ENJOY THE RIDE - Silhouette Cameo

Hi Everyone!  Surprise, Surprise, Surprise - I made a card!!  HAAAA!!!  It's been a LONNNGGGG time since I've been in my Happy Space and I actually made this card at my Mom's house on Sunday.  

I made this card as a Thank You card for my brother and sister-in-law.  A few weeks ago, my mom took Jacob to their "retirement home" in Virginia for a visit.  My brother and his wife love to ride bicycles and they built their house near the New River Trail in Galax, Virginia.  Now, Jacob had never learned to ride his bicycle and the reason for that was my husband let him go over the handle bars while trying to teach him so he wouldn't trust us to teach him after that.  So my brother and his wife told him that they would teach him.

So when Mom and Jacob got to Virginia, Brian took Jacob to Walmart and bought him a new bicycle.  Keep in mind that Jacob had a brand new bicycle in the garage that had been there for several years that he wouldn't touch!  Anyway, so Brian and Terrie worked with Jacob the next morning, and he was riding within an hour.  He caught on very fast and has been riding VERY FAST ever since.  Jacob wants to know when he can go back to Brian and Terrie's because he had so much fun.  Here he is when they got him to stop long enough to take a picture.

Thus the card - Enjoy The Ride is what Jacob has been doing since that weekend.  He wrote a personal note to them thanking them for all they did for him.

I downloaded the images from the Silhouette Library.  I just love the Chevron pattern that is so popular these days so I cut that image out to cover a 5 x 7 card base then cut the phrase and adhered it to the top.  All in all, I think it turned out really cute.

Well, thanks for stopping by for a visit - Mom and I appreciate your visits and your comments.  Until another day, God Bless You!  Donna

What Have I Been Working On????

At last I can finally show you what I've been working on for the last month.  I made a cookbook.  I had all my recipes crammed in a manilla envelope.  Every time I wanted to use one of them I had to go through the envelope until I found what I was searching for.  Maybe this sounds familiar to you.  LOL

So I decided to gather everything up (I had bought stickers, paper,etc a while back specifically for this project.)  I even had a project box for it, which I moved from SC.  That will tell you how long I've had this idea in my head.  Any way, Donna & I typed up all the recipes in WORD on recipe cards that Donna designed.  We used divided photo protectors to put the recipes in.  I also had some photo album sheets for the bigger recipes.  I decorated each page with some of the stickers and/or paper.  Here are a few pics.  I hope this inspires some of you to organize your recipes.

After I got all my recipes in the book by category.  I was going to design a cover & section dividers but I got on the internet and searched for some already prepared.  Lo and Behold, I came across Pink Polka Dot Creations and she had this set complete.  So I downloaded them for my cookbook.  They were perfect for what I needed.

She even had the binder edge label and the tabs done.

 Here are a couple of my pages and how we decorated them.

 It was difficult getting a good picture since I have everything in page protectors but I think you can get the gist of  it.

Thank you for stopping by today for a visit.  We appreciate your comments.  God Bless You!!!!  Peggy

Beautiful Bouquets Floral Birthday Card

Imagine finally seeing a post from us.  This is the time of year when our family has a lot of birthdays.  So we have to get busy to get them all made.  I have some cards made but want to make a few more.  So I'm starting with this one.

Card Recipe:
5X7 Card Base
Embossing - Anna Griffin Cuttlebug Pirouette Folder
Flowers - Anna Griffin Beautiful Bouquets Floral Die Cuts.  These die cuts are sold on HSN.  There are 72 in the pack with several different patterns.  Click on the link to look at them.
Ribbon from Michael's
Charm by Paper Studios.

This is a close up of the die cut.

This is the bow & charm.

 I've been puppy sitting for Donna's little miniatureYorkie, Buttons, while she works.  She & Max have a good time playing, then in the afternoon, they crash.  This is what they looked like this afternoon while I was making this card.  They are so funny. 

Thank you stopping by today.  We appreciate your support and comments.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy
 

Thank You Card For My Bowling Partner

Last Thursday was the last week of our Summer bowling league.  This was a different group than the one I bowled with during the Fall/Winter League.  My friend Joan & I bowled together in these leagues.  We had the secretary/treasurer of the league (her name is Etta) bowl with us during the Summer.  She is a very good bowler and why she agreed to bowl with us I can't explain.  To say that Joan & I aren't accomplished bowlers is an understatement.  We try hard but we haven't established consistency yet.  Some weeks we did outstanding, then the next week would be a disaster.  Thank goodness for handicaps.  Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to make Etta a thank you card.  This is it.  I hope she liked it.  She didn't get to open it while I was there.

