Easel Card Overflow

While partaking in the CTO Challenge #26, I caught the "easel card fever" and started making more cards.  The process is fairly simple, although I don't do all that well with measurements!  LOL!!  Nonetheless, here are 2 additional easel cards that I'm working on and hope to finish tomorrow.  These cards will accompany baskets, all of which I will post once completed.  TFL... again.

CTO Challenge #26

This week's challenge at Celebrate the Occasion was to create a birthday easel card.  I've never done one of these, so I decided to give it a try.  Tips and instructions are available on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/.  Here's my entry for the challenge.  TFL.

Color Me Copic

In addition to helping out a friend with some wedding programs, I snuck a few minutes in to create this birthday card for a dear friend.  My crafting addiction has grown to include the wonderful world of Copic Markers (and digi stamps).  TFL.

CTO Challenge #23

Hello Fellow Crafters,

It has been a while since I've posted and since I've created anything.  This month I decided to complete a challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion.  The theme for this challenge was "Any Occasion (blue and white)".    Here's my entry for the challenge.  Be sure to visit CTO to see all the entries.

The layout for this card was inspired by a sketch from pagemaps.com over at Platinum Scraps.  

July Independence!!

Greetings crafters.   I hope everyone has had a great summer, thus far, and a wonderful 4^th of  July holiday.  It’s been a while since I’ve posted as I have been recuperating from a minor medical procedure.  It is my hope that this procedure will grant me my INDEPENDENCE from constant sinus infections and all the painful headaches that accompany them!  Although I’m still in a recuperative phase, I was asked to do a last-minute birthday card for a very special lady that I nicknamed “D.I.VA – Divinely Inspired, Victorious and Anointed”.  For a while, I struggled with my missing creative mojo, but I think things are turning around.   TFL

Father's Day

Hello Scrappers!

Hope everyone had a great Father's Day.  I was asked to cook some down-home favorites for the men at church in celebration of Father's Day; so I ended up cooking 10lbs of chicken and 3 medium sized pans of mac-n-cheese!  Can I say that there was nothing left over!!  OMG!  I am just thankful that I could contribute to the celebration. 

Now most scrappers/crafters I know feel compelled to make every card for every occasion, instead of giving money to the local card stores.  Well, I came up a little short this Father's Day, but I did manage to make 1 card for my DH.  I colored images for the kids' cards, but never finished the cards.  Well, I guess that means I'll have a head start for next year!  LOL.  I also made money holder cards for my godchildren (although so totally belated...).  Thanks for looking.

May/June Celebrations

It's been a while since I've posted, and I apologize to my followers and lurkers, alike.  I have been working really hard to do more challenges, and visit more blogs, but to no avail.  I have been blessed by a few customer requests for hand-crafted gifts, which have been keeping me busy. 

June seems to be a month full of celebrations of major milestones, mostly weddings (and anniversaries) and graduations.  Here are a few projects that I have completed since my last post in April.  Thanks for looking.

 Anniversary glasses - etched using the Cricut.

 Gift basket I made to include the etched anniversary glasses.

 Graduation card for SIL.

 Graduation card for nephew.

 Card that accompanied anniversary gift basket.

 Etched glasses for co-worker's "friend".

 Birthday gift basket for co-worker's "friend".

Robert Jackson wedding digi stamp that I colored using Copics and lots of stickles.