Sick as a Dog

I've had two stamps in my collection from different companies, a sentiment from Custer's Last Stamp and an image from Great Impressions, that go perfectly together. So I made these cards and I hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Ed's Retirement

We have a retirement party to go to tonight for a friend of Bruce's.  Ed has finally decided that 45 years is long enough to work for anyone. He is so right, waaaay to long.  He's still a young guy so he'll have lots of fun enjoying his favorite hobbies.
We know that he loves his beer (asked what kind of beer he likes he just said 'cold') and fishing and enjoying the world around him.  So that gave me the idea for this card.  I pulled out this beer stamp from Custer's Last Stamp, the little truck with the fishing pole from Great Impressions and this wonderful summer chair from Lockhart stamps.  I colored them up with Copics, trimmed out the beer mug, and cut out the chair and car with Nestabilities.  I was trying to decide what to use for the background when I remembered this DP that has been sitting in my stash for several years.  I knew one day it would be useful.  All that was left was to stamp the sentiment onto some kraft paper and tear the edges and put it all together.  I know Ed will have a great time in retirement but I worry about Julie (his wife) still working while Ed is at home.  I had 12 years of that with Bruce, I may have to give her some tips. lol
Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Get Well Doggies

Well we're back from our Christmas trip. We had a lot of fun, but it was a busy trip. Every day was packed with family events. So much fun.

Our drive to Buffalo was uneventful, just long. Seems like everyone was on the road and going slow. Our trip back was not so fun. Pretty much a white knuckle trip for me. The road were a bit slippery and it was very windy. We made it and only an hour lost on the bridges across the borders.

I am, however, happy to be back to blogging.

I made this card before Christmas and was glad to get away from holiday cards. This was the only get well card I made. The image is a Great Impressions stamp and the sentiment is from Custer's Last Stamp. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Guy Card

This is a card I made for the guys in my family. When I put together the gift pack of cards for my nephews I make these cards for them. Both the image and sentiment are from Custer's Last Stamp, a Michigan Co. The stamp actually has a couple of clothes pins at the top but I cut them off. I then stamp on to DP and color in the waist band the ties and the stars. I've made a slew of these cards and so far the guys really like them. (They like me, they really like me!) lol. Any way this is a fun card to make and I've now gotten Amy's Boutique Set from All That Scraps which has a slip and sentiments to coordinate. This will be a fun set to give at Christmas.