FIF Birthday Bash Bunny Blog Hop!

HELLO FRIDAY!!!!!!  Anyone else in need of a Friday?!  I'm so happy you're here (both you and Friday)!

Welcome to Flaunt It Fridays Birthday Bunny Bash Blog Hop!!! :)  I hope you came after visiting Amanda at My Scrappin Obsession.  Didn't she do such a great job?!  She's so talented!!  If you just happened to visit my blog for the day, make sure you start at the beginning at Flaunt It Fridays. :)  You'll want to make sure you visit everyone and leave a comment at all of the blogs to be eligible for the Grand Prize - a Peachy Keen Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed assortment!  YEAH!!!

On to my projects! :)

The first one isn't the prettiest thing, but I love the idea (I'm sure a lot of you can make it look even better). :)  This is my way of keeping track of annual events such as Birthdays and Anniversaries. :)

I kept this one super simple.  I used Create A Critter for the Bunny as well as for the present.  The ribbon and the frame were from my stash, I'm not sure where they came from.  I did use some flocking for the bunny (just to add a little bit to it).








I'm sure most of you are much better at remembering to send cards to family for Birthdays and Anniversaries!  After school started, I saw a bunch of these 3x5 card holders on sale for less than a dollar.  They've been sitting in my 're-porpose' box calling my name. :)  I came up with this idea to help me keep organized.  I printed off all of the annual events on 3x5 cards.  I also made the labels for the separators for each month and one for addresses (because I can never find them when I need them).  Very simple, yet very helpful.  It makes it very nice to be able see what is coming up within the next month and making the card a little early to get it sent on time. :)

For my second project we were supposed to make something using a different cut from Birthday Bash.  Looking through the images online, I found a cute little snail that was holding an envelope. It inspired me to make this card.

 I used Base Camp for the card shape (to look like a stamp).  The snail is from Walk In My Garden, and the grass is from Paper Doll Dress Up. :)  I inked around the grass, the snail and the base paper to give a little bit of dimension.  The stamped message is a My Pink Stamper stamps.

Enough of my jabbering!!!  I do have a small surprise for one person.  All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me how you keep the important annual dates organized; I'd love to hear!!!!  You don't need to be a follower friend, but I love friends! :)

Your next step is Carley at The Real iCarley.  You will LOVE what she has in store for you!!

If you get lost, here's the line-up:

1. Flaunt It Friday's

2. Sandra

3. Lisa

4. Sheandra

5. Pam

6. Stacey

7. Glenda

8. Sharon

9. Amanda

10. Me <------This is me

11. Carley  <------- You're Next Step!!

12. Jenny K

13. Laurel

14. Corri

15. Monica

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you leave a comment on every one's blog for a chance at the Grand Prize!! :)

Lady Bug Hugs!

I made this for one of my friends.  Her Birthday is today, so I thought this would be a fun card.  She loves polka dots and lady bugs. :)

The lady bug is from Walk in my Garden (such a cute cartridge).  I wish you could see how beautiful that green paper is.  It's all shiny and such a beautiful shade; it's one of my favorites.  I got it at a local paper store so there's no brand, sorry!  I thought it would work well for My Pink Stamper's blog hop too (click here for details).  You're supposed to use black and your favorite color or colors.  Red, Dark Green and Pink are some of my favorites (especially with black).  I hope you like it!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

A Few More Birthday Cards

Those that know a little about me or have hopped with me know that my little ones have a lot to do with my cards.  I am first and formost a Mommy!  Well, the following three cards are very simple (VERY, VERY SIMPLE).  I must appologize for the . . . interesting color schemes.  These cards were made for my family and so it means the world to my children to pick the colors and design the cards.

This one is for my youngest brother.  My little boy designed it and wouldn't let me put anything else on it.  Made using Create A Critter.

This one was made for one of my Aunts.  She's very special to me, and has a very special place in the heart of my daughter.  So of course my little girl designed this one.  She let me add a little bling to it, but not much else.  This little lady is from Walk in My Garden.

