Back Again

I have some more cards today for you to see today.  This is another retirement card.  

 

The woman is drinking her coffee while in her bathrobe.and this is the inside of that card.

Sympathy cards.Sometimes it is hard to find the right words.

This is the inside of the sympathy card.

This is inside the Thinking of you card

Cards

Here are some cards that I have been making with my friend Sandy.  We are going to be selling these at a flea market or craft show, with many more to come.

   

 This card is the outside of a retirement card.  (I will show you close ups of the cards later.

 This guy is fishing for a retirement and enjoying himself.

 We labeled this card "Uncle Louie" because he reminds of resting and relaxing during his retirement.

 This is a thinking of you card. 

 And here is a thank you card. 

Starting to get busy

Ok....I am now starting to get busy and I am ready to start posting some cards and items I am creating.   I really enjoy making cards, but  I also like to create scrapbook pages.  I will start with some cards. 

This first card is a wedding card I made for a previous student.  I had him when he was in 8th grade, and his sister and I are now very friendly.  It is hard to believe that this young man has graduated and is now getting married!  Where does the time go? 

I made 3 fan fold flowers and put a contrasting color of paper as the center dot.  I then used dew drops as the center of the flower.  I used a Fiskars lace punch on the edges of the flower, before I did the fan folds.  The card looked a lot better in person.  It was made with rich, shiny paper, and looked luscious. 

October is here

The air is finally starting to get a chill in it during the evening hours.  Evenings are getting dark much earlier.  The leaves are losing their bright green color turning into a bright rainbow of colors.  I have been working on cards to make for the sale at the end of the month.  I am hoping that at the sale, my friend Sandy and I can recoup some of our expenditures.  Creating different styles of cards are a creative, yet challenging to do.  If I get a chance to take some pictures, I will upload them here.

Another Month!

Wow!  Another month has gone by.   Where has the time gone?  I know it hasn't been because of work, because I retired from teaching last March.  ah....no more 5AM wake up calls for me.

I have been busy creating cards and some baby books.  It seems that between my nieces and my granddaughter, I find I need 3 baby scrapbooks.  I will be sharing some pictures with you.  I  hope you like them.

Scrapbook Saturday

Saturday was scrapbook day!  There were several individuals who stopped by and spent some time scrapping with us.   Sandy G., Christina S., Kim O., Anna A., Kathy M.,Marcy S., Bev S., Linda B., and Tanya G. all showed up with bags, papers, glue and such. We had a lot oflaughter, fun, and got some pages scrapped. My son called and while we talked he mentioned that my granddaughter had the opportunity to attend a trip to Chicago with the Symphonic Orchestra, to which she belongs.  The students need to raise $1400 each for the trip, and if they take a chaperone/parent, it is an additional $1400.  There will be several fundraisers taking place during the year. First up is a car wash, then a recipe book, and there will be a raffle later in the year.  Students can earn money based on what they sell.  Some funds will be individual earning opportunities, some will be for individual earning opportunities.

Those wonderful ladies I scrap with agreed to share some recipes. In fact, one person recommended we start a "Chub Club" for $2 a session. all will get weighed in and pay $2.  At the end of 8 sessions, the person with the highest percentage of lost weight will win half the kitty.  The other half will be put toward the trip for my granddaughter.

I taught a class for a brag book. Everyone seemed to enjoy making it.  I will take a picture and upload it soon.

More from CKC

CKC had many classes to choose from.  I took some card classes and then some layout classes.  I took 2 album classes, so there was a lot going on.  These are Technique Tuesday card classes that I took.  I loved many of the cards and they showed us ways to use their coasterboard. The first set of cards taught us some techniques...  pleated ribbon, use of coasterboard with mulberry paper, use of swirls, background borders, and layering 

The second set of cards challenged us to make creative borders for our cards.  Really cute cards from both classes.  I hope you like them.