A couple of cards I forgot to post

My Austin area shoebox swap card. MFT Little Loveosauras, PTI papers, and die cuts from MFT. Cuttlebug folder for the textured background.

My dad's birthday card from last month. Another MFT card, paper pieced.

Birthday Wish

 I am on a birthday card roll, a slow uphill roll, but I am atleast rolling. MFT a'la modes cling stamps and Basic grey Hey Cupcake paper. great combo. Enjoy!

Birthday Bunny

I just love this stamp from The Cat's Pajamas I could color it all day. I am currently going to be posting birthday cards because I am way behind on August birthdays. Sheesh! Everyone is born this month, it's June all over again LOL. June was another birthday month for us. Anyway, hope you like it.

Stamps: TCP Forget about the cake set
Paper: Basic Grey Olivia, PTI white, SU kraft
Ink: Copic markers and mommento ink
Accessories: MFT Die-namics open scallop, SU oval scallop punch and oval punch, SU ribbon,Prima flower, SU courderoy button

A quickie that wasn't so quick

I started to make this card for my husband and really wanted to use the new dies from MFT. It looked simple enough in my mind. When it came to execution, well, that was another story. It turned out okay if you don't look at it too hard LOL. Squint your eyes, it looks better that way. The brads are all wrong but as usual it was too late to remove them. I wanted brown buttons but couldn't find 2 that looked the same and were the right size.Should have left it alone. Oh well. He will like it. It isn't floral and frilly. I like floral and frilly and glitzy and blingy.

PS: the tools won't let me align to the left and so everything is going to the center. Not sure what I did to cause this strange blogging situation.

Magnetic solutions

I have a problem, I am a closet stamper. No really, I stamp in a closet. I have run out of room big time. I am always looking for a new better way to store stuff. My dies are the biggest problem for me right now. I normally use CD cases for my nestabilities but some just don't fit. Now I have MFT and TCP dies to find storage for. I won't use them if I can't get to them easily. My solution is this. I bought a big magnetic craft sheet, stuck it on my wall with push pins, and voila'. Problem solved, well sort of. I need another one LOL.I have room for one more higher above this one. It won't be as convenient up higher, but it will work. I like everything to be at my arms reach. Funny thing is when I was putting these up I found some I didn't know I had. Oiy! I gotta get out of the closet someday.

PS: I got the magnetic sheet at Hobby Lobby. It was rolled up in a tube so I stuck it on the side of the fridge overnight to get it to lay flatter. It wanted to buckle a little at first from being rolled so long.

So Sorry

I really hate needing to make cards like this one because it means something sad has happened to someone. A dear friend of mine lost her father this week after a prolonged illness. I hope it brings just a little comfort to her in her time of grieving.

Stamps: SU So Very, SU Bella Toile
Ink: Chocolate chip, Versamark Dazzle
Paper: Basic grey Capella, Plum, Mellow moss SU blush

Wedding anniversary tin

My In-laws are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. We are having a big party for them. I decided to decorate a tin to set out for people to put cards for them in. I will set it on the table with the guest book that we have for the guests to sign.They can store them inside for later as well. Very simple design. SU retired LeJardin papers.

Birthday Texas style

I needed a quick birthday card for my nephew and pulled out this stamp from Texana designs. I just love to color those cactus. LOL. The Birthday stamp is from Stampendous. The paper is from SU, a retired paper pack that I have lost the name for. Colored with copic markers.

Wild Thing

Look, I stamped again! It's a miracle! No not really. It just means all the summer re-runs have started on TV and all I have is time on my hands. Plus I have a ton of people in the family needing gifts this month. I really adore this image from MFT. It's just so cute! Imagine my delight when I discovered that I had the Archaic paper pad from Basic Grey! It has dinosaurs! Hooray!

Stamps: MFT Little Loveasauras
Ink: Su artichoke, mommento cocoa, Colored with Copic markers
Paper: PTI white, SU artichoke, Basic grey Archaic
Accessories: Copper brads, Making Memories, SU oval punch, May Arts ribbon

PI Fairy Girl

Basic Grey Kioshi papers combined with SU Plums. May Arts ribbon, Basic grey brads, Smooch applied to wings on wand.