Card Recipe:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - DCWV Textures & Finishes Paper Stack
Bowling Pins, Ball, & Label are cut files from the Silhouette Cameo Online Store.  I cut these exactly the size they are in the cut file.
Thank You So Much  is from the Cricut Stamping Cartridge.
Color Box Chalk Ink - ink around edges of the label.
Twine

This was an easy card to make.  The most time consuming thing about it was gluing the shapes together but that was fun.  I wish Cricut Craft Room was as stress free to use as the Silhouette Studio software is.  Every time I use CCR & cut a file, the program crashes and I have to shut down CCR, turn my Expression 2 off,  then back on again and start CCR all over again.  If anyone knows of a solution to this problem, please let me know because I have a ton of cartridges I would like to use.  Totally frustrating.  Oh well, enough grumbling.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Hope to see you again soon.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy
 
 

THANK YOU CARD - SILHOUETTE CAMEO

Hi Everyone!  Now I know that I've said it before but I have to say it again - I absolutely, unequivocally have the BEST boss in the world.  She was on vacation last week and before she left, she gave me a VISA gift card.  Then that's not all - every day throughout the week, she would text me to tell me where my surprise of the day was located.  OH MY GOODNESSSSS!!  It was so much fun and made me feel so special.  

Day 1:  Flower Pinwheel
Day 2:  Bag of Hershey's Kisses (favorite candy)
Day 3:  Red and Black Drinking Glass with Cap (the kind you can take in your car and drink coffee out of) with a bag of Cashews Nuts inside (my most favorite kind of nuts)
Day 4:  A beautiful smelling room diffuser
Day 5:  Three movie tickets for my family to enjoy 

Now didn't I tell you that I had a GREAT boss???  Well, there's just some of the proof. 

So of course, I had to make her a card to thank her for her generosity.  Using my Silhouette Cameo, I made the card below in less than 30 minutes.  I already had my paper picked out when I decided which cut file that I would use for the card.  All I had to do was place the paper in the right spot on the mat to cut the different elements, load the mat, and press cut.  

Then I assembled all the pieces and then cut out the envelope which was another cut file from the Silhouette Online Store.

I can truly say that I never thought that I would love a machine more than I loved my Cricut Expression.  Well, I must confess, the Silhouette is quickly becoming my most favorite machine over the Cricut. 

Well, thank you for stopping by today.  If you're someone's boss, think about the people that work for you and how you can make them feel special.  It only makes them work harder for you.  Mom and I appreciate your visits and your comments.  Until another day, God Bless You!!  Donna

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY, KELLEY!! - Silhouette Cameo

Well, Hello Everyone!!  YES, I am alive and have been suffering from a severe case of a lack of creativity - much to my Mom's displeasure!!  She has tried her best to inspire me but to no avail! 

Well, I had to come out of my funk tonight in order to make one of my best friends a card for her 50th birthday.  Kelley and I have been friends for over 20 years.  When I turned 50 in April, she was at my surprise party.  She turns 50 on Friday and she's taking the day off work to try and ease into the half century club - probably in bed with the sheets over her head!! 

Kelley and I have a lot in common and one thing we both love is Vera Bradley.  So I got her a Vera wallet for her birthday.  I tried to match some of the colors in the wallet in the card and the gift bag.

I downloaded the 50th birthday card from the Silhouette Online Store and cut it with my Silhouette Cameo.  It is so simple to use the Silhouette that you don't really have to be very creative - which is a good thing for me right now.  Just load the mat with paper attached and hit the cut button on your computer and voila, a card comes out. 

I cut the card to fit a 5 x 7 envelope and then cut the rectangle frame at 4" x 6" for the gift bag.  The 50th birthday is another download from the Silhouette store.  I popped the 50 for extra emphasis - teehee!!

I hope Kelley will like it and I know she will love the wallet.  I also put 50 pennies in the change pocket because it's bad luck to give a wallet as a gift without money in it.

Well, thanks for stopping by today - we appreciate your visits and your comments.  Until another day - God Bless You!!  Donna   

Another Lily Card

I just got back from an evening out with Donna & two of her friends.  I guess I can call them my friends too.  We always have such a good time.  Although I don't know why they invite an older woman along.  I'm glad they do.

I have another Lily card for you today.  It was drawn by Anne Fenton.  She sent it to all the participants in the last Outlaws Creative Freebie Challenges.  It's a very simple digi but so expressive.  

Card Recipe:
5"X6.5" card base.
Background Papers - DCWV Lemon Pepper
Digital Image - Lily by Anne Fenton
Frame - Cut From the Stamping Cricut Cartridge
Border & Butterfly punched with MS punches
Promarkers used to color digi:
Lily - Tulip Yellow, Primrose
Stamen - Gold
Stickles added for glitter effect.

Again thank you for stopping by our blog.  Donna & I are struggling with the decision to continue our blog.  As long as we felt like we were being an inspiration, it was easy to continue posting our creations.  However, in the past year, the evidence we are reaching others has declined.  Most posts only warrant one comment, if that.  Please pray with us about this decision.  It takes a lot of time to get projects ready to post and then to write them up.  If we're not reaching or touching others, there's no point in going to all that trouble.  So thank you for your prayers and input.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy