Nephew and Niece's Baby Shower

 My sister's oldest son and his wife are expecting their first.

I jumped right up and let them know I wanted to make their shower invitations.  After talking to my sister (who's throwing the shower) her only requirement was to keep them flat for mailing.  "I can do that."

 Here's how the front cover turned out.  LOVE that Wink of Stella - and Stickles!  Their nursery theme is "Under the Sea" - so we're using that for the shower as well.

I used 2 cartridges on this invitation - the 2nd one is a bit of a surprise.... Life's a Beach!  It had all the sea pieces I needed!  I got these out in the mail over a month ago to let Gail get them all written out.

Here's Poopie Investigator!  He was curious - of course - and had to see what was going on.  Thank goodness he's used to my craft work

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Many Marvelous Markers

$110.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

$8.00

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

$8.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.50

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Tempting Turquoise 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Sponge Daubers

$5.00

White Stampin' Chalk Marker

$3.50

Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.50

2013 CD Case Calendars - May/June

 May and June are certainly fantastic for celebrating!
I hope you enjoy them.

I used one of my very favorite stamp sets, Stippled Blossoms to stamp the flower for Mother's Day in May.  I've gotten an incredible amount of use out of this stamp set, and know that I'll continue to use it for a very long time!

My dear friend Melissa loves the pineapple drink, so I make sure to include it every year.  Plus, I'm sure Dad is out there with a drink grilling for Father's Day anyway! :)
 

Please leave a comment. Thanks so much!

2012 CD Case Calendars - My Annual Project/Gifts

Here are the next 3 months. Why am I posting them in 3 month increments? Experience. At the beginning, I would post all 12 months in one, and the labels section doesn't allow for as many characters as I needed, so I've broken them up into different sections, and don't have that problem any more.

I wanted to add some more flash to my July design this year, so I got out my Stand and Salute cart and found fireworks!!! We used the Cuttlebug and embossed the USA piece, and I added blue stickles to the country cut-out. It's only cut in white, and the red background shows through nicely for the red stripes. :)



I went crazy this summer over this color combination! I was playing one of my Facebook games, and came upon this color combo. LOVE it!!!
Turquoise, Yellow, Purple, Melon, and Peach. My dear friend Melissa LOVES the pineapple drink, so here it is!!! LOVE it in these colors!


Martha Stewart leaf punch makes up the border for September, and I found this stamp set from Stampin' Up on ebay. I watercolored them and inked the edges of the Decorator's Label punch. LOVE the falling leaves!


The last 3 months will post tomorrow morning! They are my favorites of all 12!

Your comments are always appreciated!

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2010 CD Case Calendars - Landscape!

Here are the 2010 calendars I designed, and Mom and I made towards the end of January. They just couldn't make a visit any sooner, so I finished the January/May page, and had to wait until they could clear their busy schedule!!

I had most of the cuts ready and trimmed so all we had to do was put all the pages together. It took us about a week working quite leisurely. Since this is the 2nd year we've made these, it seemed to go so much smoother and was much less stressful.

I like the designs this year much better too, which I'll contribute to another year of experience and learning techniques.

Cartridges I used:

Designer's Calendar,

Graphically Speaking

Love Struck

Lyrical Letters

Life's a Beach

Hello Kitty

Doodlecharms

and

Everyday Paper Dolls

I also used some stamp sets from

Stampin' Up, Hobby Lobby, and other

sources. The strawberries come from

Kitchen Sink stamps. Border punches

on many of the months are from

Martha Stewart.

Now to start looking for ideas for 2011!!!

Your comments are always welcome!

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Altered Notebooks for my Dear Friend

My friend goes to Hawaii every Christmas vacation to see her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters.. so I thought she needed a journal to chronicle her trip!!

Her son is going to be in Georgia soon, and I also thought she needed a journal for her trip!!

I used some of the inside/binding paper to make the pen inserts so they'd match the notebooks!! They turned out cute!

**She saw my Florida book from our vacation and ooh'd and aah'd so much, I made these 2 for her.... LOVE to use my new cartridge!!!!!

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Cards for Soldiers "Summer Colors" 5/26 - 6/15

How cute is this one??






I want to sit in that chair!!








I found the most perfect paper stack at Hobby Lobby for this CFS challenge!
It's called Island Lily and what made it so perfect is that the colors coordinated so well, all I had to do was choose, cut and adhere!


I did use my Stampin' Up punches for the sayings, Studio G stamps for the wording, and paper scraps for the background of the sayings.


The Cricut Life's a Beach cart had so many cute images, I had the hardest time choosing! I think they're really adorable, but I have to say, the pineapple drink is by FAR my favorite!!!!!

Comments are always welcome!!

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