A Couple Of Cards

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and that you are having wonderful weather like we are in North Florida. I've been working a lot lately but have managed to get a couple of cards and some layouts completed. I will post the layouts the next time I post.

This is a Sympathy card I made for a sweet friend of mine.

This is an Anniversary card I made for my son and daughter in-laws first wedding anniversary.

For both cards I kept them simple, which is what I find myself doing more and more. I hope you liked my post and until next time BIG HUGS to you all.

Vacation and Something Exciting

Hello my friends, sorry it's been so long since my last post. Between going on vacation and then going back to work, time has slipped away. What I wanted to share with you are some scrapbooking layouts I created of our vacation. We spent a few days in Gatlinburg, TN and while there it snowed. We are such Floridians and tourist, everytime there were some flurries we were taking pictures and sharing with everybody. We even managed to get some pics using a real camera. I just get so tickled everytime I think of it because we were so excited to be able to see snow, but was so happy to leave it too.

While in Pigeon Forge we went to the Super Scrapbook store, always have to plan to go someplace that has scrapbook stores. During the visit I picked up these papers specifically for these photos.

I just really love the simplicity of these pages. I wanted to highlight the pictures without to much "stuff".

Here we are in downtown Gatlinburg and all that snow. I know you guys further north are laughing at me aren't you. 

And these are pictures that my husband and son took in the wee hours of the morning when they realized it had snowed, so they went to find more.

I hope you enjoyed seeing our pictures as much as we enjoyed experiencing this winter wonderland.

Now on to my Something Exciting portion. I wanted to let you know that I am officially a Close To My Heart consultant. This is something that has been on my back burner and decided to sign up when they had this amazing offer for those like me who have been on the fence. Not only do you get all those wonderful starter goodies you also get to select one of their Cricut Bundles (which is a $99 value alone), I chose Art Philosophy since I already had Artbooking.  All of that for just $99, how could I not do it. I'm looking forward to my new adventure. I am planning on working my business as a business, not just hobby. So if anyone is interested in trying or restocking these wonderful products or if you want to signup, please contact me
pattibomgardner.ctmh.com    Check out the online catalog and the Stamp Of The Month special and all the other delicious goodies CTMH carries. You can also contact me at pattibomgardner@gmail.com

Until next time my friends, BIG HUGS to you.

March Birthday Cards

Hello my friends. I can't believe it's been 11 days since my last post. I've been working quite a bit lately and just haven't had time to get into my craft room that much.

I do want to share with you the birthday cards I made for my March birthdays.

This card was made for my Father In-Law using the Stampin Up Bundle. I kept the card simple since this is for a man. However, I was very pleased with how it came out.  Other than the stamp/die bundle, I used scraps for this card.

The stamp of the elephant I found in the $1 bin at Michaels and there is no information on the stamp as to where it was made.

 This card is for my nephew whose birthday is actually April 2nd, but since I made it in March, I'm including it in this post. My nephew is a big Dr. Who fan so I knew I wanted to make his card related to that. I created the phone box just making squares and rectangles. I had just bought the Paper Dolls Teen Scene and decided to use that since he will be 14.  The stamp I used is from Take Note, Cricut Bundle.

For the inside I used the die from Stampin Up. For the sentiment I wanted something related to Dr. Who so I googled Dr. Who quotes,  there were many to choose from, but decided to use this one. I'm hoping my nephew likes his card as much as enjoyed making it.

Well my friends, it's getting late so until next time BIG HUGS to you all.

Autograph Book

Hello to you again. I can't believe I'm doing another post so quickly. What I have today is an autograph book for a dear sweet little boy. My sons' childhood friend who now has a son will be going to Walt Disney World for first time at the end of the month. So for Tys' first visit I offered to make him his own very personal autograph book. Since CARS is his favorite I made his of course CARS. I used some Disney paper I already had and dived into my paper scraps, I just love using those scraps.  I also used my Cinch machine to bind it all together.

Here are all the pieces. I experimented with my Cricut markers and made this drawing on each page of Doc, another of Tys' favorite characters. I was really pleased how it came out and if Ty wants he can even color them.

This is the front of the book.

I added Tys' name for more personalization and used chipboard CARS embellishments I already had. a rub on sentiment and a little ribbon. When I finished all of the decorating, I gave the front and back, inside and outside a coat of spray clear acrylic to help endure all the handling.

The inside of the book.

