You're As Old As...

I have had a busy past few days.  My father-in-law Marv just turned 60 last week and we celebrated his birthday yesterday with friends and family.  Because I love to bake, I volunteered to make him a cake and some cupcakes.  I made 120 but only ended up bringing 24 home.  I have my Stamp & Snack class tomorrow so I won't have to eat them all! :)

But I wanted to share a few pictures of the cupcakes in addition to the card I made for Marv.

This was my Friday night - thankfully, my husband took the older 2 boys out while I baked.  And I mean that I didn't have to share the beaters! :)

Here they are all finished and ready to eat! There are Carrot Cake/Cream Cheese icing, Chocolate/Kahlua icing, Funfetti/Buttercream, Banana/Peanut Butter icing (we call them "Elvis" cupcakes) and Chocolate/Peanut Butter icing.  Marv requested a special chocolate cake (with coffee in the cake) and a buttercream icing.

I really do have a great father-in-law.  He has a fun personality, so I wanted to do something funny for him. 

 Our 5yo said "that's not very nice to say"... someday he'll understand.  And yes... that really is dirt.

We had a great time and he really enjoyed the cakes and card!

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday - make sure to come back tomorrow for the Stamp Review Crew's latest.

-Holly  

A Father's Day Gift with Guy Greetings

Today I have for you something a little different to share.  No card involved, but there is a little bit of stamping. :)  My cousin's wife posted on facebook that she was looking for an idea for a Father's Day gift and her friend suggested something called a Man Crate.  Well, let's just save you time from going to the website and just point out that those are pretty pricey!  I did like the concept though and decided to team up with my hubby for a project.  We ended up making our own - filled with what his dad really likes for a fraction of the cost!

We took some scraps of wood big enough to make a box to hold the goodies we picked out at the store.  Here's our middle son helping out. :)

Snacks ready to go!

After the box was ready and packed, it was my turn (and Andrew's turn) to help decorate the box.  I would suggest maybe decorating the wood pieces first... it was a little inconvenient to stamp upright.

Andrew did a great job sponging.

I stamped the Happy Father's Day sentiment and the "guy" from Guy Greetings and then added some splatters from Gorgeous Grunge.  

I also added "please deliver to" with the new Labeler Alphabet but the ink ended up bleeding more than I would've liked.  The Happy Father's Day (on top) and the name were made using the Layered Letters Alphabet.

And you need a tag for a gift, right?  This was a quick and simple tag to make.  Love this sentiment from the Suite Sayings stamp set.

I ended up videoing him opening the gift so I had to take a still shot of the video.  He had to use a crowbar to open the gift.  It was a fun gift to make and I know he really enjoyed it!

I also made my husband a gift, but nothing as involved.  Here's a simpler version.  I forgot to take a picture of the cards the boys stamped.  I'm always impressed by how well they do!

I hope that you all had a great weekend and a great first day of summer here in the US.

Thanks for (always) stopping by!  Remember, stamping can be more than just a card! :)

Blessings,

Holly 

We Loved Our Adventure - Project Life Highlight for TGIFC60!

Happy Friday!

I'm so excited to share with you some Project Life pages I made this week.  I had recently printed pictures from our KLove Cruise that my husband and I took this January with my in-laws.  I have always had the desire to scrapbook - I have three little boys and a passion for photography - but the laziness kicks in and I never want to upload/print pictures and then make pages.

Then 2 weeks ago, my mother lost everything on her computer.  

She has 13 grandchildren - and her pictures are gone.

So I backed up my photos and ordered our cruise pictures and a few others and I sat down and made 6 scrapbook pages in one day.  Actually in about 2 hours.  Project Life makes this so easy!  And I love the Moments Like These PL kit from Stampin' Up!

So this week - our challenge over at TGIF Challenges is for you to create a card (or project) based on the "adventure" theme - but I challenge you to print some pictures and make a page or two.  

Put those memories into an album so that you can share them!

One thing I love about PL cards is the fact that most cards are already designed so well - you don't need to do anything but slide it into the pocket.  However, you can also add to them if you want!

Here I took the Labeler Alphabet stamp set and added the words "we loved our adventure" and the hearts.

The Moments Like These kit coordinates with the 2015-2017 in-colors.  Here I added the Watermelon Wonder washi tape from the Affectionately Yours washi pack. 

(Tip: I layered two pieces of washi tape so it showed up better on top of the picture.)

I think my favorite size in the PL pages are the 2x2 squares.  They're so cute!

Here I used the Labeler Alphabet again to add the date.

Another page I made is a smaller one.  I used the 12x6" page protector that you can find in the Variety Pack #2.  

This 4x6" PL card came only with the word "moments" on it.  I love the look of the Labeler Alphabet and wanted to incorporate it in this page too.  I also wanted to use Bermuda Bay to match the water as best as I could.  (It really is that blue!)

Another use for the 2x2" square cards can be to just lay them on top of a photograph.

I hope these pages inspire you to print some photos and start documenting your life.  I pray that we never get to the point where our iphones and computers are obsolete - so just in case... get scrappin'!

