Okay so this is a Martha Stewart inspired wrapping. I like using brown paper, but well maybe the decorative daisy strip would have looked better on a smaller yet more square box. Which I punched out of a 2 1/4' strip paper and punched both sides. I actually love this punch.

Gift Card Envelope

So my son had a birthday party. And well after receiving many duplicate gifts with my kids, I now do gift cards plus my boys love gift cards. So I had to make an envelope to gift it in. One thing I learned is be careful with velum and embossing.

So here's what I did, embossed a velum envelope with my cuttlebug and then added glaze accents.

Baby Shower gift. Mady with tags, ribbon, stamps. This was actually a gift certificate to

have her baby boy's foot prints painted and pressed onto a ceramic cross with his birth information. That is when he arrives this month. Yes that means anytime now.

Oh, and she loved it. I will also throw in there a Christmas ornament too with footprints.

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Birthday Card for Sister-in-law

With a little help from my favorite inspiration Megan Gravener from Above Rubies Studio. I was inspired about how to go about this card. It will be in the mail this week to my sister-in-law. And I made a second one to go in my card box for my birthday card needs as a Handbell Director. Carolyn Graver paper, stickles, ribbon, and stamps... together I have a Card and a excuse for a little crafty me time.
Thanks, Denise

Humpback Whale that graced us with it's show in Juneau, Alaska. This is why my blog has not had anything added this summer. My entire family on my side got to spend two weeks on the sea traveling on the Amsterdam thru the inland passage of Alaska. Along with time days in Seattle and Arlington, Texas before and after Alaska.

WOW, what a beautiful State Alaska is. We managed not to encounter any rain during the two weeks, which was a first we were told on the cruise. It took me another month to lose the feeling of being at sea.

And lately I have been cleaning out my scrap area, organize, and decide what to take to a local shop DML to sell in the next used items sale in September. Having a hard time letting go of a few tools that I really hardly ever use. At least I have one more month to let go.

And with school rapidly approaching, YEAH! And with my hubby back on a new schedule, my daytime is going to open back up to getting back to scrapbooking and card making. I am currently working on an explosion box, but have a technical problem with the glue dots on the lid. So when I get that figured out, expect a posting on this project!

Weekend of the Cards

So some are very simple and some required more thought. But as for elaborate, none fit that description. Although I did use the cricut (which needs a name I think) for all the cards. I learned something, I love K & Company paper. It absolutely cuts like a dream. Using my cutting guide from http://www.aboverubiesstudio.com/. Perfecto! Enjoy..