last birthday card set

 

I just love how these 

cards look with the blended 

colours behind the silhouettes.

I could make them all day!  Lots

of piecing together, 

but I think the result is well 

worth it.

It has been cold and rainy the last few

days, but I know the snow will fly again

soon.  :(   I don't look forward

to it, of course, but it's

a necessary evil for this

part of the country.

So as we get closer to

Christmas, I would like

to give a plug to "Pentatonix" and

their amazing song,
"Mary did you know". 

They are currently on tour

with Kelly Clarkson.  Bear in

mind if you watch this video,

that even though it sounds as

though there is music, there is

NONE.  They are a completely

a capella group.  Their sound

is just amazing.  I could listen

to them all day.  Another of my favorites

is "little drummer boy".  Check

out the video.  You won't be disappointed!

Black Friday

Is anyone crazy enough to participate

in black Friday?  I did one

time a few years back.  It was

madness and I will never do it again.

John and I had to call each

other in the store to find the other

one.  He nearly got trampled

trying to get a GPS when they  opened

the huge shipping box and everyone dove

for them.  And what we went for

was a laptop that unbeknownst to

us went on sale at like midnight.  Thanks

for the heads up.  Never again.

Last night I went to Pam's brother's

house for dinner.  It was pure chaos.

Friends, family, children running

everywhere, lots of noise. 

Normally I am

acutely uncomfortable in

situations such as this. Especially when

I don't know most of the people.

But last night it was OK.   I'm not

sure why, but I was not

uncomfortable at all.  I think everyone

had a wonderful time of fellowship

and good food.

 I absolutely love how this

card turned out.  Again, I forgot to

take a picture of the inside.  So the

sentiment reads: "May your

birthday be filled with many

blessings"  and is stamped

on an oval like the front.  

It turned out really well.

Happy Thanksgiving!

My sister in law's birthday

was a couple days ago, but

I didn't realize it for some reason...

I'm claiming old age as my excuse: aka

"old-timers disease"

So...I had to make her a belated

birthday card.  I didn't take a picture

of the inside, but I like how the outside

turned out. It looks much better in person.

I'm putting some tissue paper

in between the card front and the envelope

in hopes that it won't damage the envelope in 

transit.  The post office is not always

gentle in it's handling of the mail.

Everyone have a wonderful day

and don't eat too much.

Yeah, right!!

Penguin kiss pouches

Aren't these cute?  I've been

making them to go in 

the bag of goodies that everyone

is going to get for Christmas.

I don't have a punch the right

size so I've had to cut

each little circle out by hand!

What a pain!  But it keeps me

busy and I enjoy it.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

I have so many things to 

be thankful for: Family, friends,

health, a warm home to live

in. If I started to count my

blessings I wouldn't have enough

paper in the house-and believe

me- I've got A LOT of paper!

I don't need paper, though, to

be thankful to the One who made

my life and everything in it possible:

Jesus Christ.  Without Him I wouldn't

be here to enjoy this life.

So as I reflect on my life

to this point, I always remember

that no matter the problems

that life throws at us; no matter

the sadness or trials we have

to endure, we always have One

who is right beside us every step

of the way.  All we need do

is avail ourselves of His mercy

and love.

Birthday cards

These are one of the card sets I'm

making for a friend's birthday.

I love how they turned out,

especially the piano, since

I had trouble with that...

Inside there are quotes from Psalms

that have reference to music.

This is a birthday card for

my grandson, Jake.  Believe

it or not, that is embossed silver 

duct tape!  Or as it is know

now, "duck" tape.  Maybe 

since it's silver and not the fancy

designs they have now, this

one is still "duct" tape.  Anyway,

I saw this on pinterest and just had

to try it.  Not as great as I 

hoped it would be, but the tape

wasn't too much so I am happy

I tried it.  Sometimes

techniques don't turn out the

way I think they should, or the

way the picture shows it.

Sometimes they turn out much

better!  So you just have to

try out the ones you like

and see what happens!

We got about 5" of snow

over the weekend and I am

not a happy camper, but 

what can you do?  B'Elanna

loves playing in the snow and

sometimes I'm worried I will lose

her, lol, since she is white.

Neelix on the other hand, hates

snow and will just stand there

lifting one paw after the other 

and shaking.  I can't convince

him that the faster he does

what he needs to do, the faster

he gets to go back in. 

Vintage frame and a card

My friend loved the prayer

journal I made, but wanted it

in a frame.  I told her if she

supplied the frame I'd

make it for her.  I love

how it turned out.  The frame

is just perfect for the vintage

feel of the picture.

And speaking of vintage,

here is the card I  made

for my grandson and his girlfriend

for their baby, due next month.

They are calling him Heath.  I thought

since they were making me a great

grandmother at such a young age

that I should at least get to name

the baby, but they didn't go for that.

I was even going to submit a 

list of approved names for

them to choose from.  I thought

that was more than generous on

my part, but again, they were

insistent upon naming their

own baby.  Selfish brats!  :-D

Just for that, I'm filling the card

with plastic baby confetti

so when they open the card it goes

all over the place!  I have to

find my fun where I can...

Besides, it's been done to

me before and if you are

reading this, you know who

you are, Karen!!!  :-D

Shadowed flowers

I am sooooo thrilled with how

these cards came out!  I think

I'm going to make a set of them 

for a friend's birthday.  I have

several die cuts with different

words, so they won't

all be "believe" I just didn't

think about cutting any 

others at the time.

Maybe I'll make some sets

for Christmas gifts, too.

Lunch tomorrow 

with a friend, then a "silent"

lunch on Saturday.  Even
though I don't "read" sign language

as well as I can sign it myself, 

it will be a good learning

experience.  I am also so

excited about another learning

experience!  My dentist's

assistant knows sign.  So I

asked her yesterday

if she knew anyone who would

be willing to practice

conversation with me.  She said

her husband!  Sign is

his first language since his

parents are deaf.  She said

he could sign before he could talk.

So one day next week I'm

going to go to their house and

work with him.  Maybe her,

too.  A three way

conversation would be even

more challenging.  I can't

wait!!