Mom's Birthday

In a few weeks my mother-in-law will be celebrating her 97th birthday.  I wanted a pretty card for her, so I started with my favorite Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper~~Whole Lot of Love.  It is retired so I use it sparingly!!   I then looked on Pinterest for a layout I liked.  The sentiment is from SU's Petite Pairs stamp set which I layered on circles using SU's Layering Circle Framelits.  The word "MOM" was stamped onto black cardstock using Versamark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  The Pool Party card base and Calypso adhesive embellishments bring out the colors in the DSP.  Have a great weekend!

Woof

A friend of Matthew's is not feeling well right now.  She volunteers at Hoof Wood and Meow Animal Rescue with Matt.  He asked if I had a card with a dog on it.  And, of course, I do.  I actually had two, but then I made another.  The larger puppy is from Avery Elle's Furry Friends set.  The cute little puppy is from My Favorite Things' New Best Friend set.   The plaid paper is also from MFT Stamps. 

Hoof Woof and Meow has some pretty puppies and dogs available for adoption right now.  You can heck them out at www.hoofwoofmeow.org  Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!

A Valentine

Taking a break from Christmas cards to try out a new die I purchased.  It is the Three Hearts Elle-ments die from Avery Elle Stamps.  The single die cuts three hearts at once.  As always, once the die arrived, I had to try it out.  So I made this cute and simple Valentine.  After cutting the hearts in the white cardstock, I lined the back side with the pink polka dot paper.  After layering that onto black cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from a retired Stampin' Up set and tied the checked ribbon around it.  I added that to a white card base, but it needed a little something else.  So, three little black hearts were added!  Have a great day!

A Birthday Flyby

We surely received a lot of snow from Sunday night to Monday morning.  John was out of town so Matt got stuck snow blowing our driveway and his, too!  And my son-in-law, Mark, had to travel to Costa Rica Monday morning,  He had a 5:30 AM flight out of O'Hare thru Miami.  He finally arrived in Costa Rica at 6:00 last night.  At least he will now be in warm sunshine for a few days! Hoping this isn't a glimpse at what our winter is going to be this year!

And speaking of my son-in-law, it will be his birthday in a couple of weeks.  So I used part of yesterday to make his birthday card.  Since he is into dragons, I used My Favorite Things' Magical Dragons stamp set.  I also used Stampin' Up's Little Letters dies, trading a candle for the letter "I".  He will get a kick out of the card.  Have a great day!