So Thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! There is so much to be thankful in each and every one of our lives. I am thankful you are here reading my blog, and I am most definitely thankful for being able to craft, and having the talent to do it!!!

Patterned papers by The paper loft, and Little Yellow Bicycle, leaf die-cuts by Accu-cut, iridescent papers, buttons, twine and ribbons.

All cards were made using the Card Maker KOTM (Kit of the month)

Patterned paper by Paper Loft and Little Yellow Bicycle, iridescent paper, alpha stamps by Hero Arts, wood grain stamp by Hampton Art, bronze brads by Creative Impressions, brown in by Color Box, misc. fiber, leaf die cuts by Accu-Cut.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Birthdays, oh, birthdays!!

This first card was made with the Card Maker birthday kit. I love having materials on hand to make a 10 minute card, most of my other cards take me a minimum of 3o minutes to design and create. Some take up to an hour, but I don't fret about the time, it's totally worth it to me (and hopefully the recipient)!This card was for a Broncos fan, so I folded a piece of brown cardstock and cut it to a football shape, then I sanded the folded edges, marked the "threads" with a white marker and added two strips of white paper.

My oldest daughter LOVES monkeys and I found this super cute digi-kit at http://www.designerdigitals.com/ called Monkey Do by Mindy Terasawa. I used both the kit and the stickers to make this fun monkey birthday invitation!
Acrylic, or acetate, cards are so much fun too!! It is hard to see the acrylic piece, but if you look closely you can see the outline of it. Remember this acrylic card I did? The blue mesh at the top of the card was cut from body poof material, this one happened to come as a liner in a gift basket, but you could cut up a regular poof just the same!

I attached the smaller white card that came with the acrylic card by punching holes in the fold of both cards and tying a soft fiber through them.

Thanks for coming by today!!! I hope your having a wonderful summer!

Valentines

Of course I will be playing catch-up on my blog, so everything will be "late". I think in an effort to save me some time I will minimize my descriptions of products. If you want to know what a product is you can leave me a comment asking for a products manufacturer.

I usually leave out the sentiments in my cards...but here it is in all it's mushy glory!

Supplies and design from the Card Makers February card kit.