Smile Little Boy

I was going thru my stash of cards and found a couple of them that had been hanging out in the box for way too long. I looked at them and thought to myself  'What on earth were you thinking'. I guess it was a moment of absolutely no inspiration. One card there was no redeeming it so into the trash it went, this card base was still good so I removed the DP that was on it and went looking for a DP that would work with this card stock. I found this in a My Mind's Eye paper pack called PLAYDATE. It is an old one from 2012 but I still had a few sheet left and this one kind of tickled me. It is a 6 x 6 pad so I trimmed it down and decided to let the S M I L E be my sentiment and leave the DP be the focal point. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Angel Boy

It's been a long time since I've posted a card so forgive me if I ramble a bit.  I'm back in good health though I still am waiting for my hair to grow back fully.  Over the winter while doing the chemo thing I stamped off many images of which this is one, I call him Angel Boy, but he's a Magnolia image.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's designer Dawn McVey (Signature Greetings 11). The DP is from I don't know where, it's a paperpack that I've had for a long time. Thanks for stopping by if you do.

A Truckin' Birthday

Among the cards that I need to make for my gift packets are of course birthday cards.  I especially need cards for guys, both for me to send and for the packets that guys will use.  I had a request from one of the female halves of couples that I give to that her hubbie asked that I make cards that he could send.  I guess men don't like to send frilly, flowery, girly cards. Go figure.
So anyway when I was looking through my DP I came across my October Afternoon Sasparilla paper pad and it had this map designed paper.  Perfect to go with the truck from Papertrey Ink set Tremendous Treats:Birthday.  Another great set that is really for children but I think this image could go for any age.  I used the curlicue image for the road, works great.  I used scraps for the other parts of the cove and a punch for the circle mat.  Colored with Copics and was done.
Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Celebrate A Hoppy Day

What can I say about these cards except that they make me smile.  There's just something about a smiling frog that makes me grin.  I had been making some fall cards using Papertrey's Fall Prints & Patterns and had some scraps leftover so I made an anniversary card.  Yes I said anniversary, I think they don't always have to be bells and flowers, anniversaries can be fun and amusing.  (Think of Kermit and Miss Piggy if you want a laugh).
Anyway I used the Boy Basics-Frog Hop for these cards (only one is for an anniversary, the other will be a birthday card-maybe).  I used the matching dies to cut out the frog and the lily pad and stamped and colored them up.  I added the fly from the set as an after thought thinking the frog might be hungry.  I cut a circle of orange paper with my Limitless Layers die and stamped the sentiment from the set, put it all together and was done.
Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.