Wii Night in Birthday Gift

I made this for my brother's 28th birthday. His birthday was a few days ago but I wanted to make sure he received the gift (I mailed it to him) before I posted it here. I learned my lesson about posting his gifts on my blog - at Christmas I posted something I made for him and he left a comment on my post. I had no clue he even looked at my blog. So if you're looking now - Hi Jeff!

I got the template for this from Papertrey Ink. It's one of Lauren Meader's timeless templates. You can find the template here. The template I used is the take along tote. I put a candy bar & a bag of m&m's in the front outside pocket. On the back pocket I put a bag of microwave popcorn. I put a Wii game in the middle of the tote. There is a pocket on the inside and I put a gift card for his favorite pizza delivery place in that pocket. Everything he needs for a "Wii night in"!

Use it Blog Challenge

My friend Rae started a new blog, to challenge us all to use our stash. I was so excited when I found out that Rae was starting this challenge blog. Like everyone else, I have tons of stuff that needs to be used! I made this card based on the sketch that Rae used to make her card. I've had this SEI paper forever. It's not really my style (actually I think it's more like Rae's style!), but I got it in one of the SEI mini kits. I used a bunch of old ribbon that I've had laying around, and a button from my stash. The stamp is an oldie too. Hope you'll join in on the challenge!

Pet Sympathy Card

This is a card I made for a friend who just lost her pet. I know how difficult it can be to lose a pet and I thought this card might brighten her day a little bit. I used some old Lasting Impressions paper and and an old Lasting Impressions stencil. I rarely use this flower stencil, but I'm wondering why. I like the look of the flowers. Hope you have a great day!

Pop Up Birthday Card... and a Lamborghini

Here's another pop up card I made similar to my owl card that I posted recently. The link for the tutorial is in that post. I used my favorite distressed line of Lasting Impressions paper and the cupcake is dry embossed using a Lasting Impressions template. The Happy Birthday sentiment is stamped.

And now for the Lamborghini... On Friday night I went to see my favorite hockey player Mike Green at a local sports bar. He and another Capital, Nick Backstrom, were bartending and trying to raise money for charity. There were a ton of people there and I feel lucky to get close enough to take these pictures. I left there kind of disappointed that I wasn't able to have either one of them serve me a drink! We were walking down the road to where our car was parked, and noticed Mike Green's lamborghini parked on the street!! I took advantage of the photo op. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Card Candy Holder

I made this as a gift for a friend. I have been in a lot of card candy swaps and although they are time consuming to make, I love the end result!! Card candy is handmade embellishments for your cards or scrapbooks. You know those little packages of stickers or embellishments you get at the scrapbook store? Just like that but handmade.... so much better! I dry embossed all the little embellishments using Lasting Impressions templates, and adhered them to acetate using temporary adhesive. I found the template for the holder at Papertrey's site. It's a FREE template! You can find it here. It's the recipe wrap up template. It was easy and quick to make. Then I put each of the little card candy pieces inside the pockets. I decorated the front with a few extra pieces of the card candy flowers. I love how this turned out. Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate it!

Snow Day!

Wanted to share some pics of our big snow storm. I've lived in VA for 8 years, and I think this is the 2nd largest snow storm we've had since I've been here. Too bad I only get a 2 hour delay from work. I am dreading driving in this weather! The first pic is my driveway and a view down the street. The 2nd pic is my dog Bunny running through the snow. It was up to her belly and she wasn't quite sure what to make of that. The last pic is Zubie with a face full of snow. He loves to put his nose down in the snow and run!

Yay Snow!

I am so excited about our expected snowfall today!! Originally they said we were going to get 5" of snow. Imagine my disappointment when I heard the revised estimate of 2" last night. I hope we get closer to the 5". This will be the biggest snowfall all season. Being from NE Ohio I really miss the snow, we just don't get much of it here in the DC area.

I was looking through my templates and with snow already on my mind, this one jumped out at me last night. I used a Lasting Impressions template and paper to emboss the snowmen, bucket they're in, and the sign. The background paper is by Bo Bunny. I used a piece of wire for the handle on the bucket. The little snowflakes are punched. Enjoy your Sunday!