Sprays of Birthday Flowers

Three cards... all punched out.. and went to three important women! I hope they enjoyed them as much as I did making them.

Shades of Pink

 

Shades of Orange

 Shades of Purple - that doesn't want to turn for me! 

 

Great way to use up scraps too!! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have a great day! 

Hug the ones you love! 

Heavy heart Thursday

It is with a very heavy heart  that I write... it is a very sad day here in my household.

It is  going to be a long day, and with the heavy rain storms, it is only fitting.

Today, my younger sister had to put Princeton, her dog down. Princeton came to the Wiest household sometime in 1993ish. When he came to our house, he was a stray  {or so that is the story we told my parents at that time...} that wondered around the neighborhood and we soon befriended.

He lived quite a life with us (as teens) and then when my sister moved out, she took him with her.   He actually thought he was human, I swear! He acted like a kid ... sneaky like a teenager... he smiled... he smurked and I swear he would talk too! .. or maybe it was just what we "thought". {wink wink}

When he was hit by a car, he spent time with me and the kids, as we helped him recuperate. That was about 2 years ago, but life hasn't been the same for him.  As we did prepare for this day, its still not easy for any of us.  Its been rough these last few months, he was telling us he was leaving soon... that I am certain of... not that I am a dog whisperer but sometimes you can just tell.

Hug the ones you love!

THank you for stopping by!



ColourQ85



Take care Prince, you will be missed! 

Wil and Princeton



Flip flop and you don't stop...

OFFICIALLY FINALLY SUMMER ... weather and calendar tell me so.. .HOORAY!!
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If I am not in my bare feet, I am in flip flops... isn't everyone? Like mother like daughter, I believe that my daughter & I wear them until the snow flies... and sometimes after that, I know we try.

So here is my sketch of a flip flop for a card... best used as an invite, but I like it. Its rough - but then again, it was almost midnight when I finally got an acceptable template created.

And yes I did create a left and right foot template!



Aren't they fun!!! Thanks for looking!

Have a great summer!!

Coconut Tree

It was a luau themed 12 year old birthday party, and though many were donning lei's and hula skirts, it was my daughter who said "Mom, can you make a coconut tree." and this was 2 hours before party time. Not to panic, I got my punches out, the oval scallop and the oval and my circle punches and just made it happen.... probably because I have been thinking about this card for two days now. I popped the coconuts on dimensionals and crinkled the paper for the leaves.

Because I had only thought of the outside, and not much for the center, I allowed her to stamp the sentiments. I then remembered I could make a sun with a flower punch I had, which she really liked. She said "no" to any sand, or grass. And then I was like, we can make a lei for the envelope- but then she voted to put it in the center... to seperate the sentiment from her signature. So this was the inside (alittle crooked- but it works for her)


And then it was finished. We did stamp some flowers on the envelope, in bright colors to make the card and Luau them.

Thank you for looking!

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Stamps: Birthday to all

Punches: 1/2 circle punch, oval punch, scallop oval punch, flower trio punch

1/4 pearls