Many Thanks!

Another card in a box but this one is a petite size that will fit in a standard envelope which is always good!.  The other ones I have made are larger and takes anywhere from $.80 to $1.20 for postage depending on the embellishments.  My sister, Chris at callalilystudioblog.blogspot.com told me about this petite size at Tanya Bell blog.  She gives a good tutorial on how to make this smaller version of card in the box.

This card is a thank you to my former boss who moved to New Hampshire and he and his wife sent my husband and I a big box of Honeybells from Florida.  A little bit of Florida during this cold winter is always welcome.  The Honeybells are unbelievable juicy!!!  Love, love, love them!  I remember that they like bird watching and so does my husband so I wanted to make this one with birds. The paper and punches are from SU.  The flowers are from prima.   It won't be long (I hope) before spring will be here! I can't wait for the birds to start singing!! and warm sunshine!!

Closer look!

Frequent visitor!

Valentine Hearts

I can't stop making these card in a box cards. Already started on my Valentine's Day cards for this year!  I used glitter and shiny red paper for the hearts as well as design paper and it is a combination of a lot of different lines. The hearts are spellbinders and MS punch. I still want to make another card in the box for a thank you card.  Still more pictures below. 

A bunch of hearts

MS punch on the sides

Big Birthday!

My husband's birthday is Monday, Jan 20th and he will turn 60. It is a biggie so I wanted to make a card showing something that he loves to do which is soccer. He played in high school, college and coached summer leagues, high school, and premier leagues.  Soccer has been a big part of our lives with him coaching both our son and daughter.  Love the card in the box card so how cute is it to make it into a soccer design.  The shirt is orgami and the other embellments are from Michael's (just stickers).  Can't remember the line of stickers but the Happy Birthday sentiment is from sizzix.  The sides of the box are embossed with Stampin up's octagon folder.  Looks like soccer balls! Check out below more pictures.  I love the sentiment which I found on the internet.  So true!

From the side

Love the sentiment

Happy 2014!

It has been 7 days since the beginning of the new year and I realized that I hadn't put on my blog my Christmas cards for 2013. I saw these two cards on pinterest and thought they were adorable and I needed a quick card so I thought I would do this one. Although, sometimes punch art is not quick but I do love putting these cute snowmen together!  I used circle and oval punches for the snowmen bodies.  The hats were also oval with tab punch for one hat and word window and square punch for the other hat.  The scarves were both word window punch.  The snowflake is from SU.  The paper I used is from Authentique Christmas paper.  Pearls were used on both cards for a little bit of embellishing. 

Now that the New Year is here here are some pictures from our New Year's Eve party.  We celebrate every year with friends and this year was no exception.  It was a lot of fun!  Happy New Year!!!

Setting up the tripod!

Getting their cute "hats" on!

The Group

More Christmas Cards in a box!

I made the singing mice and now I thought I would try making the singing reindeer.  This card is for my son and his girlfriend. There are 3 of them with the sizzix Christmas tree in the background all decorated! 

Also made the card in the box with angels.  I made a couple of these cards for some girlfriends. The angels are on pinterest and I think they are on splitcoast too.  I used SU build a blossom punch, bow die from Dee's distinctively, a couple of circle punches and then for the wings I used velum and used memory box's butterfly die. 

Lastly, this is a birthday card for my boss.  His birthday was on the 18th.  I have made these cards a long time ago for other employers but I hadn't made on for Dr. Donnelly.  The stethoscope is actually a brad, so cute, from eyelet outlet.

I am still hard at work with my Christmas cards but should be done soon.  I better since Christmas is only 4 days away.  Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Season Birthdays

It has been a very busy holiday season with Thanksgiving and now shopping for Christmas.  I am not one that starts very early because I love the hustle and bustle at this time of year.  But the first of this week, my twin sisters had a birthday so I was busy making cards for them. My mom asked me to make a couple for her to give to them so here is the first one.  Connie likes minions so I made this one for mom to give to her.  They are adorable.  It is punch art and simple.  I saw it on pinterest (where else). Pretty straight forward using nestabilities circles and cuttlebug EF to emboss the bib on the overalls.

Chris has a dressform that she uses for a lot of different things. So I thought the Tim Holtz die would be fun to make a card for her. I used Graphic 45 paper which is another favorite of hers. Added some pearls and a prima flower.  I used sizzix EF to emboss the dressform.  I made this one for mom to give to Chris. Pretty, pretty!!

For both Chris and Connie I made the Pop N cut cards.  This one is for Connie.  A lot of punches and nestabilities for this little minion. Chris' card is SU's cupcake punch.  I used the paper doily for the tablecloth and the pop n cut die is the chair but I just cut off the chair and used the legs.  I am headed back to my craftroom to make my Christmas cards.    Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I saw this house on my way to my sister's and my mom's house in Yarmouth.  How cute for Thanksgiving! Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I am happy because my whole family is together this Thanksgiving.  First time in a long time, my sister and her husband from Florida, my brother from New Jersey and my other sisters that don't live as far away here in Maine and Massachusetts.   My hope is for everyone to have a safe and happy holiday today!