Ouch!

My dear daughter was involved in an auto accident last week and miraculously walked away with a few scratches and bruises.  Her car?  Yikes...totalled.  The entire family is convinced there were some mighty powerful angels on her side that day.  Anyway, I did up a quickie get well card using a vintage paper doll image, some ribbon, a MS punch and some BG scraps.  The expression on the doll was perfect!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 

Dino-mite Birthday Card!

Our little grandson Rowan turns 3 on Monday + he really really really loves dinosaurs.  Found this perfect image on a free internet coloring page site, and printed and pieced him up.  His collar, head and rear leg are puffed out and popped for dimension.  An SRM sticker, some ricrac, a paper doily, my trusty dymo label maker, doohickey leaf die cuts and some seriously old scraps of paper and done.  This card will be for Great Grandma to give him.  I'm still working on mine.  Have a terrific day!

xoxo
Kathy

Welcoming Baby Eli

So we have a new little nephew named Eli Albert and am sending this card with a package of new baby duds.  I wanted to try playing around with dimension coupled with paper piecing stamped images.  This cute teddy bear digi was printed out twice on some Echo Park pp.  I cut him an extra head, forearm and leg and slowly and carefully embossed their backs to give those pieces a puffy look.  You are actually stretching the paper, so you have to take care.  I attached them over the entire stamped image with layered foam tape to give him a "stuffed" look.   He's very cute but it's difficult for the camera to really show his dimensionality.   Anyway, a paper doily, some baker's twine, some old Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, and more October Afternoon Ducks in a Row patterned paper and good to go.  If you click on him for larger view, you can see the puffiness a bit better.  Have a great day!

"Teddy" digital stamp courtesy of Faith of  Designed2Delight and was a freebie last year.  I LOVE him!

Ribbon Rose card

I'm loving this ribbon rose technique!  Here's my Mom's birthday card this year. 
And how about that beautiful Magnolia doohickey die scroll which came in the mail just in time to add a perfect crowning touch.

Watch out for flying cupcakes!

Mo Manning's artwork is soooo adorable I bought a few of her digistamps. Her images just beg for bright cheerful colors so BG Lemonade collection seemed a perfect fit. Prisma colors, Martha's Punch around the Page, some Kaisercraft pearls and gingham ribbon made this an easy peasy card. Have a terrific weekend!

Remembering Dad

Happy Fathers Day, Dad.  We miss you.

By way of explanation...and a card

My poor blog has turned into the equivalent of a deserted ghost town and it makes me sad.  

I am alive.  I'm weary, but still here.  I do get an occasional moment here and there to make a birthday card so there's hope.   My scrapbooks?  Let's just be honest....dusty, very dusty.
Not to bore with too many details, but my long tall Texan hubbie has undergone three  hip surgeries in the past 8 months (two replacements and one complication), at-home IV treatments three times a day for six weeks, all while he's still working from home as a consultant (thank heavens).  He's doing very well now and walking without aid.  Well... bit of a wobble.  Picture a 6'1" duck.  Okay, let's call it a swagger.  Purely for macho sake. 

That together with caring for my dear 85 year old mom here at home with the help of hospice angels just about takes every single bit of energy left in this old lady but it's a blessing to have her here with us.  Here's a photo of her at about sixteen.   Happy Mother's Day, Mom.  Love you so! 

Hope to catch up on some of your blogs in coming weeks.  I miss seeing all of your incredible work.  xoxoxo