Another February Birthday

Happy Birthday to our grand niece Tessa. Her birthday is coming up soon on February 28. We have had some babies born in the family the past month. Two more are on the way so expect to see some baby cards in the next few posts.

Not Very Valentine Ish But ...

It is a heart even though most of the time you would see this winged heart in a tattoo not in glass.

Valentine's Day is approaching. My cards were very clean and simple this year as I was not really feeling well when I made them. (Nothing big just one of those winter colds). They have already been mailed and may be in the hands of the recipient.

Happy Birthday to Me

Thank you to everyone who sent me a card for my birthday. The funny thing is everyone just happened to send me a card that I made. I am not sure who the organizer of this event was, but Jim is at the top of the list.

His was the only card that I received that was not one that I made. He made a card for me. This is his card. The inside was a pop-up card.

Birthday Cards

I have so many stamps sets that are flowers and trees. Although it doesn't bother me to send a flower card to a male, some people don't like to. Here are two cards that I have made to send to males using something other than flowers. The balloon card could easily be made with pink and green for a more female look.

Valentine's Day is Near

I have started to make some Valentine cards for the Kumquat Festival. Our house is so dark that the flash goes off just about every time I take a picture of a card. It washes out the color on the reds. The elephant is a rose red with kraft base. The set also has a mouse and they are perfect for a boy card.

What is with This Cold Weather?

The card says "Your Friendship Warms My Heart." It isn't my heart that needs warming right now but my hands and feet. I know the northerners think we are whimps but it is cold down here. I am a whimp, I know it. I am ready for the 70 degree temperatures that we may have by Monday. Don't get too excited though as it is only going to last a few days and then get cold again.

Ryan Will Know

One day Jim came down the steps and said look what I made in an excited voice. I said so. He said do you know what it is. My answer, a peace sign, big deal. He was crushed. How many of you know what it is? The hint, for family members, is in the title of the post.

January Birthdays

Only one of these is a birthday card, but it is going to have to do for this month. Both stamps are from the same stamp set along with the turtle and dragonfly that you have seen in another post. Becka if you are reading this post, I should have sent the peacock feather card to you, but it isn't Bec's bday this month. Happy Birthday to us.

Thinking of You

I make a lot of thinking of you type cards. They can be used for so many different occassions or just to stay in touch with family and friends. These were made with the Stampin Up retired set called Embrace Life. I like to stamp the flower on card stock and cut out the image.

Heather Turns 40

Our niece Heather turned 40 this year and we were able to attend her party. For her present, Jim made her cats in glass. This is model off an actual picture of her 2 cats. Everyone in the family was harassing her to post pictures of them on facebook and she finally got the hint that there was some reason for it.

Ken's Christmas Gift

I made Ken a set of greeting cards out of the retired SU Parisian designer paper. I made a folder to present the cards and for him to use to store them.

Merry Christmas

I gave these cute snowmen to some of my male family members this year. It is a digital stamp that some of the stampers on splitcoast used this year. It is wrapped around a microwave popcorn. The hat and scarf is felt that I had around. The pattern can be found on this blog, http://lauriefurnell.blogspot.com. 

I will be posting some more gifts tomorrow.

Gift Card Holders

Here are some of the gift card holders that I made this year. The part of the card that opens is the SU top note cut folded and short of the top of the die. When you open the top note you slide the gift card into the slits that were punched. I also made one of the Grinch but I guess I didn't take his picture.

Christmas Cheer

I have played at two Christmas concerts and have one more to play tomorrow morning. The concert tomorrow is outside which always adds the challenge of keeping the wind from blowing our music. Lots of clothes pins help. It is also going to be on the cold side so layers for me.

Christmas is Coming

I never post the actual Christmas card that I send to my family and friends because they are for them only. But the blog has to have some Christmas decorations. The flower card is made using the Stampin Up ornament punch with a large brad in the center. The Santa is a stamp I bought a long time ago to use as my Christmas card but never have used it. I love the vintage look that it has. Have you seen the USPS Christmas stamps this year? One of them has pine and cones on it. I may have to buy some more of them and save them. Then I will come up with a design like the pine card shown here and have stamps that match my cards.

December Birthdays

Happy December birthday to our nephew Bryan, our BIL Tim, and grand niece Mia. A special zero birthday this year for our niece Heather.

Cyber Monday

Black Friday has already past and today is Cyber Monday. Christmas shopping has begun and it looked like the past weekend was pretty good for retailers. Sometimes I think that I liked the slower days of days gone by when Christmas decorations didn't come out until after Thanksgiving.

This card has that vintage feel to it. The stamp is from the Stampin Up set Winter Post. Would you believe there is an ice rink set up in downtown Tampa through all of the holidays? I will not be testing my skating abilities though.

Happy Thanksgiving

I bet you think this is one wreath stamp. It isn't though. Look really close and you will see a single leaf and then the other long stuff. I drew a circle on the paper in very light pencil. Stamped the leaf all around the circle and then filled in with the longer stuff. Then I stamped the greeting and took that layer outside. I sprayed it with a gold mist with glitter in it. If you enlarge the picture you can see spots on the white paper. IRL that is the glitter and it really sparkles. Happy Thanksgiving to all my family and friends.

Tri-shutter Wedding

This is a tri-shutter album that I made using Neill's wedding pictures. The picture to the left is the front cover.

You untie the bow and open the two flaps. When you open the flaps, this is what you see first.

Then open it completely to see the far left, middle and then right side. It is difficult to fit the entire album into a picture because you can't see the details. The last picture is my attempt at showing the entire lay out of the album. Since the window is behind it you can see part of the porch. Click on the pictures to enlarge them and see the details better.

Bluebird of Happiness

One of my SILs has a bunch of blue bird glass statues. She loves stained glass too so she would like this blue bird and her babies which will be posted another day. She will never see this post though as she avoids using the computer, although I understand she has skyped recently.