A few more of those recovery therapy cards

The Stamps of Life has monthly club memberships to get the stamp of the month, the stamp and die of the month or the card kit of the month.  I just upgraded to the Die Hard Club - stamps and dies because I've been wanting the dies for the past few months.  They send out the stamps and dies on the first of the month.  If you only have the stamps, you have to wait until the 20th before you can order the matching dies.  Twenty days is too long!  Here's a few cards using the Bandage2stamp set.  PS...All of these cards were made without the matching dies....Yes, I ordered them but didn't have them for "therapy" time.

Surgery Recovery Happiness Therapy!!

Most of you know, I've had some medical issues.  Ha Ha. That's an understatement!  Anyways after 2 Heart Transplants and 23 years of immunosuppressive drugs, my hip rebelled.  I had a total hip replacement right after Christmas and did awesome.  Seriously, if any of you need to have this done, just go with it.  Had surgery at 7:30 am and by 3:00 pm I walked to the bathroom and was released to go home the next day.

The downside....my scrap room is downstairs.

So I commandeered a part of the kitchen table and had my loving family bring up goodies for me to play with.  Not a big selection.  I thought of it as a challenge!  So here's some of the cards I made.



I know, I only showed a few.  I'll be showing some more in the next day or two.  Good news is I finally got all my scraps organized by color in a hanging file system!  Score!


Hope you all have a Wonderful Valentines Day!!


Bubblicious Birthday

One of my bad habits is to procrastinate. I did that today...We have a birthday party tomorrow and I bought the gift today and made the card tonite.  I do have a stash of birthday cards all ready to go, but none for a special little guy who just turned one.

Silhouette to the rescue.  Whipped this one out pretty fast.  Just used a file I already purchased.  Sized it to all fit on an A2 card and cut.  All the small pieces were scraps (yay)!  Used some pop dots to raise the silver bubble.  My 23 year old asked what that was.  Guess she doesn't remember the magic bubbles she used to love.  Since I used a lot of letters for the sentiment, I chose to use the reverse cut and just glue in the bits for the a, o and such. 

I'm excited for the party tomorrow and enjoy some family time.  It's gonna be COLD one so everyone stay warm!  Enjoy your weekend.

I Love You More Than Cupcakes

Got to love Silhouette!  If you don't have one, you really need to think about getting one.  This image was from the Silhouette Store.  It was super easy to download and cut.  More of my cards these days have doodling on them.  The Cupcakes are actually die cuts from The Stamps Of Life Happy Birthday Step Ups. 


My stash of saved scraps were starting to take over my craft area.  So I started with my pile of scraps and my pile of dies and started using some of them up.  Once I have a bunch together, I sit, glue, doodle all while sitting in front of the tv.  Then when I need an embellishment, I have a stash.


Hope  you have a great day!

Buggy Birthday Card

This Birthday Card is for my Grandson Dominic who is celebrating his 4th birthday tomorrow.  Bug is just a nickname we all use when greeting him and since I've had this Piggy Tales Bug paper forever, the two just seemed right.  For the sentiment, I stamped each letter, used an exacto knife to cut, outlined with a micron pen and adhered using Zip Dry.  The paper has the same pattern on both sides but sized smaller on one side.  I added a strip of the smaller pattern and then fussy cut several of the larger critters.  The larger critters have stickles on them and are raised with pop dots.  To keep the ribbon from sliding all over, I made a small slit in the top fold and threaded the ribbon through.  On the reverse side, one of those critters is holding the ribbon in place with a tad of glue.  Karen Foster makes a scrap floss that is perfect for threading through teeny tiny button holes.  The green button...I made with filmo, shaped, baked and doodled.

Pinterest Inspired Card

I don't know about you, but Pinterest has been taking up lots of my time these days.   Here is the original posting that shows how to use a square punch to make banners.  For this card I stamped the Heidi Grace sentiment on ribbon and made a bow using a tutorial at www.amazingpapergrace.com. (Made by the lovely Becca Feeken), then used the pinterest post about making banners to use on some of my scraps.   A little bling, a little inking, a little doodling and ta daaaa, a card.