I AM BACK

I am back, after a long absence due to a big move to a new province , buying and selling houses, a new golden retriever puppy who now is a year old,  and  a new job,  teaching at Michaels Craft Store.
It has been a very busy two years.  Not that I haven't been crafting.  I have lots of projects to share with you.

LOSS OF A FURRY FRIEND

My girlfriend runs a doggie daycare and over the years has lost many of her doggie friends including my two beautiful golden retrievers.   Pet loss sympathy cards are not always easy to come by so I made this book of cards for her.  

These are a few of the cards I made to go inside. I  made sayings for the inside of each card which could be
included with the card or she would be able to write her own message.

AN OWL POP UP CARD

This card was a tutorial from Darlenes cards.  She has the most fantastic owl cards using the stampin up owl punch.   Her instruction are great and the cards are fun to make.   

50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CARD

Another casual Anniversary card.   This card was made for a couple that live in the country overlooking a lake.  It seemed really fitting for them.   I got the idea from a similar pin.   The image is Mo Manning and the log cabin is a stampscapes stamp.  The log cabin scene was colored  with  sponges and  stampin up inks. 

The couple were done in  water color pencils. 

THANK YOU CARD

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be included in a small group of chosen few, for dinner, in honor of a very special person.   We were totally spoiled with good food , wine and great company.  This is a thank you note for the women who did all the work to make the evening so great.

A CASUAL 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CARD

After looking at the anniversary cards, they very quickly started all looking familiar.   If they don't have hearts, they have flowers on them.   I needed a simple card for a 25th anniversary BBQ.   So this is what I came up with. 

18th BIRTHDAY BALLOONS

An 18th birthday should be special.  My friends granddaughter loved looking at the old photo albums so it had to be about pictures and what birthday would be complete without balloons.   So I scanned in a photo of the birthday girl from age 1 - 18   and mounted 17 of them on  30 inch dowels with  matching balloons and curly ribbon.   I had one   3.5 ft  balloon in the back which held the gift bag with an album to put all the pictures.  They were secured to the little gift boxes which had candies on top.