It's been a long time!!!

This card represent a lot! It is a Birthday card for my cousin, however, is a lot more than that.

I usually don't share much about my personal life on my Blog, but due to health issues I have not been able to do much in the way of card making for almost a year.  This is my first card since May of last year and it feels so good to be back!!!

Two Cards to Share

After a very long break from posting I finally have another couple of cards to share with you.

The first is a card I did last month for a "mingle" on one of my yahoo groups. The theme of this mingle was a card for a female. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the flowers on the front. The CS is a pink shimmer, with a black matte finish used for the borders. The wording "Happiness-Joy-Bliss-laugh" is one of my many clear stamps. Thanks to M-J for the little black bow, she had just the right ribbon to give this card the finishing touch.

The second is one I made yesterday for my niece's birthday that is coming up next week. I got the idea for this card layout from one I received in a mingle. I used my Cuttlebug twice to emboss the front of the card and then again for the border. The ovals were made with "nesties".

A piece on red with white polka dots grosgrain ribbon ties it all together.

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

A touch of "Spring"?

This is a card I made for a "mingle" on one of my Yahoo card making sites. It had to be "pink" or yellow. Of course I chose pink as it is one of my favourite colours! The flowers and embossing were done using my Cuttlebug. I am hoping that those of us who still have snow on the ground will soon see a "touch of Spring"! LOL

Sandy

A cute note card in its own folder

As we often say in cardmaking..my "mojo" has left me lately. But on Friday I did finally made something I liked. It is called a Criss Cross Card and as you can see by the two views it is a note card that fits into its own pocket. It it nothing new but I had seen it a couple of different places. The first was in the December 2007 issue of ScorPal's E-Zine, as well it is on the SplitCoastStampers site.

I do hope that this means that my days of enjoying creating cards are returning...I will share what I do as it comes.

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

Another Christmas card

Just to show you that I have done other backgrounds for my card...just haven't done a red one yet. Maybe tomorrow when I plan to stay at home for the last chance I have before I leave on Tuesday for my Christmas vacation.

Hope you are all having a great time preparing for your Christmas

Sandy

Jordan's Back Pack

I just wanted to share with you the Back Pack, I made with Deb's instructions, for my little friend Jordan. We are going out for lunch tomorrow and I wanted to have "a little something" to give to my date.
This was a lot of fun to make and is so cute...if you want the tutorial go over to Deb's "IttyBittyInk Spots" there is a link on the right hand side of this Blog.
Thanks for coming by.
Sandy

Jordon's Birthday

I forgot to share with you a Birthday card I made for one of the most wonderful little boys I have had the privilege to know. He turned 4 this November and had learned about Sock Monkeys at Playschool. So when I found this paper I just knew that it would be used for his card. The 4 is a copper metal number which really set it off.
He is growing up so fast...where do the years go? I'm sure his Mom & Dad are wondering the same thing.