A MASCULINE CARD

Hi Blog Friends!

With Father's Day quickly approaching, I 'm posting a masculine card today.  Stamps are from Stampin Up.  I used the black, turquoise and kraft colored card base for this card. 

Two brads hold the double banner strip with sentiment.  And in the middle of the compass, there's a gemstone....kinda hard to see.  

Fast and easy card for the guy in your life. 

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  Happy stamping!

Hugs, Geri 

THANKS A LATTE!

Hi Friends!

Happy Thursday.  Today's card was so much fun to make.  I love the Tim Holtz coffee cup, and had been wanting to use it for a while.  Finally got around to making a card with it.

I used the tiny coffee cup embossing folder for the background on kraft colored card stock.  The turquoise strip at the bottom is stamped with an old (retired) Stampin Up stamp out of my stash.  The sentiment is out of the same set.  I used my crimper for the band around the cup.  I have to tell you, when my grandson was a little guy, he'd come over and say "let's stamp grandma" and run and pick out the crimper.  I can't tell you how many strips of paper Desmond crimped!  lol  He loved that tool.  

Added a few turquoise sequins for some bling, and turquoise card stock for layering.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back later with something new.

Hugs,

Geri xo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANDLES

Hi Friends,

Today's card is a birthday card with some big candles.  My stamping friend, Lyn, cut out the candles, and I forgot to ask what she used, but am guessing she might have cut them on her Cricut.  Anyway, they're fun candles.  I added the happy birthday sentiment, and the sequins to finish off the card.  You can't see it clearly in the pic, but the sequins do match the teal color in the candles.  Sequins and gemstones are really hard to photograph for some reason.  Hard to capture the shimmer. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll be back next week with something new.  Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Geri  

A Field of Flowers

Hi Freinds,

Well, life never stops with it's unexpected turn of events, does it?  I won't bore you, but can tell you we've had so many things happening, it's been almost unbelievable.  Thank you all for hanging in there.  I really appreciate you following my blog and not giving up on me.  :o)

Getting to my card now, the stamp set is from Stampin Up, and it's called Flowering Fields.  Stamped flowers with Memento ink on kraft colored card stock, then colored it with markers.  I used Distress Vintage Photo ink on the edges and glued it to a red background paper.   I have a box of various pieces of lace, and thought this piece would look nice on a card.  You know how you keep lace and never use it?  Time to dig it out and use it.    

Quick and easy card.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll be back soon with something new. 

   Hugs, Geri 

A Birthday Card for Mom

Hi Friends,

Mom celebrated her 89th birthday this month!   She loves St. Francis, and belongs to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church here in Santa Fe.  I combined both of these on her card this year.

I'd never seen a St. Francis stamp before, and was lucky enough to spot one at convention this year.  Colored with Copics, and embossed a kraft colored background with a Cuttlebug folder.  I embossed the Happy Birthday sentiment with gold detail embossing powder.  I added a gold charm of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a gold thread.  She loved her card.  :o)

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a good week!

Hugs, Geri

HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter Friends!

When I enter a new blog posting, they don't show up until the following day.  So....even though today is Easter, you won't see this till tomorrow.  That's okay, I don't want to wait till next year to post this card.

The little chick is from Stampin Up.  It's adorable. The Happy Easter is an old stamp out of my stash.  The crossed paper strips are Stampin Up paper, as is the embossing folder used for the background.  I can't remember the name of the pouffy embellishment on the chick's chest, but it is by SU.  The inside stamp is also a stamp from my stash.  The chick is stamped again on the inside corner.  The card is kraft colored base and envelope.  I gave the card to Mom today.  She smiled, and that was the only smile we got out of her today, so we were happy that she liked her card, and that it made her happy.  She'll be 89 next month.  

Here's the inside of the card

  

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  I'll be back later with another card.  

Happy Easter!

Hugs, Geri  

A Get Well Card for Wendy

Hi Friends,

I'm sure you all must think I fell of the face of the earth, and I almost did.  I had cardiac surgery in February, and to make a long story short, ended up in ICU for three days because of uncontrolled bleeding.  I'm on the mend now, and not even using my cane these days.  It's been a long tough road, but I'm here!  Hubby was so worried, and I am blessed that he was at my side the whole time, and slept in a chair the entire time I was in ICU.  Well, enough of that.  Now on to the card.

I'm sorry I've been away from my blog for so long, but now you know why.  

We have new friends in California now.  Lee and Lois bought our Country Coach motor home, and we've kept in close contact with them.  They wrote and told us their daughter had been in an terrible accident and was in the hospital.  I made their daughter, Wendy, this card before I went to have my surgery.  

The owl is made with the Stampin up Owl punch.  I love that punch.  I embossed the background with a wood grain punch, and used a get well sentiment from my stamp stash.  Got the ribbon at Hobby Lobby.  I hope you like the card.  Wendy loved it....and so did her mom, Lois.

I'm slowly getting back to my stamping.  I'm so far behind on so many things.  Hadn't felt good for about a year, and with each passing day, I was getting worse.  We had no idea it was my heart.  We are thankful that my acupuncturist discovered the problem....and none too soon.  He retired 2 months after he found it.  Whew.....I'm blessed.

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks especially for being patient!  A very special thanks goes out to all my friends who were praying for me, and for the beautiful cards, flowers and gifts I received.  I can never thank you all enough.  

Love & Hugs, Geri xo