Happy 4th!

Hello friends!  Happy Fourth!  The 4th of July just happens to be my daddy's birthday.  I always thought that was pretty amazing when I was a kid.  We thought all the fireworks were just for him.  Hmmm I wonder who led us to believe that?!  Anyway here is the card I made for my dad.


I sometimes wonder if my dad gets sick of his birthday having a red, white, and blue theme. I remember many of his cakes being these colors as well!  For the card I used PTI's Happy Hexagon plate, doodlebug papers, ribbon, and buttons.  The dad sentiment is from WMS compact relatives (I think thats the name).  The happy birthday is from PTI birthday basics.  That's it for card stuff!

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday Dad!  I love you and I think you are a wonderful father.  I hope your birthday is enjoyable and you have a good time celebrating with my niece, stepmom, and baby brother.   Hope to see you soon!  And here is a very old picture of Dad and me:

Here we are back in the day- circa 1976 I would say.  Notice the gorgeous couch and "matching" afghan!  LOL!

Queen Bee

Hello friends!  Happy July 1st!  Wow, this summer is flying by!  I have a few more days until my plans really pick up the pace- so for now I will enjoy the leisurely summer I have going on so far.  Today's card was made specifically for a friend of mine.  She was celebrating her 40th birthday yesterday.  I was reading a book and then suddenly out of nowhere this card idea popped into my head.  I threw the book down and fairly ran to the craft table.  It came together really fast.
 I started with the PTI hexagon coverplate.  I cut the coverplate out of dark chocolate paper.  I laid it on my craft and then stamped the little interior stitching in craft ink.  Next I got a piece of summer sunrise and stamped the big bee from honeybees.  I hand cut the bee and added crystal stickles.  I got a piece of vellum and stamped on Happy Birthday (Birthday Basics) and Queenbee and the crown from HoneyBees.  Thats all there was too it!  Thanks for stopping in today!

Happy Hexagons and Other News

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! Boy do I love summer! I have been spending the last few days getting to know Photoshop elements through classes from Jessica Sprague. So worth the money (no they are not paying me to say that). I am excited because it went from so frustrating to so cool over the last few days.

 Also brought to my attention today was the inability to pin any of my cards. I did not do that on purpose. A few months back I switched over to using Flickr instead of uploading directly to blogger. Apparently the default on Flickr blocks others from sharing your work. I have opened up my permissions, so feel free to pin away. I am always flattered by that.

 Ok, on to today's card. This one uses the new happy hexagon stamps from PTI. I have a color scheme of lavender moon, autumn rose, and scarlet jewel (old dye version).  Its weird cause the autumn rose is almost as dark as my old scarlet jewel.  I am not sure what the new scarlet jewel is like.  The sentiment is stamped in Autumn rose as are the floral hexagons.  The gingham are in SJ. 
Thanks for stopping in today!

Lovely Layers 2

Good Morning friends! I am just about to dash out the door to spin class but I thought I would take a minute to update the ol' blog. You may notice I have a new header. Made it with the Jessica Sprague free class. It needs tweaking but I like it well enough.
And here is today's card! I am in love with the Happy Hexagon cover plate. LOVE it! Also pretty in love with Lovely Layers as well.  I have a golden harvest base stamped with summer sunrise ink.  White hexagon cover plate.  Autumn rose, scarlet jewel and lavender moon lovely layers with some New leaf accents.  Thanks for stopping in today- I gotta run if I am going to make my class!