I recently joined a new church and an elder at the church took me under her wing. Miss Mae has been with the church since it's conception and she has helped me along in my "faith journey". I wanted to do something for her so she would know that I appreciate her. I made this bookmark "thank you" card.

The card is not my invention, the credit goes to those creative souls at Splitcoast Stampers (were you can find directions and plenty of other examples). The part of the card decorated with crosses is perforated and tears off to create a bookmark. A quick, simple card that would work great for any reason/occasion.

Miss Mae loved her bookmark and it now holds a place in her bible.

Happy Mother's Day

Been awhile since I've blogged. Honestly my mojo had taken a siesta on me. A few projects managed to get finished but nothing real exciting.

This is a Mother's Day gift for my mother-in-law. I started with a canvas kit from Quick Quotes though aside from the canvas pieces I think I only used maybe 4 or 5 die cuts. It came together quickly and I think she'll be pleased.

I hope you're able to click on the picture and read the poem, it is really sweet.

Happy Mother's Day all!

Another Christmas Present Completed

I'm working here trying to complete my Christmas presents. I have a zealous agenda and I'm hoping to get to everything and get everything done.

A while back I posted about my client finding an abandon fawn on the road. She nurtured this girl (even taking her to the vet once) like a baby.

Finally the fawn was old enough to roam on her own though she'd come back every evening to feed and sleep. The goal was to eventually release her back to her natural home.

One night Juanita Faye failed to return for her evening feeding. They searched for her for awhile and finally found her dead. Apparently a predator had taken advantage of Juanita Faye's innocence.

In honor of Juanita Faye I made this frame up as a Christmas gift for my client. I hope I did justice to her memory.

Christmas Cards Are Done!

I finished 32 Christmas cards in 2 days. I'm still about 5 short but I need to get on to other projects I want to make for Christmas gifts. The majority of my cards were stamped and colored...

thought some I used clear glitter stickers. The stickers were left over from another project and they worked great for a quick card idea.

I put my Cuttlebug to work also. After a while I got tired of stamping and coloring and wanted to speed up the project and the Cuttlebug allowed me to do just that.

This is my main card for this season as we live and work on a wildlife ranch. I try to find a image that relates to our lifestyle and this one with the deer worked. The inside of the card I computer generated "Merry Christmas to our deer friends". Quite fitting don't you think?

Been MIA

Well perhaps I haven't been posting lately but I HAVE been busy crafting.

This is a page (February) from a calendar I'm working on for my son. Each year I make him a calendar for his cubicle at work. So far I have 5 pages done and this one is my favorite.

Back to my craft room, I have lots to do before Christmas.

A Card Revisited

This card is resurrected from a 2006 idea, I believe it was originally featured in an Autumn Leaves calendar (don't quote me on that). Anyway, I came across it again and thought I do it up.

The top of the card has a little mini album of 5 (you could do more) pictures of various years.
Each picture is marked with the age on a little scallop circle.

The inside saying I generated using my computer.

Calendar Project

Here is a peek of the cutest calendar project.


I purchased this kit from http://gotcrafts.typepad.com/, they have a lot of cute kit idea's. I was so happy with the way it turned out. I'm sure the subject of my calendar made it a little sweeter but then I'm bias anyway.

Not The Most Fun

I'm not sure about anyone else but I have a hard time designing sympathy cards. I found myself sadly faced with the the need to make two sympathy cards. I always imagine how I would feel when I opened the card. I like to keep them simple yet expressive.

Here are the 2 completed cards. Perhaps they will provide some inspiration when you are faced with the sad situation of having to make a sympathy card.