The Joy of Grandson's

So my Grandson Jasper, is finishing up his year at preschool.  We never know what will come out of his mouth and recently during his school programs he has been known to steal the show.  

This picture is before his Christmas program where at the end of his performance and before he left the stage he yells out......

"hey mom, how'd I do???"

Got to Love him!

Tomorrow he has a graduation program so I made this card.  I love the MFT lip balm pouches and have seen many cards with money in the pouch.  

This is perfect for my congratulations to this crazy boy.

Stay tuned for my next post to see all the exciting details.  

Jasper also turns '5' this week so many more celebrations to follow.

Have a great day.

Nancy

Mother's Day Cards

I want to share a couple of Mother's Day Cards from this year.  This is a little late but couldn't share since certain people follow my blog.

This card was for my sister

(mother's day is on the inside of card)

Camellia Build-A-Flower

This card was from my sister-in-law

Sweet Rose Bouquet




This card was for my Niece

Stunning Cosmos

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day.

Nancy

Happy Birthday

I want to share a simple, quick and fun birthday card that I made for my husband.  I always love these air dancers or tall blow-up men and so I decided to try this stamp set out.

It's the Congrats set from Altenew

Congrats

I pulled some papers from my stash and colored a couple of these guys up with   Copic Markers.

Using the Altenew Birthday Builder set for my sentiment that basically finished the card.

Now if I could just figure out a good way to make these guys move, that would be the best.

Have a Great Day

Nancy

Play Time With New Stamps

Very seldom do I just get to play around with new stamp sets, but today I decided to fit some time in between the several graduation cards I need to finish.

Starting with the Altenew Happy Heart bundle, I stamped the flowers in two ink colors. 

Happy Heart

On the left I used Memento Desert Sand ink and on the right I selected Memento Tuxedo Black.

You can see how different the flowers look.

I colored with Copic Markers and used a few added details to put together these two cards.

My challenge to you is, pick a stamp set and color the images in two totally different ways.

For this next layering set I started with some extra items from past projects and thats what dictated my color choices.  Having the dark green 'thinking of you' die-cut, I decided to use yellow, purple and green.  The background is the pegboard cover die which is becoming a favorite of mine.

Strength Blooms

Thanks for stopping by today and hopefully I have inspired and sparked your interest with the new Altenew products.

Nancy

Supplies:

Altenew Happy Heart Bundle

Altenew Strength Blooms Bundle

Altenew Gradient Stripes

Altenew Thinking of You Die

Altenew Pegboard Cover Plate

Altenew Inks:Pocket full of Sunshine

                       Shades of Purple

                       Tropical Forest

Copic Markers

Memento Inks: Desert Sand

                         Tuxedo Black

I'm In Love

In My Thoughts

So I must admit that when this stamp set from Altenew came out I hesitated to pick it up.  I wanted everything in the new release and was trying to be selective.  Well....I have to say this set will be one of my favorites.  It is so easy to layer and makes a gorgeous 'one layer' card, but as you can see I couldn't stop myself and used foam tape.

This past week the flowering tree's have started to bloom here in Iowa and they are gorgeous pinks and whites.  Using Altenew Espresso ink for the trunk and then I layered Mango Smoothie, Peach Perfect and Cotton Candy for the foliage.  I love how the layering of the lighter ink has enhanced the lines in the tree trunk.

I used the coordinating die to cut out the image.  Wanting to create something similar to the eclipse effect, I used some glitter paper behind the image and then shifted the tree just a little to the right.

I used foam tape to lift the image slightly.

In My Thoughts Die

The finishing touch was Nuvo Drops in Orange Soda.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessing,

Nancy

It's A Special Day

For those of you that have been following my journey through the Altenew Certification Process

I can finally report that I have completed all my assignments and I have received my 

Educator Certification

This has been not only a learning process but a refresher/reminder course for the basics since I've been crafting so long.  Altenew has so many fabulous stamp and die sets and I love the layering florals.  I also believe they have a very unique variety of special dies.

In honor of Altenew, I finally had an opportunity to play a little with my new stamps from the last release.  Picking the 'Just for You' set, here's a quick card that I put together.

I used the Warm & Cozy and Green Meadows inks, plus a few scrap papers from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today, I've got to get back to playing with my new Altenew Stamps.

Nancy

April Recap

So today not everything I'm sharing is crafting related.  April has been a rather busy month with a visit from my Daughter, a trip to Indiana and then teaching 5 classes since the 17th.

My Daughter flew to Iowa for her birthday and then we traveled to Indiana to meet up with my Sister and Niece. Our final destination was Ft. Wayne Indiana to attend the Vera Bradley Outlet Sale.

We started out the morning by wearing the same shoes (not planned) and then drove 8 hours to Indiana.   

Making several stops along the way, I did snap a few pictures.  Couldn't pass up this photo op with the chicken.  Everyone wanted to know if we purchased the chicken and sadly the answer is 'NO'

Now my Daughter is not very tall, but this chicken was over 5 feet tall.

Arriving in Ft. Wayne to celebrate several birthday's, we joined my Sister and Niece for a fabulous dinner.

Our next stop would be at 6:00 am to join the line of ladies to 'shop-till-we-drop' at the Vera Bradley Outlet Sale.

The only way to describe this event is that it compares to the running of the bulls, but with hundreds of crazy women!

This is just the back of one car. Oh MY!

My Daughter and I returned back to Iowa to finally celebrate her birthday with family here, and she had an opportunity to relax a little before flying back home.

I did make her a card, so I will leave you with that little bit of crafting today.

I used Altenew Springtime Azalea and the Birthday Builder Stamp Set.

If you've stuck with me to this point, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Blessings,

Nancy