15 year old boy birthday card.

What do you do when your nephew turns 15.  Besides have a slight panic attack because it seems like it was just yesterday that he born, you try and figure out what type of card to make for him :)

I'm not sure about the sentiment, a little worried it's too girly, but I know he won't even notice :)

I cannot believe he's 15.

Thanks for sopping by today.  I hope you have a great weekend!  Abie's last volleyball tournament is this weekend, but other than that, we have the regular stuff on the schedule.  What about you?

Nephew birthday card.

Happy happy Friday!  Today I wanted to share my younger nephews birthday card. 

It was super simple and fun to make. I used a little plastic jewelry bag, from a craft store,  to hold three different types of confetti.  Then I covered up the top of the bag with some patterned paper and little tag I stamped :)

I kept the inside simple, with just a stamp.

Sorry about the lighting,  it was really sunny when I took the photo, but no complaints from me on that!

Any big plans this weekend?  Mike is working on our fence,  changing it from a 4ft to 6ft and I have the normal house stuff to take care of :)

Hope you have a good one!  Thanks for the visit!

Dad's birthday card!

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  We had some fantastic weather here and were able to spend a lot of time outside, it was great!

My dad's birthday was on Friday and I whipped up this card for him.  I just love that Starburst,  but I still haven't mastered the spacing when I'm stamping with it. Need to work on that.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Transitioning and a birthday 3x3

Oh my goodness.  I'm not quite sure where to begin so I guess I'll start with where I left off,  on Monday night Mike and I cleaned the excess lumber and debris from the basement and started prepping the floor for carpet.  On Tuesday Abie had volleyball practice and Landry had her first week of volleyball camp!  Wednesday night we had a surprise birthday party for our neighbor Bryan with a Christmas Vacation theme, so fun!  On Thursday night, Mike and I vacuumed the basement floor up and drew our chalk line out.  Friday night, he started in on the carpet!  He got a little more than a 1/4 of the basement done that night.

On Saturday morning Mike got back at it and within just a few hours he had almost finished the rest of the basement!

We bought carpet tiles for the basement.  We figured that if the kids and their friends are going to be down here there might be some spills and accidents and it would be nice to just pull up a tile and put down a new one!  Mike was really happy with the installation of the tiles and how quickly and easily it was to put in.  (excuse the sheet over there, that's the storage area and we don't have the doors up yet)

Saturday night we took the girls to see Christmas lights and came home and started moving furniture into the basement.  Then Sunday morning we moved the rest of the furniture into the basement, from the craft room.

This was the state of my craft room up until Sunday.

This is from the back corner of my room.  Yikes!

And from the doorway.  Holy moly!  The desk in front there is the girls :)

The worst part about all of this is the top of my desk...

Pretty bad, right? 

I did clear off a small corner Sunday morning and squeak out a small card for a birthday party Landry went to that afternoon.  A very SIMPLE card.

A pre-made 3x3 base with patterned paper trimmed to fit and a pre-made 3 dimensional sticker.  A dream when you're in a hurry or your craft room is a disaster!

So that's what I've been up to and where I've been.  I'm so excited to finally be getting the basement furniture OUT of the craft room and can't wait to get my craft room all organized and put back together.  It just might take me awhile.  So I, more than likely, won't have anymore crafty posts this week, because I don't have anywhere to make anything crafty.  Haha!

I hope you are doing well and I hope to be back to regular posting soon!  Thanks for sticking with me and thanks for the visit today :)  Have a great Monday!

Grandma Mary's Birthday.

Hey there and a happy Wednesday to you!  Today I wanted to share with you a birthday card I made for my Grandma Mary.  We are celebrating her birthday this coming Sunday, even though her actual birthday was on the 16th.

I used this MME paper as a background and then layered on a simple little cluster for some added deminsion.

I wound up some baker's twine on my fingers and secured it with a couple of small tiny staples to the paper.  Then attached the butterfly to the twine with pop dots.  I finished it off with a simple pearl.  I love how the patterned paper made for some quick work for me on this card!

I'm so happy that we're half way through the week!  After today I only have four (really three and half) more days of work until Thanksgiving break!!  I hope you have a great Wednesday and I'll be back on Friday with something new :)  Thanks for stopping by today!

The last of the birthdays, for now.

Woo hoo, Friday!!!!  Man, when I posted last I felt like the week was flying by.  That's when it stopped.  The last couple of days have dragged. So here's to hoping today goes by fast!!  My plan for the weekend is to finish up my Christmas shopping, yes Tracy you heard me right, except for the girls of course.  They always take the longest :)

This is another card for a 12 year old girl, but her personality is quite a bit different from the one last week. 

I found this olllld file folder and it worked  perfectly to hold the gift card!  I decorated the front it was ready to go!

I added this little baggie to the inside to hold the gift card :) and a few rhinestones!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a gorgeous fall Friday and a wonderful weekend!!

Boy birthday.

Happy Wednesday!!  I'm so glad it's Wednesday already.  I'm on the countdown to Thanksgiving break, anyone else?  Ha!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made for our little neighbor.  We were at his party over the weekend and his mom had made the CUTEST decorations. 

This was half of a 4x6 card that I trimmed down and then added some twine.  I think it's a little non traditional for a one year old, but I love it!!

I'm meeting up with some friends for dinner tonight and can't wait!  An awesome way to celebrate the middle of the week, right?  I'll be back on Friday, so I hope you have a beautiful Wednesday and Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Birthday card for a 12 year old girl.

Happy weekend eve my friends!!  Can you believe it's already Thursday?  The week has flown by here and I cannot believe it's almost the end of the first full week of November.  This month is really busy here, lots of activities and plans going on with the girls and to top it off, Mike is spending the weekends working on finishing the basement off.

This Friday night, Abie has a birthday party to go to.  The first of her friends to turn 12.  I wanted to share with you the card I made.

I saw this journal card and thought it was absolutely perfect for a 12 year old girl, or any girl for that matter :)  Something we should all remember, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping in today.  I'll be back tomorrow with a super quick little gift that will be great for a hostess or friend this fall!  See you then.  Have a wonderful Thursday!!

My birthday boy.

Today is Mike's birthday.  We celebrated over the weekend, but I have a card for him today.  I was racking my brain trying to come up with an idea for a card and then I saw the anchor stamp that I picked up Michael's a month ago and the whole card just came together in my mind!

For those of you who have been around for awhile, you'll remember that last year, around this time, I got a tattoo very similar to this, behind my right ear.  I was so excited to make this card for Mike and I can't wait to give it to him!!

Dirk graduates from puppy classes tonight :)  he's been doing so well.  We're thinking about signing up for the next class to continue on with what he's learned.  He's still full of energy, but he's also only nine months old! 

Thanks for stopping in today and I hope you have a great Tuesday!  I'll see you back here tomorrow!