Wedding Wishes

Today’s card is for Jamilee and Dave.  Next weekend my husband and I will be traveling to Pittsburgh, PA for the wedding of his god daughter, Jamilee, and her soon to be husband Dave.  Jamilee is a very special person.  She’s kind, caring, beautiful, loving and all around really great.…

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Get well with Serene Silhouettes

Ok, so you all know I’ve been using my Silhouette e-cutting machine a lot but today’s post title is not in reference to my much adored e-cutter.  It’s about the stamp set Serene Silhouettes.  I really like this set and am thrilled that it is in the current catalog again…

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See it, Pin it, Do it

Before I get to my card(s) remember, tomorrow, June 2, the new 2014-2015 catalog goes live.  There are really beautiful products there, not all of them new.  Some of our old favorites are displayed in fresh new ways.  If you would like to order Stampin’ Up! products, please click here…

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Stand up for Birthday’s

I mentioned earlier this week that my niece – Sydney – is turning 6.  Her actual birthday is tomorrow and here is the card I made for her to go with her gift.  To see my post with her 3-D letter ‘S’ click here. I made Syd’s  ‘S’ out of…

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‘S’ is for Silhouette

I took the plunge a few weeks ago and sold my other e-cutter machine replacing it with a Silhouette e-cutter.  I’m no expert, and I get no kick back from Silhouette for endorsing their product but I have to say, I’m in love.  All the things I wasn’t happy with on…

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Ballerina School

My granddaughter Avery, the namesake of my blog, is having her first ballet recital today. She is 4 1/2 now and has been going to ‘Ballerina School’ for over a year.  I don’t know about her, but I’m very excited about her first recital.  Let’s just hope she doesn’t freeze…

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Sharing cards from others

I have received lots of cards lately and thought this might be a great time to share them all with all of you.  Each one is very special to me because it was sent from the heart.  They aren’t all fancy and elaborate because a card sent from the heart…

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A little birdie

Today’s card is for Tracie’s birthday, my sister-in-love’s.  My brother is 15 years younger than I am was only 6 when I married my first husband.  He and my other brother who was the wise age of 8 thought they were to refer to my new husband as their ‘brother-in-love’…

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Pool Party Thoughts and Prayers

Today’s card is another example of an easy to create, yet pretty card.  I was going to say beautiful but didn’t want to sound pretentious.  : )A co-worker recently lost a family member.  I thought I had some sympathy cards in my card stash that I keep for just this…

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