Florida Thank You

We have been in Florida since February 21st. How lucky is that especially with a winter in Vermont like this one?  Blessed is what we are!

Our landlord is a wonderful woman from Canada, the first time we've rented from her. I hope we can continue to enjoy a great renter relationship in the future. It has been such a wonderful time here for John and me, and she has offered us the condo for two months next year. I sure hope we can make it work financially... a piece of heaven for sure! Right on this gorgeous ocean...

Here's the card we left for her...

This was a card I made in the OCC in February, one stamp set three ways. You can check back for details on how I used this PTI Flipping Out stamp and die set. I would have never thought to do the all over pattern, but love the way it came out! Will definitely make a few more of these in different colors. And the sentiment is PERFECT!

What a great way to think about February and March next year...

First April Birthday

Our grandson, Thomas will be five this year which means so many very important things to him. First he'll go to kindergarten in the Fall, just like his brother and sister. Secondly, he'll get to be with lots of other kids his age, and I know he will love that! He is just so social...

Here's my card for Thomas...

I made a shaker card because I know he'll like to do the shaking of pieces of sparkling gold. His name is die cut with my new dies and I love how they came out!

The gold diecut for "Sprinkled" came from the PTI Shakers kit, as did most of the other stamping.  I also used Jennifer McGuire's idea of fun foam for the window to make it safer since I have to mail it. 

So the fun foam layer is between the blue front and the white card base. It really makes shaker windows easy to design for me.  The stitched rectangle was the perfect shape for this card.

I hope Thomas likes it...  Happy 5th birthday Thomas!