A Quick Share

Hi All - it has been awhile due to being out of town to help my family. There isn't much time to email and no time to craft. However, my mom does have a very limited supply and there is a wonderful scrapbook store here in TN that I visit when I'm here. Anyway, a close friend of her's is turning 60 and this friend's daughter is throwing her a big party. She asked her friends to provide comments on the following: my favorite recipe, favorite things, favorite memories with connie, favorite book, and general things about connie. So mom bought a card and we put on our thinking caps. We decided to alter the card by making pages and turning the card into a 'book'. She typed up the little notes on her favorites, I typed up the recipe and added clip art pans; there isn't any stamping on the altered card, but it turned out rather well considering the limited supplies we had. (Not sure how the pictures will turn out, but it looks like the first one is actually the last 'page') Take a look and thanks again for your support and comments. Blessings, judy

Fun with Salad!

Today's share are three cards, which also includes my favorite Waldorf Salad recipe. I started out making one for a Fruit Salad swap over at Stamping Queens and it was so much fun to make, I ended up making two more for the Cards of the Month swaps at World Wide Stamping Friends (wwsf) and Stampingswaps (ss). Although I've made this card in various ways, it is the first time to include the recipe card and the little worm (unknown source).

I did the diamond scoring on two of the panels (DCWV) paper, the third one uses paper already embossed (BazillBasicsPaper-Two Scoops); then scrubbed sandpaper over the tops to reveal the white cores. The center image (SU!) is a favorite and is colored with pencils; the apples and napkin are paper pieced. The back panels are: blue gingham paper from an old pack of CTMH paper, green paper from an unknown source, and the pink is the backside of the BazillBasicsPaper paper - you can just make out the reverse embossing. Brads are CTMH and Elements.

The recipe card is white card stock with apples from Clip Art and recipe printed below.

Enjoy!

Judy

Diaper Cake for Baby Shower

Happy day to you all. Today's share is a "Diaper Cake" that Michelle (grandma to be) and Jarod (uncle to be) made for our newest member to our family. It was the highlight of the baby shower and is just so cute. The baby is my first great grandchild and is due in Sept.

The 'flowers' on the cake are made with baby washcloths and socks. There is a bottle tucked into the top tier that is filled with treats for mom to be. Her favorite gummy bears.

Again, thanks for looking and your comments.

Blessings and enjoy your day.

Judy

Today's Share ...

is for the Blue Moon challenge GCSO08 to use 3 words, 3 papers, and 3 buttons. Originally this card started out to meet the I Brake for Challenges where the challenge/inspiration was a little girl wearing a polka dotted dress with lady bug trim and gingham ribbon, but I missed the deadline. Anyway, as I was working on the card, Gingersnap Creations came out with this challenge and I thought how perfect to blend the two! AND also over at Card Camp (yahoo group) the challenge for the week was to use buttons and bows. So, by adding the bow, it meets that challenge too!

The main image Fashion Lady #4 from "I Brake for Stamps" and she's not typically my type of stamp, but her and a lady friend shouted Buy Me Buy Me as I was browsing the online store. And they actually tugged at my heartstrings, so they were placed in my shopping cart. The Ladybug buttons (shanks cut off) and tatted flower were in my stash for years and thought it time to use them, and the TAC word stamps were perfect for her.

Gingersnap Creations: http://networkedblogs.com/jM6fo
I Brake for Challenges: http://ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/06/inspired-ibfcc3.html

Enjoy your holiday weekend and be safe!

Thank yous and a new post

First of all I want to send out a big Thank You to those of you that have left comments and became followers. How exciting this is for me!

Now for today's card, which is for a request from the Stamping Queens group. A member's son is in the military, but stationed here in the States still - and they thought he would enjoy receiving cards. While it doesn't show, the stars are also stamped on the Midnight Blue and Real Red card stock. And I've punched out a couple stars in the Liberty panel. The paper: SU; the eagle stamp: Rubber Monger; Liberty stamp: Art Impressions; background star stamp: Rubber Stampede; brad, silver cording, small star stamp, and metal star: unknown sources.

Enjoy!

Fathers Day Card

Hi All - today's share is a card I made for another groups challenge -- I've sidestepped out of The Stamping Pad box this time. The challenge can be found here: http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/05/gc104-color-challenge-denim-rust-and.html. I enjoyed making this as I am a PBR fan and my dad likes westerns so this combines both of our interests into a card. Enjoy.

Action Wobble Spring card

Hello to all - today's share is for the Monthly Mailer over at the Stamping Pad. This card uses the new Action Wobble Springs http://actionwobble.com/! It is just the coolest thing and wish I could remember where I first saw it - anyway, you will have to check out the website because I don't have a way to show you how it works, but when you nudge the frog panel, he wobbles!! The card layout is from http://sheetload.blogspot.com/. Stamps are TAC, CTMH, and Stampendous. Papers are from TAC and SU. Little bling is from http://pezadoodle.wordpress.com/. Hope you enjoy and wishing you all a Happy Day!