The back of the book. 

I hope Ty has a wonderful time on his first time visit, I am just so happy that I can contribute a little to that special day.

Until next time my friends, BIG HUGS to you.

A Detective Birthday

Hello my friends. I hope everyone is well and are starting to enjoy the time change. I know I will enjoy getting off work and it will still be daylight.

My son just had his birthday and I wanted to share with you the birthday card, box and cake pic using Jaded Blossom products. So here is what I came up with.

Since I was going with the detective theme I wanted a magnifying glass for his card and box. I ended up creating my glass using my Gypsy, I didn't have a glass in my Gypsy library.  I think I did a pretty good job. The box I made using my new We R Memory Keepers Gift Box punch board.  The little detective was from  the Top Secret Treats stamp set from Jaded Blossom.  I stamped the box with many of the sentiments included in the set.  I decided to add a mustache to my boy to make him look more like a boy. I colored him using my Copic markers.

I put 34 Hershey kisses with almonds in the box.  I used the Detective Candies stamp set from Jaded Blossom. These are so cool because they are just the right size for the bottom of kisses. There are 16 different sentiments and images related to being a detective. By the way, the reason for 34 kisses is this is his 34th birthday. 

I closed up the box and made a band for it. I wanted to put a magnifying glass on the top but could not find any. However, during my search I found these Jolee mustaches, several styles and decided to put that on the top.

Here is his yummy cake. I got this delicious creation from a local bakery in our town called The Sweet Spot. I have to give kudos to them for taking my order and having my cake done the same day. Great customer service. Anyway, I decided to make this pic for his cake, just an extension of the detective theme. And the cake was soooo good, chocolate on chocolate.

My handsome son.

Now just having some fun with the mustache.

I hope you enjoyed the projects I created using all these wonderful products from Jaded Blossom, We R Memory Keepers, Copics and Jolees.

Until next time BIG HUGS to you all.

February Birthday Cards

Hello my friends! I hope everyone is having a good week and hope your upcoming weekend will be beautiful! I'm hoping the sun will be shining here in N. Florida. Since March is almost here, I think it's safe now to show you the birthday cards I made for  February. I had to make sure they were all delivered before I posted them.

This card was made using the Creative Time Die, Surprise Pop-Out Card die and used Paper Smooches stamps Calorie Free and Sentiment Sampler. I also used the background stamping technique by Kristina Werner. I also, made the flag the way Kristina does on her YouTubes. If you've never seen any of Kristinas' YouTubes, you should check them out. I learn a lot from her.

This card I made for my dear friend Julie. The stamp I used is Riding A Zebra by Ducks In A Row, Joan Farber. This is one of the very first stamps I ever purchased and it was so nice bringing it back out. I colored my lovely lady with Copic markers and used a Martha Stewart edge punch. 

This is the final card I had for February, for my sweet friend Paulie.  Actually, Paulie's card was the first to be made, but the last one to be delivered. This is another older stamp I have and was so happy to pull it out and use it. The stamp is Hibiscus Blossam by Rubber Stampede. Again I used the Martha Steward edge punch and colored the flowers with Copics. 

Now that February is done, I should have already begun my March cards, but unfortunately, haven't even started. I have ideas, just haven't implemented them yet.

So my friends, I hope you have enjoyed the cards and until next time BIG HUGS to you all!

Project Using Vinyl

Hello my friends. I hope everyone has had a wonderful Valentines weekend, unfortunately I was working, but that's okay. I am now off for the week and am ready for some down time.

I have a Nook, for those who don't know what that is, it's like a Kindle, but put out by Barnes and Noble. I recently bought a new cover and colors were limited, I ended up getting a black one. After I got it decided I wanted to decorate it some way. Here is what I did:

This is the front of my Nook. I can't remember where I got the flowers from, but decided it needed a little extra so I punched the circles using white vinyl and then stamped them with Staz On ink.

This is the back, the phrase is from the Cricut cartridge, Vinyl Art and of course the Mickey head is from Cricut cartridge Mickey Font.

I wasn't sure how well the vinyl would stick to the leather, but it's holding up pretty good. However, my "w" is coming off so I need to figure a way to make it stick better. I'm thinking I might try using a clear coat spray paint.  We'll see how it goes. I do like how it came out and remember how fun vinyl is. I need to start making things for my walls.

Well that's all for me tonight, until next time BIG HUGS to you all.