Babies, babies, babies . . .

Here is ANOTHER baby card -- such fun when there are so many new babies!
This one was made for niece Shannon's baby shower early in November. I used the baby embossing folder, again. It just makes such a nice backdrop. It is done in SU! Bashful Blue since this new baby is a boy! I either used a Nestabilities scallop circle die or a similar punch for the circle. In order to get my little holes more precisely placed around that circle, I used my "trusty" eyelet setter and hammer to make those holes. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White. The sentiment window was punched with the SU! Word Window punch. The buttons and embroidery thread are from my stash. The little onesies is from a package of embellishments I purchased somewhere. Sorry I don't remember where. The card base is Bazzill white. And I used a corner punch on the blue mat. Thanks for stopping by. I know it has been quite a while since I last posted a card. On Wednesday I made a birthday card, but never got a chance to take a photo of it before I gave it away! :-(

Thanksgiving is just around the corner . . .

As I look out the kitchen window, I see snow on the rooftops and the sun seems to be hiding somewhere. Turning to the dashboard on my computer, "white stuff" seems to be in the forecast for today and tomorrow. The temps will be falling further and further each night this week. And in front of me on the kitchen table is a legal pad and an empty coffee cup. Ah, yes, it is time to take those lists that are in my head and transport them to paper. There are the menu lists, the grocery lists, and the "to-do" lists for readying the house for Thanksgiving festivities. I like the early morning quiet when I can collect all these thoughts before they get away from me.
There is no card to post today. I'd better have, at least, one or hopefully two to post within the next day or so as they are both "MUST HAVE" cards!
I didn't want a whole month to go by without posting something, though. It is the beginning of that time of year where we all see ourselves coming and going, where we go from list to list checking off tasks, and when we try to find moments to share with family and friends and even moments for ourselves to ponder the true meaning of both Thanksgiving and Christmas. For all of us, I wish everyone takes the time to find those moments! Blessings to you all . . .

Update on the PEO card-making project ...

We had our second and last work-session last night here with eight of us working like rock stars for 2.5 hours. We completed 179 cards, sorted and packaged them! We hope to sell them all which would net us $447. Wow! What a major project -- accomplished! and ready to make money for the PEO projects which help further the education of women with loans and grants!

Anniversary Card

This is a 20th anniversary card made for my husband's sister and brother-in-law for their 20th wedding anniversary. I used the color of the bridesmaid dresses for the card base in the form of SU! Tempting Turquoise. The image is part of the SU! Delight in Life set. I stamped two of the flowers, cut them out, and adhered one to the scalloped circle and the second one I popped up with SU! Dimensionals. The flower was colored with an SU! Tempting Turquoise marker and brushed with Crystal Effects. I penned the little white dots all around the circle. I wish I would have embossed the circle with a folder beforehand to give it more dimension.
Of course, it is a gate-fold card design. The white Bazzill panels were run through the Cuttlebug Dotted Swiss folder. And, again, I used one of the sentiments from SU! Short and Sweet set. The punches I used were the SU! Word Window and the Modern Label.
Both the scallop circle and the sentiment help to keep the card closed.
It is a rainy, cool morning in Minnesota. The leaves have been blowing off the trees this week. Looks like we are progressing the the later part of fall. There is still one beautiful maple with quite a few of its red leaves still attached which we can see out our living room window, though. Have a great day wherever you are!

Baby Shower Card

Finally, a card to post! Last night I hosted our second PEO card-making work session. We finished all 179 cards! Eight of us worked non-stop for 2.5 hours. They are ready for sale and in the hands of the Ways 'n Means chairman.
Today I am sharing a quick and easy baby shower card which I made for our niece's baby shower. Erin and her hubby have decided to be surprised with the sex of their first child, so I used So Saffron and Certainly Celery for her card. The mat was embossed with a Sizzix baby folder. To be honest, I can't remember if I used a Marvy Uchida scallop punch or a Nestabilities die! I did use white Bazzill and embossed it with the Cuttlebug Dotted Swiss folder. The ribbon is SU! Certainly Celery. The buttons are from my "stash" and the "welcome baby" is stamped with Versafine Black Onyx and punched using the SU! Word Window punch. The sentiment is, of course, from SU! Short and Sweet.

Too busy to post ...

There are times when posting gets put on the back burner and this has been one of those times. That certainly doesn't mean that I haven't been making cards. And I do take pictures of almost every single card I design. They just don't always get posted in a timely manner or the pictures might sit in my camera for a while longer than they should. We'll be leaving town in another week. I hope to get some card-making done while we are gone. If I do, I might not get the time to post. And, of course, Thanksgiving will be coming as well as Christmas. We'll have family staying with us for both holidays (which always makes the holidays even better), so we'll be very busy just like you all. In case I don't get anything posted by Halloween, have a very Spooky Halloween!

P.S. I was going to post a Halloween card from my "stash", but apparently I didn't get pictures taken of any of them! They must have fallen between the "photo-taking" cracks! I found this image of the pumpkin family in Google Images.

Two More Pictures

I thought I'd show you a side-view of all the cardstock I trimmed this week. There are over 150 card bases and as you can see, even more mats! Last night I stood at the kitchen island and stamped over 110 images to go on the cards. We are making "thinking of you" and "thank you" cards this time. Back to work, I've got ribbon to cut, more daisy chains to punch, and I plan to punch a bunch of the scalloped mats so that some of the gals can just put the cards together while others do punching, coloring, and stamping if they want to do so. This is not a group of hardcore cardmakers, but after this project, there might be a few!
Have a great fall weekend! It is just incredibly beautiful here in south central Minnesota now. And thank you, again, for stopping by!