Saltwater Cure

Oh boy, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted.  So sorry to be MIA for so long.  Needless to say, things have been a bit busy.  I have been making cards - stealing moments here and there as needed but haven't managed to even grab a single moment to post anything.

This card is what I made for my card swap back in July.  The group had put out a challenge to use sea stamps.  I pulled out one of my favorite Gina K Designs stamp sets illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger. The Gifts From the Sea set is just so much fun to work with.  I love all of the sentiments in the set.  I made some cards using this sentiment and then made one with the "If you want to know how much I love you, count the waves" for my husband.

 The card base is StampinUp! Sahara Sand, the image panel is Very Vanilla and the waves were cut from shimmery blue and aqua 12 x 12 paper that I found in my stash.  I cut them with the Catch a Wave Die-namics Die from MFT Stamps.

The inks that I used were StampinUp Sahara Sand for the sand texture and the starfish, Pool Party for the edges of the Sahara Sand focal layer and GinaK Onyx ink for the shell and sentiment.

I colored the shell with my copics: E30, R20, E04 and outlined it with W1.

Well, that's all the time I have for now.  Tomorrow is the first day of school for my three kids, so there's a bunch of organizing and morning prep work that I still need to do tonight.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope to see you again soon!

Happy 101st Birthday Naneen!

Hi There,

No, the title is not a typo.  Today is my grandmother's 101st birthday!  Here's a photo of the lovely birthday girl taken earlier today.

The kids and I couldn't let this day go by without sending cards.  I made two.  One from my three kids (3 of her 10 great-grandkids) and one from my husband and I.

I made this card with lots of texture since she really can't see well.  I figured that with all the texture, layers and bling she'd have lots to touch.

The card base is Neenah Solar white, embossed with an embossing folder.  The tag layers are cut from SU Rich Razzleberry and Pretty in Pink using MFT's Well Worn Greetings Dienamics.  The numbers were cut from Rich Razzleberry using MFT's By the Numbers Dienamics.  I added some bling to the numbers for some extra dimension as well as some special sparkle for such an auspicious birthday!  The sentiment is from the By the Numbers stamp set by MFT.

This is the second card for my grandmother - from my husband and I.  I used Gina K Designs' StampTV set: Hello Sunshine.  The sentiment was from the Papertrey Ink Stylish Sentiments: Birthday stamp set.  The card base is Neenah Solar White card stock.  The inks are SU Marina Mist, Midnight Muse and Gumball Green.  I stamped the sentiment with GinaK Onyx ink.

So there you have them, my cards for my grandmother.  She is a special lady and I have many happy stories to share with my kids.  We all love you, Naneen!  Happy Birthday!

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope to visit with you again soon.