First Day of School!

Today was Emily's ftrst day of 2nd grade. She was so excited to go back to school. She had her new backpack ready for weeks. She had a great first day!  She told me she wrote me a note today because I always give her one in her lunch. I thought that was so sweet of her.

Thank You Card

Here is a thank you card I made and gave to my friend who came to our home to check on our cats, bring in the mail and papers while we were on vacation last week. It is a simple card. I embossed the yellow card base with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, used a Calypso flower, ribbon from Michael's and the Thank you I cut on my Cricut. I slipped a Target giftcard under the ribbon on the inside of the card.

Back from Vacation

Hi everyone. My family and I are back from vacation and trying to get into the swing of things. It is a beautiful day here in Bucks County. The breezes are wonderful. We spent the past week at the Delaware beaches at my sister-in-law's home. We really enjoyed ourselves and loved going to Rehoboth Beach. The have a nice, small boardwalk. Just right for our 7 year old daughter who was mainly interested in playing games. In Rehoboth the games are much more reasonable than the Wildwood boardwalk so we didn't mind her playing. She won plenty of stuffed animals. One of our closest friends cam down and spent several days with us and my sister-in-law and her husband were there on the weekends. It was a nice relaxing week. I hope to get some scrapbooking and cardmaking done this week. Enjoy the day everyone!

Catch a Wave!

Hi everyone! I'm back from the Jersey shore. We had a great time at the beach making sand castles, burying Emily and having fun in the ocean. It was so clean, clear and warm! Toward the end of our vacation the ocean was rough but we had fun jumping the waves and diving into them.

Here is a quick card I just made. I just bought from Michael's the ek success beach edger punch. I really like this punch. I made a 2nd small sand castle and popped it up a little in the middle of the border.

Recipe

Paper: Kraft paper and scraps from my stash

Punch: ek success beach edger punch

Embossing: Sizzix sun, Sizzix waves

Stamp: studio g clear stamps 

Ink: Ink it Up! French Blue

Stickles: aqua, watrerfall,yellow

New Home

Our neighbors moved :( They had so many life changes in the past year. Kristen married, had a baby in late May and just moved! They are not that far away but still we will miss them being right next door. Here is a card I made for Kristen, Bill and baby Sam. Our best wishes to them.

Pandamania!

This week my daughter has been attending Vacation Bible School (VBS) with her best friend at Emilie UMC. She is absolutely loving it. Here is a thank you card I made for her to give to her leader.

Recipe:

Cartridge: Create a Critter (love this cart)
Paper: Various colors of cardstock, Everyday Tango (green bamboo), Kraft paper for the card base
Stamps: Pink by Design Simply Everything
Stickles: star dust
Other: Glossy accents, black enamel accents

Giants T-Ball two page layout

Recipe

Cartridges:

Paper: White card stock, black dot from Everyday Tango (My Minds Eye), orange  and black star papers from Target, journal background paper from K&Company Designer Mat Pad

Stamps: Baseball Clear Stamps from The Paper Company Studio. I stamped white card stock, colored and cut out the images and glossed some with Inkssentials Glossy accents

Ink: Fiskars high density black pigment ink, Studio g green pigment ink

Birthday Party Card

Next Friday evening Emily will be going to a swim party for a friend's birthday. Here is the card I made for her. I guess you can figure out by now that I am liking the Car Decals cartridge. This is another easel card.

Recipe

Green card stock for the card base and various scrap pieces.

Cartridges:Car Decals and A Child's Year (balloon)

Stamps: PK Everyday Character Faces, PBD Simply Everything

Embellishments: flower and purple pearls