Fun Thank you MRW Bake Sale

 For all the wonderful women who helped me make the Mesquite Republican Women's Spring Festival's BAKE SALE BOOTH --so popular and so populated with the most  DELICIOUS specialties of each house.  There were literally HUNDREDS of cookies, breads, muffins, cakes, and popcorn and pretzels too for this great day. Little Elephant Baby is from Creative Fabrica, and so is the jar of cookies she holds.

Happy Birthday Nine Year Old

 Great Granddaughter is going to be NINE this year.  Here's her birthday card for her special day

Mark and Ryan's Birthday Cards--

 

Mark's Birthday card created with Seascape Papers and elements by an Etsy Desiger. The card is a double opening fun fold card, inspired by a tutorial by Terri Walker, a SU demonstrator.  Mark's birthday is April 2nd. the inside flip out cardbase has a place with perforations to hold a card die. This card holder die is part of a set called Interactive Cake Dies by Pretty Pink Posh

Ryan is a baseball enthusiast AND a High School Baseball Coach

His birthday papers are from an Etsy designer: JoyfulJourneysCA 

other elements are from my stash. The baseball alphabet is by a Creative

Fabrica designer.  Ryan's Birthday is April  9th.

Spring Butterflies

 This is embossing on Vellum, and alcohol ink coloring,. The embossing folder is a 3D folder. Glitter edgings are starfoam line stickers from Pop Ups Etc. This became a lovely Easter Card for a friend.

Lattice Double Card

 The lattice lifts up to reveal a graphic, or a sentiment and the designer paper layer lifts up for the card's message body inside. The papers I used are from Perennial Lavender by SU and white cardstock.  The font on the Sentiment is Virginia Antique.  This was a FUN card to build and find elements for. I saw several lattice techniques with this particular diagonal strip placement, and this one came from Melinda's Rubber Room.  This card is VERY effective with a larger medallion centered on the lattice top, but today I needed an Easter Card!

Impossible Card

 This little Easter card is created with SU Perennial Lavender DP and White Cardstock with sentiment in purple ink with the font Virginia Antique. The Rabbit is from a Creative Fabrica designer.  The Tutorial that inspired this design was from Split Coast Stampers , Diana Kowal, Designer

Easter Treat Boxes

 

This little treat box is representative of about fifteen that I made--each slightly different, of course.  I made a dozen for St Patrick's Day too.  

Most of the elements I used on the St Patrick's Day  treat boxes were by

Laurie Furnell at etsy.

I made seventeen of these and not one looked like another

Please see these  In Reene's Room--along with her excellent tutorial for making them.

Pop Up Triple Easel Card

 This card was inspired by Lisa Curcio (Lisa's Stamp Studio)  in her March 11 Premier Tutorial for fun-fold Pop Up Easel Cards.  Tip:  Watch the cutting dimensions on the card base carefully.
I used papers from the Simon Says Stamp March Cardmaking Kit, and graphics from Watercolor Easter Day Bunnies clipart by Creative Fabrica AI artists

Second card, created with the same paper options, and Laurie Furnell spring gnomes

Plant your garden of life with friendships

Welcome to the World Calan

 

Fun with Stampin Up

 A fun three project workshop led by Dian Minor Stampin Up Demonstrator in Mesquite today produced a darling Hershey Kiss Wrapper, a pretty "It's a Good day-To Have a Good Day" general greeting card, and a pretty birthday card with a pocket.

The little peeking around the corner rabbit is from my stash but the rest of the papers and greetings and ephemera are  SU products.

Happy Birthday Cake

 

This wonderful interactive card is created with the Pretty Pink Posh Interactive Cake Die Set.  It is inspired by the video created by Jennifer Mc Guire  "Interactive Birthday Cards" 02-02-24  The top tier of the cake pulls up to reveal a gift card.

A special Valentine

 Inspired by Lisa Curcio's "Faux Shutter Card", and a card we made in Diane Minor's Stampin Up  February workshop. I used the penny Black "Line of Hearts Die" and an old "I heart you" SU Dies.  This uses the "Most Adored" DP

This is the second project  Valentine we created at Diane Minor's Stampin Up workshop.  It's a double card flip out.  I will use this design often.... SO versatile. These papers and hearts are all Stampin Up products in their Bee Mine designer paper collection and in the "Adoring Hearts " Embossing folder and sampset combo.  The Adoring Hearts cutting and double embossing folder is a great product with  a great technique, and SO many possibilities. 

 

Prism Treat Boxes.

 These Treat Boxes were inspired by Clareene's techniques on InReene'sRoom  This little gift box was first seen on  Paper Pixie, and has been found in several variations on other crafter's sites. This will be our March Papers N Pixels meeting workshop project, with SEVERAL themes available for the crafters.  There's a fabulous video on Clar's website for how to do these, and quite a few Prism Gift Boxes there to inspire you.

Let it BEE Tablet Folio

 

I used " Let It Bee" Graphic 45 papers for this  paper tablet pocket folio.

This takes a thick 5x7 Paper tablet which is removable and replaceable.

Revisit this post: from August 2023 "Tablet-Folios-Revisited.  This design is inspired

by Michelle Allen of  "A Creative Operation"

There are so many ways (and sizes of tablets for this quick gift project)  I always

tuck a "flat pen--or a small pencil in the inside pocket.

Flat pen instructions can be found at "Scrapbooking with Me"

The gnome is from one of many in my sunflowers and gnome folder, original designer unknown

For Dottie's 93rd Birthday

 

My Father's niece, Dottie, will be 93 on February 9th.

When she was six years old she was flower girl at my parent's wedding.
I used a beautiful Floral Music Notes from Night Canvas Studio's Etsy's shop

The inside sentiment reads

Hoping your 93rd birthday, like your

lifetime, Dottie, is full of love from family and

friends, unbridled joy, unforgettable moments

and, ultimately, happy, wonderful memories.

May you only know the joy, peace and health

that comes with a life well lived.