This one is for my Niece.  She lives in Canada so we don't get to see her very much, but she happened to be down for a little over a week.  She loves the Twilight series (which is the reason for the Apple), and the butterfly is because my little girl wanted it on there.  Again, my children picked the paper.  Well, what do you do?! :)  Both are from Create A Critter.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  I'm so glad you did, and I hope it put a smile on your face!!! :)

A Little Religious - Might Offend

As many of you out there know - I live in a very small farming town!  Funny thing is that we don't even live 'in the town'.  Since we live so far from any big towns our Internet has a few problems here and there.  Well, it's been giving me problems for the last three days!!!! GRRRR!  So, sorry to those of you that I haven't stopped by yet - I'm working on it! :) Now onto my card . . .

I made two of these cards for two of the ladies that I visit with each month.  One is a new mommy so she is always busy with her new little one and both have been sick recently.  The other was for a lady that I won't be visiting as much any more.  It does have a scripture on it, so that may offend people.  If so, I'm sorry, but it's part of who I am. :)  I thought they turned out OK.  You pull out the flowers to see the message.

All of it was made with Walk in My Garden. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Multi-Person Card

My Mom is in a position in our church where she needs a lot of cards.  There's been several times when one card is not enough for people to sign.  So I got thinking about what I could do to help, that's when the idea for this card came into play.

For the card holder - I used the DS software to weld a rectangle to two tags, all from the George cartridge.  I put a square with rounded edges for the window part.  Of course I used Walk In My Garden for the butterfly, bee and lady bug.  Paper Doll Dress Up was used for the grass.  I used the DS software to change the width.

For the 'Card' part - I used 3 pieces of paper cut into quarters and my Crop-O-Dile to do the holes at the top of the card.  I split the paper in half since my eyelets weren't big enough for all of the papers.  I put two eyelets in one half facing forward (squishing it), and two eyelets on the second half facing backwards.  I did it this way so that no matter what side you saw it looks like the nice side of the eyelets.  After that I just put some ribbon through the eyelets to hold the two sections together, plus I just thought it was cute! :)

 I hope you like my idea.  It could be used for big work gatherings (Good Luck, Congrats, Happy Birthday, etc) or for a teacher (all the kids could sign part), or for church.  Thanks for looking everyone!!!! :)

MPS Challenge

Ok, so I found out that my little sister will be helping with a church position which means she will need a bunch of cards.  So I was sitting and thinking of what to do and came across this challenge from My Pink Stamper.  The challenge that she put out was to use the colors Pink, Green, Orange and Brown.  So I got thinking about the challenge and realized that I had the PERFECT paper!!  The background paper is from DCWV The Glitter Stack.  LOVE IT!!!!!  I thought since I needed to really challenge myself I should go out on a limb with what I put on the card.  Normally I like to use real life colors for designs - red and black ladybugs, green caterpillars, etc . . . well on this one I tried something different for me. :)  I hope you like the way it turned out.  I was pleasantly surprised with how they turned out.  The Lady Bug and Turtle are from Walk In My Garden and cut at 2 1/2 inches.  The sentiment is from a stamp set I got a long time ago, sorry I need to keep better track. :)  Thanks for looking!!!

Thank You!

Well, long story short - I have the best family ever!!!!!!  I seriously don't know what I would do without my family (both sides, extended, etc.) Until I'm able to thank each family member individually I wanted to take a moment and make a special card for my Sister-In-Law to thank her for everything she has done (for one - she's letting me borrow a car since mine died).  I'm not sure what her favorite flower is, but I hope she likes it.  I thought it turned out pretty good, even my husband said "Wow, that looks really cool!" instead of his usual "hmmm", or "Yeah".  Thanks for checking it out!

I know the picture below looks sort of funny, but I digitally erased the message I wrote.  I wanted it to be kept personal (I'm sure you understand).  

My Pink Stamper Challenge

I don't normally do these challenges, but we'll see what happens. The challenge was to use pink, green and black. This one does have all of those colors in it, but those aren't the only colors. I hope it qualifies, if not - well, it was a card I felt I needed to make. :)

I made this card after having a deep conversation with my Mom. Like all wonderful Mothers out there she always has amazing insight. After all said and done I came up with this card.



You can't really tell from this angle, but the watering can sticks out a bit farther than the sign or the flowers. I really think it turned out great. For some reason I love the thoughts that come to mind when I the word 'Grow', but my Mom loved the word, 'Faith'. (Ok, so I like them both) So needless to say I made a few cards for my Mom with the word 'Faith' instead of 'Grow'. I hope you enjoy!!!

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