Happy Birthday Mom

Today would have been my mom's 90th birthday.  She would have loved this card even though it is very simple.  We always had doilies on our furniture and now I have many of those doilies.  I miss her a lot and think of her everyday.  I sure wish she was here to celebrate this birthday.

Francis and Frankie

This is a Halloween card that I made with a few friends that I stamp with.  They all have grandchildren that will be getting this card.  I call him Frankie because he has blue hair.  We also made some with bright pink hair for the girls.  Her name is Frances.  We used the Stampin'Up top note on the Big Shot to make him along with several punches.

Back to School

At the beginning of every school year, I send my brother a back to school card.  I started doing it when I retired just to irrate him a little since I no longer had to go back to school.  I think he looks forward to seeing what I will come up with each new school year.  This is going to be the last school card that I send him.  He plans to retire in June after teaching 35 years.  He lasted longer than me. 

Rose Parade Remembers

 We had the privilege to help work on this float that was in the 2011 Rose Parade.  It honored those who died on Sept 11.  The fire hydrant was recovered from the wreckage near the Twin Towers and was on the float.  They had to get special permission from the committee to have it on the float without flowers.  Everything on floats in the parade must be covered with something natural.

Business Card Holders

It has been awhile since I posted anything but cards.  So, I thought it was time for something new.  Many years ago Jim made a cat business card holder for his mom.  When she died, we took it to use for our cards.  Many people asked us about it.  He decided to make a few more.  We did find that ours is a little on the short side, so he made these two a little bigger.