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. 

Nautical Expedition

This is the end of the nautical look cards for awhile.  It is easier for me to make a bunch of cards with the same set and papers since I make so many.  I just get out what I need and change the format of the papers.  That is why you see so many of the same set grouped together.

The Open Sea

The name of this Stampin'Up stamp set is the open sea.  It is in the summer mini and is available only through August 31.  I guess l also like it so much since I live near the sea.

Nautical Cards

Get ready to see a few more cards made with this ship and designer paper.  I like the navy blue and cherry cobbler paper together and the various strings that I used on the cards instead of ribbon.  They are nice masculine cards.

August Birthdays

Happy birthday to our BIL John.  He liked his birthdate so much that his daughter Heather was born on the same day.  Their birthdays are a little later this month, but I need to post these things when I remember them.

Flowers, Again?

Those few of you who look at my blog must be thinking, is she ever going to make anything else. I guess I was just on a big flower kick.  I am working on some other projects right now that have flowers on some of them but totally different than anything you have seen in the past month.

Summertime

Besides flowers, when I think of summer, I think of a cold Pina Colada at the beach.  It sure is hot right now at the beach and we at least haven't been having the three digit heat.  We have had rain to cool us some too.

Purse Full of Cards

This is another style of a purse that holds four cards.  The cards are shown below the purse.  There is one bday, get well, thank you, and thinking of you card in the paper purse.  The colors are nice and bright IRL.

Tissue Paper Flowers

The flower on this card is made with tissue paper.  In real life, they puff up real nice.  The flowers were cut using my Big Shot and a Sizzix Stampin' Up die. 

Two July Birthdays

Today is my nephew Jack's 16th birthday, so I sent him a car.  I told him to tell all his friends that his aunt sent him a car for his birthday.   Our sister Mary will be having a birthday on Saturday.  Happy Birthday to Jack and Mary.

Last of the Flowers

Well at least it will be the last of the flowers for a little while because I haven't downloaded any more pictures to the computer yet.  Besides that I have a few birthdays I need to mention soon. 

Some More Flowers

Just in case you didn't see enough flowers yesterday, here are a few more.

Summer Flowers

I make a lot of cards with flowers and trees.  I promised myself I was not getting any new flower stamps or dies until I had used the ones I have several times.  So here are some cards with flowers on them.  I don't have anyone to send them to right now, but they will be in my stash ready to go when I need them.

Happy July 4

The card with the stars on it, I sent to one of our uncles.  The Uncle Sam I sent to one of my cousins and on the inside I put ...to have a Happy Birthday.  I also sent one saying ...to have a Happy 4th to one of our aunts who hosts a July 4 family picnic each year.  We didn't go as it is too far for us but wanted to say hello to everyone.

Another New Baby

Finally the last, at least of this batch, of grand nephew/nieces has arrived.  He did make his appearance in June, I am just late in posting.  Congratulations to Neill and Jerica and grandma Deb and grandpa Tim.  He is their first.

Happy Birthday Norma

Another June birthday, I told you there were a bunch of them.  Happy Birthday to our sister in law Norma.

No baby news yet.  Maybe he wants to be a July birthday.