A purple thanks.

Hey there!  Happy Tuesday to you!  Today I wanted to share with you a simple thank you card I made for my new boss.  Yes,  I said new boss :)

Remember in July when I left my job of 15 Years and completely switched careers? Well, I ended up being pretty miserable.  I missed my old job and the I missed the actual work too, contacted my old boss and was able to get rehired rather quickly.  Even though I'm at a different office than before,   I'm doing the same work and I couldn't be happier about that.

This has been a big learning experience for me and I am so grateful :)

So today was my first day at my new office and my new boss had a little welcome gift for me. It was so thoughtful and when I got home tonight I made this thank you card for her.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great week!

Easiest card EVER!

Yay for Friday!!!!! I am so ready for the weekend!! Abie is running her first 5k this weekend!! Super excited about that :)

Hopefully I'll have pictures to share next week.

Today I want to tell you about the easiest card I've ever made. A couple of weeks ago I picked up some more of those $1.50 pre-made card bases at Michaels and I found some cute ones that had a little speech bubble cut out of the middle.  I stamped a little sentiment inside the bubble, rounded my corners and was done!! Soooo easy!!

I can picture this with a little 3-D image or something on a wobble!

What are your plans this weekend? I hope you enjoy them, whatever they are. Have a wonderful Friday and I'll see you soon!!

Teacher thank yous.

Yeah for Friday!!  So happy it's finally here, how about you?  We have a busy weekend ahead.  Tomorrow we're buying lights and carpet for the basement, meeting some friends for lunch, going to an ugly sweater/house warming party.  Then on Sunday Abie has volleyball practice and Mike is working on the ceiling on the basement.  Oh, and we're expecting our first real snow of the season.  What are your plans for the weekend?

Today I wanted to share with you the thank yous I made for Landry's teacher.  I kept them super simple!

One layer, one stamp, thank yous!

To package them up I put them in a clear box, wrapped it up with some twine and adhered the gift card from the other day.  So simple!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!  I'll be back on Monday with my favorite Christmas hostess gift!!  See you then.

Thanksgiving hostess gift.

Hey all and happy Wednesday to you!  Are you fixing dinner tomorrow or traveling?  Or maybe you're fixing a Fakesgiving, like TRACY :)

I whipped up this hostess gift for my sister.

 I made her a set of five thank you cards and packaged them in a clear box.  Then wrapped the box up with some baker's twine and a stamped tag!

I love how simple it was to make, but the effect it has :)

Here's a peek at the cards I made.  Sorry it's out of focus.  I just couldn't get a good shot.  Even with the  darker paper behind.  My camera wasn't focusing.

I'm hoping to check back in on Friday with a one of two projects I have finished. I want to take a second and tell each of you how grateful I am that you stop by to read my little blog and leave a comment.  It truly brightens my day.  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family, or Fakesgiving :)  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you soon!  Have a beautiful Wednesday!

Another thank you for my stash.

Finally Friday!  Thank goodness because I never thought it would get here :)  Today I wanted to share another thank you card I made for my stash.

I started out with golden orangey base and sprinkled on some Mr Huey's.  Then stamped my sentiment, added some twine and a wooden arrow.  It was super quick, but I love how it turned out!

Do you have any plans this weekend?  I think Mike is going to work on the basement.  We've been trying to finish the basement since January and we've just been so busy that not much progress has been made.  So hopefully progress happens this weekend :)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend!  See you soon!

Sale tag thank you.

Hey!  Happy Monday!  I think every weekend should be a three day weekend, don't you?  Mike's birthday is tomorrow so we spent the weekend celebrating with him and trying to make him feel special ;) It's still super hot here, and I'm not really loving it.  Now that the kids are back to school and it's September and all, I feel like it should AT LEAST be 85 for a high, not 101.  Seriously.

Today I'm going to share with you a thank you card that I made.  I was just chatting with Tracy about how I've been using up my stash of cards and I need to build it back up.  Especially my thank you and birthday cards.

I started out with a bright green cardstock base and layered on a sale tag that I picked up in a variety pack at Hobby Lobby awhile back.  Then I flipped through my tray of discards, bits and pieces of die cuts, tags and things I've made that are all thrown in a tray.  Too good to be thrown away, but not ready to be used yet.  I placed the orange marquee die cut on top of the tag and then adhered the stamped label on top of that.  I stood back and looked for a minute and realized that the orange marquee was TOO orange and so I splattered some Mr. Huey's on there to break it up a bit.  I stamped my sentiment and added a stick pin to finish the card off.

Since most of the pieces were already made, from a previous craft session and just waiting to be used, this card hardly took any time at all!

Abie's volleyball practice starts back up again this week.  It's been such a nice break.  Tonight, we have no plans though and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it!

Let me ask you this.  When you're on the go, practices, in the car, etc.  what craft do you take with you?  I want to try and make the most of my time at practice this year.  Last year I would pack a bag of stuff, but it never seemed to work out well.  Just looking for some ideas :)

Hope you have a great Monday!  I'll be back tomorrow with a birthday card.  Thanks for stopping by!!