Swirly Hello

Isn't this a happy card?! I made it to send my sister, Anna, to thank her for her New Year's visit.

She and Trey drove to VA and stayed with us for a few days. She was there for New Year's Eve, but I didn't see her at midnight. She went to bed before 30 minutes before 12! So, I rang in the New Year with Trey, Little Anna, and the pets. We had a fun time and celebrated with party hats and sipped sparkling grape juice.

Happy Birthday, Mauro!

I think it's difficult to come up with masculine cards. So many of my stamps are feminine looking. I guess that's just my taste. Some of the stamps can be gender nuetral, but it's an out of the box thinking that you have to use to make them work for a guy. I mean really, will he appreciate glitter, hand spiraled flowers and bows? I don't think so. But maybe he will. But truly, I think it's more about the about the colors that you use that determines it's perfect audience. So, in this case, I turned to my handy dandy, full of bookmarked pages, items circled, drooled over Stampin' Up catalog. I found this card in there, but it was with different colors and images. I knew I could make it work. I chose these dude-like colors and my masterpiece was on it's way.

I actually planned ahead, instead of procrastinating and made my big brother's birthday card a month ahead of time. It felt so good to not have to worry about it, but I still can't make my brain understand that procrastination is not positive. His birthday was this past Thursday, Feb 9th and the card made it there on time. Woohoo!

Happy Birthday, Mauro!



(I tilted the camera towards the card, so you could see the dimension in the semi circle pendants.)

Gonzo Flys Again!

Okay, have you seen The Muppet Movie? The new one? I have seen it TWICE! I LOVE it! It's hilarious, awesome, funny, entertaining, silly, has a fun story, tons of great songs, and makes you smile. It's fantastic! And I'm totally going to purchase it when it comes out on DVD.

I went with my friend, Karyl, to see the movie the first time. When I walked up to the window after her to pay, the lady said she had already paid for my ticket. How nice! So, I wanted to make her a card to say thank you. Believe it or not, I had a Jolee's Gonzo sticker set in my stash. I think I bought it 4 or 5 years ago, seriously! I just had to have it, but didn't know what I would do with it. (I also got the Fozzie the Bear set too.) And the perfect time arrived. Isn't it awesome?? Even on the inside, I put one of his little chickens. The sentiment is one that you've seen before and I knew she would get a kick out of that.

She loved the card! :) And that always makes me happy!

Pedro and Boxer

This is a card that I sent to Sophia and Cohen awhile back. They came to visit me in Virginia and we had such a great time! I wanted to send them a hello and a thank you for visiting card and this is what I came up with. The cats on the card are made of punches and I got the idea from another blog. There are lots of talented people out there they think of great ideas and then share them with on the web. Thank you to all of them for sharing!

Sophia and Cohen really like Pedro and Boxer. I think Pedro liked them too. Boxer on the other hand was more of a distant observer, I mean sleeper. He tried to stay out of their way. Pedro was very friendly and curious as usual, so he spent a lot of time getting petted, chased, talked to, and played with. Towards the end of the week, Pedro was pooped out! But the cutest part of it all is when Cohen says "Meow" and crawls around like a cat and Sophia talks to him like he's her pet cat. Those kids are SOOOO cute!