life is always moving

Happy Thursday

Life is always moving

Take time to sit and listen to the stillness around us.

I used Northwoods stamp , Hero Art and some love to make this card.

Take Flight to Freedom

I was blog hopping over at The Scrapping Cottage/CottageCutz June Blog Hop the other day and first let me tell you these ladies did a Wonderful job showing off all their Amazing Creations , I fell in love with so many ideals and as you will see couldn't wait to get started, Now I didn't have the dies they used so I had to come up with my own ( so sorry )

This  was taken from Lorie over at http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com Lorie Thank you for such a great card I never thought of using Butterflys in this color but just love how yours turned out and wanted to see what I could come up with so here it is.
 I used Nested Butterflies Two , Butterflies Circles & Labels Four I used pop dots and popped my blue circle up I then popped up each of the Butterflies so there wings wouldn't lay flat added some ribbon and some bling and this Butterfly is readdy to fly . Thanks again Lorie for the insparation.

Hope your all having a Safe and Wonderful 4th of July!
Hugs to all our Service Men and Women !

Liberty for all

Happy Tueday

I needed a few cards to send out this month and wanted to stay with the Freedom theme ,I cut my circles using Spellbinders dies then cut anohter set using my scalloped circles from  spellbinders in each color then cut them in half stamped my Liberty Lady.

Quick , Simple and ready to go.

United We Stand

Happy Monday, What better way to start the week then to celebrate our Freedom,

Thank you to all the Men and Women who make our Freedom Possible and to all their Family's

For this card I used Baby shower cartridge from cricut for my hot air balloon I popped the red stripes up on pop dots to give it some depth, my banners are made using Pretty Pendents cricut cartridge , the little guy is from Stampdious along with his flag I popped the flag up with pop dots I stamped United We Stand and the fireworks also from this set and embossed them with silver  the stars are from sizzix , the tag is also from Baby shower cricut cartridge with a homemade star to cover each end.

Until I posted this card I did not see my fireworks were all in a row

Hugs

COF June Challenge

Hi Blog land friends,

Its the end of the month again and that means COF Challenge is here.

This month it was my turn and I wanted something that screamed "Fun in the Sun" .
I wanted to see:

A Sun, something Blue, at least one thing using Pop dots, and some Summer toys, bike, swimming toys, what ever is your ideal of Summer toys ,I wanted  to do something with the inside of my card , I just love how some of the ladies do theirs and this is something I wanted to work on myself so what better way. So I hope everyone enjoyed and had fun with this months Challenge. Make sure to hop on over to all of the COF and see their exciting creations. Listed on my side bar.

So here is the card I created:

This little Chanito was one that I put on my desk months ago to use and was my inspiration for my COF Challenge , I first used some left over paper I used for some bottle wraps I made for a party the first of the month, then stamped my cute Monkey , I masked his inner tube then stamped my layers of water using some foam stamps I had gotten Yikes 10 years ago that had never been opened from Making Memories, the sun and beach ball are also from this set, I cut some wavy paper to look like sand dunes and layered it with the top one on pop dots, for my sand castle and bird I used a Inkadinkado stamp and cut the bird off and stuck him behind the layer of sand I used pop dots for the castle ,  for the inside I used the same sky paper and cut a plane using the Beep Beep cricut cartridge and the banner from the Baby Shower cricut cartridge and this cute stamp Fun-n-Sun ( sorry no name on it , funny how we find things we never use) and stamped a wave across the bottom.

As I was making this card we got an invite for our great Nephew's 6 birthday party at the beach so you know where this card will be heading.

Make sure to check back at the end of July to see what are talented Linda of http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/ has asked us to come up with .

Sending a Bouquet of Good Cheer

                                                              Happy Thursday ,
Today I have another very quick card , I wanted to send Grandma a Thank you for my Birthday wishes and since she loves to garden I wanted something bright and cheerful and what better way than with some flowers cut using my "walk in my garden" cartridge, this stamp from Stampabilities, a fancy die from spellbinders and some ribbon and this great watering can card. I just happened to run across over at

http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/freebie-watering-can-card this morning, its just so darn cute so make sure to hop on over and check it out along with all her wonderful products.

 Going to be around 100 here in Michigan so stay cool my Friends.

Silver Anniversary

Today I have a very quick and simple Anniversary card to share ,
I used some shimmer  cardstock in sliver and white , Embossing folder and my cricut wild card cartridge for the bride and groom and some ribbon from my christmas stash.

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” ~ Charles Kingsley