Birthday Card for Michelle

Our daughter celebrated her 42nd birthday this month and decided to make her card instead of buying one. It's always so much fun to make our cards and the kids really do appreciate all of the work that goes into them. This card took a little more time trying to figure out what I wanted to do. The only thing I was sure of was the stamp set as I love working with it and knew how I wanted to fancy it up.

I think the best part of her birthday was the gift we gave her. Her grandmother gave me a locket that had a picture of her father and grandparents in it when she was little. Not only giving here the locket we got her a gold chain so that she could wear it. Hopefully she will pass it on when her daughter has her first little girl, and keep the tradition going. Oh how we do love our children.

Keepsake Box

I always try to make at least one Christmas gift for our granddaughter Meghan. This past Christmas I made a keepsake box for her and filled it with her favorite bath products. Always makes a big hit with things we know that she loves.

Thanks to Linda for the design of this beautiful box.





Recipe for this:

Z1116 My Creations Memory Keeper - CTMH
X7100B Perfect Day level 2 paper packet - CTMH
X7001C Perfect Day My Stickease Assortment - CTMH
Z1100 Cocoa Grosgrain Ribbon - CTMH

Christmas Card 2008

Every year I try to make our Christmas Cards that I send out to family and friends. Some years I do better than others. This past year was one of my better years and I got more made. Hopefully 2009 will be the year that everyone that we send cards to will get a homemade card.





Recipe for making this card:
Crystal Blue card stock - CTMH
White Daisy card stock - CTMH
D1244 Snow Friends - CTMH My acrylix stamp set
C1289 Warm Memories - CTMH My acrylix stamp set
Snow Flakes - Cuttlebug embossing folder
z2327 Holiday Red - CTMH Exclusive Inks Marker
Z2219 Dutch Blue - CTMH Exclusive Inks Marker
Z2317 Crystal Blue - CTMH Exclusive Inks Marker
Z2105 Black - CTMH Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

Our trip to Daytona, FL

So far behind on my scrapbooking it isn't even funny. Started working on some of our vacation pictures to Florida in 2007. Had a lot of fun with Michelle, Chuck and Meghan, and hope to take another vacation with them soon.

These two pictures were from our trip to the Daytona International Speedway. Chuck and Meghan decided they wanted to race against each other and guess what... Meghan beat him even though she rolled her car a few times. Tom, Michelle and I laughed so hard our sides hurt.