Happy Birthday with a Twist & Sprinkles on Top!

Here is a card for my dear friend Nancy's birthday. Her big day was actually in May, but she was still in Florida...lucky girl. Anyway... my group like to celebrate "special" birthdays all year long... so here the card I will give her along with the Wine of the Month... yum.

We are all going to "Painting with a Twist" to celebrate with a girls night out.

 

I made a shaker card with faux "sprinkles" inside.

I'm sure she'll like it.

What do you think?

Here is a few photos of the event!

The whole gang!

Amber, ME, Sherriee... and the birthday girl photo bombing!

Birthday girl Nancy and Sharon... more wine?

 Birthday girl Nancy with Bev.

 

We had a BLAST! 

And No Waste!

 Aahhhhhh.

 

Hugs

Diane

 

 

Trick or Treat - A "CASE" of Favors

I want to share a few of the treat favors that I made to hand out at my card class and a few people at work.  I CASE'd both from some of the great inspiration I found during my blog surfing. Seriously I've been so busy at work I don't have the time to think of something unique... So I admit, I did CASE both. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

The first was a CASE from Dawn Griffith's Sept tutorial video of Fry Box Frankie. I used these for my October card class favors.

 

He is just so cute..... don't you think?

 

Then second was a CASE from Patti MacLeith... Again ..CUTE! Right?

 

 

I used a different tag because the one that Patti used is being borrowed by a friend...I also changed up the colors but still a cute & easy little treat that doesn't need a lot of candy, but shows you gave a lot of thought. I'm going to pass these out at work.

 

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment.

 I love reading your thoughts.

 

Hugs

Diane 

Happy Fall Ya'll - {PP212} challenge

Today's post is for The Paper Player's {PP212} Happy Fall Ya'll challenge. Here is my FALL card.

 

I used the new SU Blackberry Bliss cardstock for my card base, love its rich deep color. I used the same color ink on my leaves along with More Mustard, Hello Honey, and Crisp Cantaloupe inks. Then I spritzed with water and crinkled in my hand to give it weathered look. The final touch of a twine tied button finished the embellishment.

 

The sentiment was created by stacking 6 die cuts together - I used SU's multi-purpose glue. I started with 3 layers of melon mambo on the bottom, then two layers of blackberry bliss and one Hello Honey on top. I really love the how it gives dimension and shadow. 

 Hope you like it too.

 

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment to give your thoughts!

Hugs Diane

 

 

Back to School - Gramma's Class

This post is for my grandkids... just to drop a note and a check for perhaps some school needs.

My grandkids started school two weeks ago already. We always try to tell them we believe in them and that as long as they try their best, well that's good enough for us. We all can't be the best at everything, but we can try our best.  

 

They also love to do crafts with me when they come to Michigan to visit us.

They are like little sponges that soak up the inspiration from card samples of my previous card classes. They never stop saying "can we make that one Gramma", "can we make that one?" OF course we can is always my reply.

 

But truely.... they are so creative all on their own and I'm amazed every time I see what they create.  So in honor of being such good students, I'm making this card to hold my letter.  I just want to remind them I miss them, I wish them a wonderful school year, and to try to love learning.  Yeah right.

Here is my card.

 

Here is the inside.

 

 

I always tell them to use thier imaginations and never be afraid to be different. Gramma says: "there are no mistakes in class; just opportunities". We had some pretty fabulous opportunities together!

 

Hugs

Diane

Back to School - Fall Fun

My grandkids live out of state and start the school year much earlier than here in Michigan.
I know FALL is right around the corner, but I'm not rushing summer gone just yet.

 Here is a cute little card I made for my grandkids to give to their new teachers. They are all the same, with slight variations. I think they are adorable using the technique I learned last year from PTI using a butterfly die. You can really use just about any die that works with your imagination!

On this one I used HALF of the die cut to the left. The design has a white background.

On this one I used HALF of the die cut to the right...and the design is on a vanilla background.

Both are cute to me... what do YOU think?

HUGS

Diane