it is cold, cold cold! We just had 4 inches of snow. I am happy that we had snow instead of rain! This is making me think of spring and summer! A floral beachy arrangment to make you think spring and summer! Thanks for checking in!!

January 2024!

My daughter asked me to make a couple of Winter/Thank you cards for her manager and owner of the restaurant where she works. They are having their holiday party next week! She wanted a place for gift cards so I just added a pocket on the inside of the card.

I used Stampin up set for the images and some snowflakes from Martha Stewart punch. Now I'm ready for the next holiday, Valentine's Day!! Here are some pictures over the holiday season!

Below is 2023-2024 Celebration!I think the pictures say it all! Happy New Year!

Last Day of the Year 12-31-23

This was last years NYE picture that we celebrated! We are going to do it again this year! Again this year our dear friend, Carlene, will not be with us to celebrate as she is with her son and his family in Indiana. Happy New Year Carlene! I wanted to show everyone the favor I made for tonights festivities. I made the champagne bottle from Cricut Access. I just added the little box on the back with some Lindt's chocolate and fireball nip for each of us. The champagne bottle measures about 9 inches tall and the box on the back is 2 1/2 x 2 inches. We have some fun accesories for the party tonight and I'll post some pictures tomorrow. We will see her next year! Happy 2024 everyone!

Anniversary #43

My husband and I celebrated our 43rd Anniversary on the 27th of December. We had a nice dinner out with our daughter. It was a nice evening and delicious food! Just a quick post to show the card that I made for my husband.

This is a variation of a gatefold card with tabs to close it. I used Graphic 45 paper collection and dies for the happy anniversary. Sizzix champagne glasses were used for the images inside the card. I love how this card turned out.

Merry Christmas!

Here we are! Christmas weekend and everything is done except the cooking and some baking. We had our family Christmas celebration last weekend which was so fun! It will be a quiet Christmas Day this year with just my husband and daughter but it will be lovely and the weather will be terrific! Especially after this past week's storm, I feel terrible that so many towns mostly north of us have had devastating loss from the wind, rain and flooding. I did make a card for my hairdresser who always gets a kick out of my cards! He is the best! It is a gatefold with some closures.

One more card was for my brother-in-law's birthday. I love it when I can incorporate a photo in a card. This picture is from this summer at our 4th of July party in our pool. I had to use it for his birthday! It is hard to see in the picture but it is a pop up style card.

Also I wanted to share a photo of my daughter's pup, Ollie. He is not impressed with our Christmas tree...

Lastly, the reason for the season! Love my nativity set!