Paper Bird & Seaside Greetings

Made these cards with our new close to my heart stamps and some old scrapbook paper. The sentiments on these two cards were from Sweet n sassy stamps.






My daughter, Joy, designed this lovely card herself:





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Joy's Creative Cards with new CTMH stamps

 

 

All of the cards in today's post are made by my daughter, Joy.  I love crafting with her!

I was very excited when my daughter (11) decided she loves to stamp!!  She used some new stamps (and some of my sister's new stamps- thanks Regina) and got creative.  Pinspired by pinterest, naturally.  I like her penstitching, too.  She thought her grandma Joan would appreciate the above card since she is an artist. :)  It was made with "Brushstrokes" and "Happy to be Friends".

 

We both love this adorable birthday cake made with the Brushstrokes stamp set from CTMH.  Stickles on the flames:

I love this idea she had to use an old, butterfly earring as an embellishment for this card.  The beautiful border is from Creative Memories Border Maker System.  The sentiment was from the CTMH "You Mean the World to Me" set.

We are both in love with this "Typed Note" stamp set.  So quick to make a variety of cute cards for tons of occasions:

This is my sister's new set, which she let us use before she even saw it. :)  Also, again "Brushstrokes".  I am so proud of my talented daughter!

Father's Day Cake, Cards, & More

My husband is incredible.  He really is the hardest worker around.  He works in construction and has worn these type of work boots for as long as I've known him.  When I saw this cake online about a month before Father's Day, I knew it was perfect.  Joy, my 11 year old daughter, was totally on board.  She would not let me drop it even after it turned out to be such a crazy week. :)  I'm so glad she insisted!

 This was by far one of the most ambitious surprise projects my daughter and I have attempted.  We collected ingredients throughout the week, going to many different stores (i.e. a gas station for a candy necklace).  We were soooo impressed with the results!

I made this card (tent fold) to go with the cake:

 

 

It was much easier than it looks (though it was definitely a few hours of enlarging patterns and decorating).  The authors of this book have wonderful directions.  It's a great deal with the many, many cakes included.  I certainly hope to make several more.  We followed the instructions in this awesome book, which you can find HERE :

 These were the personal touches that my daughter did by herself:

 His initials:

 Here she is, presenting it to her daddy, so very proud (it was a pool party):

 He was shocked and amazed, too!

 

 

 Here is the card Joy made for him using Scrappy Moms Stamps for the sentiment and SVGs from Miss Kate Cuttables:

 Joy also had the idea to add some real nails and screws.  I love it!!!

 

 Here is my wonderful dad:

And, last, and awesome is a card Joy made for her other grandpa (aka "Pop") with more CTMH stamps (Blossom Cardmaking Kit, I believe) that she saw on Pinterest.  I was impressed she did this on her own, too.

"Welcome to the Neighborhood"

I made this cute card using the "Around the Block" stamp set from Close to My Heart.  Love how you can stamp all the elements individually.  I popped it up with some foam strips.  My friend (and neighbor) is baking some goodies to go with it and I embroidered a couple of dishtowels with the new family's last name and monogram on them. :)

Ctmh Happy to be Friends Occasions Cards

I love the new set of stamps from Close to my Heart called "Happy to be Friends Occasions". It's so versatile. There are multiple sentiments on there and you can mix and match the colors of wreath sprays and flowers into endless combinations. I also used the bow off of the Cricut Artiste cartridge (yellow) and a bit of cute zipper lace trim in Hollyhock, also by CTMH.

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Another Gift Idea

I needed a gift for my grandmother, so I made up this set of greeting cards for her.  I used all sorts of items in my stash a variety of stamps (digital and regular) and left some of the "list" stamps from The Cutting Cafe "unchecked" so my grandma could personalize them as she finds occasion to use them.  I think the ribbons and buttons and other embellishements make them special.  Doodling was fun, too.

Envelope Mini Album

I found this adorable mini online here with instructions:

Creative Operation

I bought my Zutter the day after Thanksgiving last year on a terrific sale and have been dying to use it, but was a bit intimidated. I shouldn't have been. Me, the girl who enjoys reading instructions, just had to skim them and (gasp!) look at the pictures to figure this nifty little gadget out.

Here is what I made in very little time today:
























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It was so fun and I can't wait to embellish it. There are 12 tags in as many pockets plus 8 pages if you count the covers. You can fit a lot of pictures and journaling in that little mini! The pretty papers are Close To My Heart and the ribbons are just scraps.

Hope you have a great night of sleep and a beautiful Sunday tomorrow.

Blessings, Glenda

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Happy Memorial Day!

I hope you all have a beautiful Memorial Day today as we remember and appreciate those in the service who have sacrificed and do sacrifice so much for all of us!! Well, today, I wanted to share some gifts I made for a close friend who recently had her 5th baby. The name album was made with the beautiful Close to My Heart Paper collection, "Stardust" and the Pooh Font for Cricut. The little retro robot is from Embroidery Library and the sweet bear/receiving blanket design was from the website, "Sewing for Sarah".