Wishing You...

It seems that I have been reaching for the pink cardstock a lot lately!!  Maybe it is because I have been visiting my little Granddaughter in Colorado and she has a LOT of pink in her wardrobe!

I have to head back home next week but I have enjoyed loving her up!

This card, I really like how it turned out.  I used some scraps that I had sitting on my counter from previous cards that I have just made so it went together pretty easy.

I left the inside very simple and will add the sentiment when I need it.

I hope you have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by.

Gail S.

Happy Thoughts

This card is pretty simple but that was the look that I wanted for it.  Just a simple card to have on had to jot a note if I needed to someone and pop it in the mail.

The inside is pretty simple also. 

I used the stamp set called Moving Forward.

I am out in Colorado visiting my Granddaughter and enjoying every minute of it!

Thanks for stopping by -

Gail S.

Here Comes the Bride...

We had a wedding to go to and I needed a card for the big day.  We received the invitation and it was yellow and black so I wanted to incorporate the invite into the card and came up with this.

The framelet shape is cut out with the Big Shot using an actual part of the invitation.  I hope the bride and groom enjoyed it!  I got the card layout off of Pinterest :)

Gail S.

SU! Horse Frontier

I had another male birthday card that I needed to make so I went to the new stamp set called Horse Frontier. 

I used some retired DSP paper and soft suede cardstock.

I was pleased how it turned out! Hope you are having a great Labor Day Holiday!!  I am headed to Colorado to spend TWO whole weeks loving up by Baby Granddaughter!!  Yippee!

Gail S.

Vintage Vogue in Purple

I saw this fold for a card quite a while ago on Mary Fish's blog and thought is was unique and wanted to make a couple of cards with it and this is what I came up with.

This card cuts measures 9" x 4 1/4" and is folded at 3 3/4" so when folded it fits into a regular A2 envelope.  I had to use a giant clothespin to keep it closed because it kept trying to spring open so that is the pink you see at the bottom of the above picture.

I love the eggplant purple and the gumball green colors together.

I also love the stamp set from SU! called Vintage Vogue. I stamped the flowers and then used snips to cut out each flower. I attached them to the card with glue dots.  Simple pearls added in the centers finished off the cards.

I hope you try this fold.  It really did turn out pretty.

Gail S.

Apple Bread

I live in a very small town (pop. 500 or so) and at our local post office people who have an excess of veggies and fruit leave it in boxes inside the post office for others to enjoy.  The other day I got to feast on yellow squash and zuchinni and a day or two before that I had cucumbers to take home! Well, on Friday, someone had dropped off a large box full of apples.

I grabbed some thinking I would make an apple crisp over the weekend but I found this recipe on my friend, Debbie Fisher's blog and decided to try it!

Apple Bread

2 c. sugar
1 c. oil
2 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. chopped apples
1 c. chopped nuts

Mix oil, sugar, & vanilla, add eggs one at a time mixing well after each. Sift dry ingredients. Add to oil/sugar/egg mixture. Fold in apples & nuts. Batter will be very thick.

Pour into 2 greased loaf pans.

Bake @ 325° for 60-75 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Then remove from pan.

I mixed the ingredients up in my pretty red country bowl:

And it turned out yummy!!  I shared some of the bread at work, we ate some at home and the other loaf I froze to enjoy later.

I hope you try this recipe.

Gail S.

CASE Card

Good Monday to you all! I saw this card the other day and wanted to try to use it as inspiration.

by Chat Wszelaki from the blog:  Me,My Stamps and I

I love the colors and the stamp set...but I don't have either so I came up with two  cards in purple and pink.

And this one:

This second card had a slight mistake!  I was stamping the second flower and misjudged and did not stamp all of it on the cardstock ~ I had a blank spot between the two flowers ~ so I added a small butterfly to the middle and the mistake was covered up. That is one of the great things about stamping!

The inside was finish very simple.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day today!

Gail S.