crafting this and that

Hello.  Here's another birthday card from me.  Seems like I only make stuff at the last minute when I really need it somewhat urgently for an upcoming occasion.  Then I have to browse for sketches and color challenges.  So this week I'm using the colors from the Play Date Cafe Challenge #115 .  And the Deconstructed Sketch No. 35 . And here's my card...  The 30's have gone by so fast, now everyone is starting to turn 40. This is the boy stamp that Eva got me from Sister Stamps , so cute with the bowl cut.  He was quite large, so I made the card a little larger at 5.5 by 6.5 inches.  Now I realize I didn't check if I had an envelope to fit the card, oops.  Most of the cardstock is Papertrey Ink, Bazzill for the gray numbers, the patterned paper from Wild Rose Studio, Milton and Co., maybe a little flowery for a boy (uh, middle aged man) card. I actually tried to sew on my card this time.  I even had some gray thread so I used t...

Hello there.  Hope everyone had a nice Christmas or holiday.  I'm here with a holiday card, a little late for Christmas, but oh well, I think it makes for a nice thank you card or something.  I figure our Christmas tree is still up, I'm still in a holiday mood (unlike my husband who wanted to recycle the tree as soon as the last present was opened!).  Anyhow, I played along with  The Play Date Cafe Challenge #112 .  And the Deconstructed Sketch #32 . And here's my red card...  I used Yuki from Sister Stamps (thanks Eva!).  She's so cute, the hair on these images always reminds me of my daughter.  Anyhow, I used Papertrey Ink cardstock, stamped a text background and clear embossed it.  Then I was stuck for the longest time because I was looking for my Bow-Easy!  I swear I had put it in my ribbon drawer in this rolling cart under my desk.  So I thought my daughter had lost it because she likes to play with (and unravel...