Happy Birthday....May 2018 Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink

Hello Friends,
Long time no blog....seriously I have been taking a break from all things crafty for some reason...just haven't felt like, nor had the energy for creating AT ALL!  Not normal for me my crafty friends.  However as spring arrived my love of gardening got me out of doors and perked me up.  I love the spring months here in the Pacific Northwest! It is my favorite time to play in my garden.  This year I am adding additional blueberry bushes to my blueberry patch as well as a couple of new floribunda rose bushes.  All of my roses are opening this week and my yard smells like heaven!  Plus I love watching for humming birds drinking from my clematis and the last of my tulips.  Nature is so rejuvenating and rewarding - one of God's greatest daily blessings!

I have several birthdays to celebrate with family and friends over the weekend so I finally entered my craft room and made two cards tonight!  It has been too long since I made a card...LOL!  I might have forgotten how!

Just kidding....

For inspiration tonight I looked at the photo for the May 2018 Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink.

My card below was inspired by the wood trim on the camper and the pale pink lanterns:

Supplies:
Stamps:  You've been framed: oval - Papertrey Ink
Ink:  Fine Linen, Enchanted Evening - Papertrey Ink
Cardstock:  Spring Rain, Sweet Blush, Kraft - Papertrey Ink
Dies:  You've been framed die set: Papertrey Ink;  Sew Sweet Valentine Die Set by Tammy Tutterow for Spellbinders for the felt leaves.
Other:  Embossing folder, Paper Studio Flowers - Hobby Lobby; Copic Marker, digital paper

The other card I made is for my friend Sally's 60th birthday tomorrow!  We are going to a lovely party for her!  I will share that card with you after I give it to her. 

Have a lovely Memorial Day Weekend!  We are so blessed by all of our service men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom!  God Bless them and their families and friends who miss them every day! 

Hugs!

Family Birthday Celebration....

Hello Friends,
Just here with a quick post of some birthday cards.  My Dad turns 75 this week!  He is such a great Father!  He and my Mother raised 7 children and are a wonderful example to all of us in all areas of life!  Most of all in how to lead a strong Christian life walking closely with God and loving everyone 20 feet around us each day.  I am so blessed to have them as my parents!  Happy 75th Birthday Dad!!!  I love you bunches!

We had a wonderful family birthday celebration this past weekend for my Dad and for my niece and nephew too.  Here are the 3 cards that I put together.  They are all similar because I had a limited amount of design time and was sick as a dog with a horrible cold when I was trying to get them made! 

This card was given to my nephew:

 This one was for my Dad - I wanted it to be bright and festive so I went with red, white, and turquoise for the colors:

And this last card was given to my niece:

The birthday themed dies that I used are from Taylored Expressions.  I love how fast these cards came together! 

Thanks for taking a look!
:) Jill

Yeah! It's Waltzingmouse Blog Party Day!

Hi Everyone,
Here with a card for today's lovely Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party!  I am so excited to play along!

The theme this month is "Birthdays" and you can find all the info and the linky party: HERE

I hope you are able to find some time to play along! 

Here is my contribution:

 I used a whole bunch of Waltzing Mouse Stamp sets on this card:
1. Vintage Banners
2. Nordic Winter
3. Jar Fillers - Jam Packed
4. Say it Loud
5. Compact Sentiments - inside sentiment - not shown in pictures

 I just love the gingham banner in Vintage Banners!  I added some of the border stamps from Nordic Winter to the top in pink and brown to dress it up.  The "hip hip Hooray" sentiment is from Vintage Banners and is stamped on a label from Jar Fillers-Jam Packed.  The "it's your big day" sentiment is from "Say it Loud". 

The pink doily is from Freckled Fawn (HERE) and I just love it!  The pink cardstock is impressed with one of my favorite designs: the old parchment impression plate from Cheery Lynn Designs.  A rolled rose and leaves die cut from felt, along with a bow made from green hemp twine and some "I am Roses" baby pink rosebuds finish off this card.

Thanks for taking a look at my Birthday card!  I sure enjoyed getting crafty this morning to make it!

I am off to spend some time with my little one in the Seattle Sunshine now....we are getting together with all of his preschool friends for a "back-to-school" party so it should be fun!  I have known all these sweet kids since they were 3 or 4 years old and now they are all 7 and 8!  Time flies so I am trying hard to treasure each moment!  Have a great day and happy blog hopping!  I can't wait to get home tonight and see what everyone has created! Bye for now...

:) Jill

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 24 - Birthday

Hello all,
Sorry it has been so long since I last posted anything.  I finally got some time to craft and made a card for the Cheery Lynn Designs weekly challenge #24.  The theme is "Birthday".  You can join in the challenge over at the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog:  HERE.  

I made a sweet little birthday card with a lovely ice cream cone on the front.....



The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye - Howdy Doody 6x6 pad.  The cardstock is Papertrey Ink.

Here are the lovely Cheery Lynn Dies that I used on my project:
E161 - Old Parchment Embossing plate
B136 - Anastasia Border Die
DL180 Nautical Wheeler Doily
XL-5 - Circle Scalloped Stackers Nesting dies
XL-13 - French Flair Scalloped Stackers Nesting Dies

On the cone I added a pretty paper cover made with the center portion of the Nautical Wheeler Doily Die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

The cone and ice cream scoop outline stamps and the sentiment stamps are all from Papertrey Ink.


That is it for me today.  Thanks for taking a look at my "sweet" birthday card.  Is anyone else ready for some ice cream? 
Yummy!

:) Jill



Happy Birthday Cards...

Hello,

Today I am posting a few Happy Birthday cards.  A friend asked me to make one for her sister's birthday that is coming up.  I made several different cards for her to choose from:





This first card uses the set "Sending You" from Papertrey Ink; papers from Authentique and a cheery lynn designs doily die and martha stewart edge punch.  It has 3 little grey pearls to lead your eye to the sentiment.

I used a hero arts envelope grid pattern stamp for the background of the sentiment piece.

This card uses scrap papers from my stash which I believe are Prima?  And Papertrey Ink dies and stamps.  A little lace separates the two patterned papers.  I used  a hero arts old script background stamp on the circle sentiment piece along with PTI's harvest berries stamp set for the leaves and berries.  Topped off with some diamond stickles for a little glitter.  Kept it non-dimensional for ease in mailing without extra postage.

This card uses Authentique papers; dies from My Favorite Things and Spellbinders and stamps from Hero Arts for the backgrounds and Papertrey Ink for the sentiment.  A little twine and pearls finish it up.

This card is done in all browns and kraft paper.  It is a 5" square card with paper

 from the Crafty Secrets creatingwith vintage patterns CD - the chicken wire backgrond paper -

and sentiment stamp from Papertrey Ink.  It uses a decorative corner die that I believe

 is from Heartfelt Creations and a doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs. 

The brad in the center of the flower is American Crafts Dear Lizzy line
and the rest are prima and paper flowersfrom my kraft room.
A little gold thread holds the sentiment tag in place.

And last but not least this simple card again fairly  non-dimensional for mailing, is made with Authentique

and Kraft papers; spellbinders and PTI dies and some KI Memories stickers from my craft room. 

The sentiment stamp is a wood-mounted one that I bought at Michael's many years ago when I first

 started card making.  It is still one I use frequently.

That is it for today....Happy Wednesday everyone!
Smiles,
Jill