Blessings, 

Holly 

A Special 100th Birthday Wish

Wow!  Can you imagine all the wonders that someone has experienced that has lived to be 100 years old??  I made a very special card this week for a lady I don't even know, but I know her grand-daughter who was sweet enough to ask her card making friends to shower her grandmother with cards.  I jumped right in.  How often do we actually get to make a 100th birthday card??  What a blessing to live that long - the Lord surely loves her and still has plans for sweet Mary!  I thought this was a pretty neat opportunity so I wanted to make the card extra special.  

I also knew I wanted to do something different than everyone else.  I figured a lot of people who were sending cards might be using the Large Numbers framelits and cutting 100 out for the card front.  I didn't want to go that route so I thought about using 100 tiny presents as a background.  The smallest one I found that I own was in the new Weather Together stamp set and I didn't think it was small enough.

Then I saw the candles ... (lightbulb!!)

I stamped 25 candles in 4 different colors to create this fun background.  100 candles for a special lady!  I didn't want to cover up too many candles either.  I promise, all 100 are there, so I kept the rest of the card fairly simple.  I used the new Labeler Alphabet set for my sentiment and paired it with the cupcake from the Sweet Cupcake Bundle.

Worthy of a celebration right?  I'm also celebrating with Stamp, Ink, Paper for their 1st anniversary/birthday as a card challenge site - and it's cardmaker's choice! Yay!

Happy Anniversary SIP!!

Have a wonderful Thursday! Be sure to check back tomorrow for the latest card challenge from TGIF!

Blessings, 

Holly 

A Little Foxy Trio for FabFri89

Hey everyone! Happy Wednesday!  I am having a lot of fun stamping with my new Stampin' Up! products and have plenty made to share with you over the next few weeks.  I just had my June Stamp n' Snack/Catalog Launch party on Monday night so I will be sharing my photos of that soon.

But today I want to share with you 3 cards that I made using this adorable Foxy Friends bundle.  I am so glad I bought this right away.  On Monday we made a card using the cat and one of the ladies that attends my class stamped just the little whiskers on the corner of her envelope and she inspired me to come home and make a card with whiskers all over the background.  Thanks, Jennifer!

This card I made using the sketch for the Fab Friday challenge.

Here's the card I came up with :)  I used the new Labeler Alphabet stamp set to make the sentiment.  If you know me, I loved the Rotary Alphabet stamp set.  (in fact, if you search for that on my blog you'll find a lot of cards.)  So as sad as I am that it's gone, this set is pretty dang awesome!

The Fox Builder Punch is so quick and easy to use.  I only stamped the whiskers on this card.  Our little boys are loving the punch and set too.

For the background on the Blushing Bride circle, I used the new Touches of Texture stamp set.

Are these whiskers cute??

Next I made this cute little fox card.  Of course, all I can think about is that stupid song... 

It says Happy Birthday!

(Again, I used the Touches of Texture on the background.  Thought the jumbled mess of letters was perfect for this.)

For the last card I wanted to make this neat background.  I actually saw this in the catalog, so I cannot take credit.  TIP:  Score or lightly draw a line so that your shape is consistent down the card.

I added the little hat and sentiment from Guy Greetings.  Cute, huh?

I hope you enjoyed these cards!  Be sure to check out my Product Shares tab!  I only have a few spots left!

Have a great rest of the week! :)

-Holly 

Places You'll Go! Graduation Card for Noah

Hey everyone!  I hope you are having a nice weekend.  The temperature has "dropped" to the upper 70s here today and it feels so nice out!  We just came home from our neighbor's house.  They were hosting a graduation party for their son and I wanted to share with you the card I made.  I'm also submitting this for the Summer Celebration theme for SU Only Challenges.

I also have two extra cards that I made with the Places You'll Go stamp set.  Today's color combo is a fun one - and perfect for the guys.  Dapper Demin, Delightful Dijon and Emerald Envy.

I had the idea of using the globe for the zero in "2016" and I love the way it turned out.

I used the new Copper Emboss Powder - so awesome!  Gives the globe that vintagy-rust look I think. 

I also wanted to make this card a money holder.  I hadn't made on in awhile.  Actually, I'm not sure if I've ever made one, but it's easy peasy.  The card stock was cut to 10"x6.5"... Scored at 4"& 8".  The 2" piece I rounded the corners with the PL Corner Punch.

For the inside I carried over the splatter from Gorgeous Grunge (also used the splatter on the numbers) and the same striped Emerald Envy piece from the 2016-2018 In Color DSP stack.

Since this was a rather unusual size of a card, I needed a special envelope.  I like the idea of a vellum envelope, so I used my Envelope Punch Board and made a custom one!

I wrapped the envelope with Emerald Envy baker's twine and used the new Laberler Alphabet for the tag.  I love the typeset font!  (The little airplane is cute too!)

I was very pleased with the graduation card.  I might be a little brave and do something very similar for our card class tomorrow.  

If I chicken out, one of these two cards will work as a graduation card too!

Have you seen this new embossing folder?  It's called Seaside.  I think it's a beautiful pattern and fun for all kinds of cards!

I hope you enjoyed these cards!  I have to do some more planning, but I believe this set will be my next Stamps in the Mail kit.  Stay tuned! 

Thanks so much for stopping by on your Sunday!  Hope you have a wonderful week! :)

-Holly

Please check out my Product Shares tab for more info on how you can get some coordinating card stock, DSP and ribbon from the new catalog!

(below are the supplies used for these cards)