Cricut & Birthdays

Sunday was our monthly Cricut get together~~and it was even more fun than usual! ( Thanks Laura for the Jello Shots!) We celebrated birthdays. But not just any birthdays, those BIG birthdays: 60, 55, 50--lol! Carol was in charge of the snack this month and she even handed out goodie bags with little tiaras for each of us. I am sure my neighbors thought we were crazy as everyone walked to their cars afterwards and I was still wearing my tiara. Every month one person is in charge of the snack and one is in charge of the project. But this month our project was a group effort to make birthday cards for Operation Write Home. We ended the afternoon with about 70 cards--all birthday-themed and all very nice. I will get those to the post office this week and in the upcoming weeks and months we will be touching lives of people we do not know as they receive birthday cards from their loved ones serving in the US military. We are all very proud of our military personnel and their families and friends who give so much--thank you.

Hot Week Ahead!

The weather forecast is calling for very hot weather here this week. As I was going thru the freezer planning some of the meals for the week, I knew dinners were going to be anything that can be cooked on the grill outside. We do not have a kettle grill and have not had one for many years, but I was reminded of a card I had seen a while back. I recreated the card as an invitation as I think this would be a very cute invitation if you are planning on having a barbecue in the future. Or if you attended a barbecue you could replace "you're invited" with "thank you". Keep cool and have a great Sunday!

Looking thru A Window?

My card for today looked really good until I took a picture of it and noticed a little smudge--thus the butterfly! Once again, embellishments can do a lot for a card! I used Crumb Cake ink and the stamping off method for the image and then cut the image into four equal sections. I mounted the four sections onto Soft Suede cardstock and punched the bottom for a decorative edge. The image from the Just Believe stamp set worked perfectly as the focal point for "looking out a window". As I look thru my office window, one of the main things I see is a bird feeder. If I had the Aviary stamp set, I could stamp a bird cage and instead of looking out a window, you could be looking in! So many ideas, not enough time--or money--lol! Have a great day.

Pinwheels

The other day I posted a card using half circles to create pinwheels. Today I am posting pinwheels made with candy sticks and designer paper. I saw that another SU demo made these and I thought they were so cute that I had to try creating a couple myself. Instead of using half circles for these pinwheels, I used squares. These are adorable and would be cute party favors. Or tie a ribbon around the candy stick, add a pretty tag with a person's name and use as place seating cards. I purchased these candy sticks at Michael's, but I am sure that you can find different color candy sticks elsewhere--I just have to find out where--lol!! Have a great day!