Birthday easel card box

I made this for my SIL Claire; who is married to my brother Peter.  Peter has Parkinson's Disease and also Alzheimer's Disease and is in a nursing home.  Claire has been very good to Peter.  I made her a bracelet which can be found here in this post.

Her birthday is August 11th and here is the card I made for her:

Another view:

A view of the card closed:

I used the tutorial that Joani posted on her blog here.

It was a lot easier than I thought it would be and I had a lot of fun with this project.  The card stock is from my stash.  The designer paper is from Stampin Up, the brad is from my stash and the stamped image is a Verve stamp.  I stamped the tulips twice and popped it up on the main image.  I was very pleased with how this project turned out.

I will be making Claire a necklace to go with the bracelet that I made for her.  I'm sure she will be pleased as punch to receive it.

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Christmas in July

I made this card last month.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.  It looks much better in real life:

I love the pinwheel on this card.  The designer paper is from CTMH; brad from my stash; the embossed piece is the Petals a Plenty embossing folder from Stampin Up.  I embossed it using my cuttlebug (love this gadget!).  I used shiny gold card stock for the card and the 2 squares behind the pinwheel and the ribbon is from my rather large stash of ribbon.

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Card class with Nicky

On Wednesday after work I went to a card making class at my favourite scrappbooking store which was taught by none other than Nicky Manel.  We made 5 cards and I will be mailing one of them to my younger sister Alice, who will be celebrating a birthday on July 27th.

Here are the cards we made:

This card is so pretty in real life and I love the punch we used on this card.  

Love butterflies!

If you look closely there is some glitter on the Bo Bunny paper circles.  I also love the bling!

I kinda screwed up when I stamped the swirl on this card but "fixed" it with a glue pen and glitter.  There is also some glitter on the birthday tag.

The owner of Pointer Scrapbooking is making rubber stamps and I couldn't resist buying this one:

Hmm, looks like I better get out my paint brush and go over the leaves with some more colour.

I thoroughly enjoyed this class and learned some new techniques painting with markers and mineral spirits.
I still have some cards to put together for a class that my niece Krista had in the spring.  I wasn't able to get to the class but got all the elements from Krista to put together the cards and a box to hold them.  When I get them done, I will post them here.

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Happy Birthday Janice!

Janice turned 29 (again) on Saturday.  It seems like yesterday that I was bringing her home from the hospital!  She did not want a fuss made but I did make her a card:

The inside:

 I came across this blog post and immediately fell in love with this card:  
Diana also did a tutorial for this technique which can be found here.

I used a Just Rite stamp for my card and used my nesties in my cuttlebug to cut and emboss it. I also used a Stampin Up Embossing folder in my cuttlebug for the faux metal tin ceiling technique and cut the squares with a punch. The tulips were coloured with Prismacolour pencils.  The card base is red and I thought the black and pink made a nice contrast.  I stamped the inside sentiments and then cut and embossed them in my cuttlebug as well.  The butterfly was cut with a Martha Stewart punch (love her punches!).  I was quite pleased with how this card turned out.

Here are some pics of my beautiful daughter:

Cheers!

Looking Good!

The 1st picture was taken last Christmas and the 2nd picture was taken a year ago.  She is expecting her 3rd child in November and I'm sure she would kill me if I posted a picture of her baby bump!
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Happy Birthday Brooke!

On Wednesday, July 7, my granddaughter Brooke turned 3.  We had a party for her yesterday.  2 of her little friends came to celebrate with her.  They had a blast playing in the bouncy castle and in the pool.  Here are some pics I took:

Chocolate Dora Cake

Blowing out the candles with her friends and sister Sierra looking on.

Mmm, chocolate cake and ice cream!

And here is the card I made for her:

The inside:

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Happy Canada Day everyone!

From my 5 yr. old granddaughter, Sierra!

She is wearing a Swiss t-shirt that her Daddy brought back for her when he went to Switzerland on business.

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Happy 143rd Birthday Canada!

Opa and I will be celebrating Canada Day with Sierra and Brooke and my DD Janice and SIL Rob.  We are planning on going the Milton Fairgrounds with them.
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Happy Birthday Evert!

We attended a family reunion yesterday in Peterborough ON where my brother Evert lives.  The reunion was held in his church.  We sent Evert home after lunch and while he was gone, some of his friends came over to surprise him.  I made this card for him in the morning before I left, and then typical of me, forgot to bring it with me to give to him so I will mail it to him in the morning.  When Evert came back, he was quite surprised to see his friends that came to wish him well on his birthday.  There was lots of food and we had a blast!

Here is the inside of the card:

Unfortunately, some of my family members couldn't make it to the reunion due to other commitments. My SIL   Claire who is married to my brother Peter was unable to make it as she is in the hospital recuperating from pancreatitis.  Peter is in a nursing home.  He has been ill for a long time with Alzheimer's disease as well as Parkinson's disease.  Herb and I stopped in to see Claire on our way home.  Please keep her in your prayers.

I enjoyed catching up with my family that was there.  My niece Krista (Evert's daughter) is a CTMH consultant and she brought along the scrapbook album that she made for the 2 trips she and her hubby made to El Salvador and Nicarauga. Her husband Chris is a pharmacist and he volunteers for FTC Canada (Feed the Children).  He has made several trips with FTC Canada to distribute much needed medications and vitamins to the people.  Krista has made 2 of the trips with Chris and has worked right along side of him to help out.  She has written an account of the trip to El Salvador on her blog.  It is quite a humbling experience.  I must say that I admire both of them for volunteering their precious time to this cause.  The scrapbooking she did is absolutely wonderful and gives a full account of their experience.

Krista also made an album for her twin brother Tony and his wife Theresa documenting the experience they had 2 years ago when their then 10 month old son, Benjamin underwent open heart surgery at Sick Children's Hospital here in Toronto to repair a hole in his heart.  Ben will be 3 in August and is a real going concern as he was running all over the hall yesterday.  To see him today you would not know that he was a very sick little boy 2 years ago.  I also got to meet the newest member of their family yesterday.  Samuel joined Tony & Theresa's family in Nov. of last year.  He is a happy healthy baby and was quite content to sit and watch everyone and chew on anything and everything he could put in his mouth as he is teething.

Krista also made an album for her parent's 35th wedding anniversary last year which also found its way to the reunion.  It was fun going through the album and looking at all the old pictures.

All in all, we had a busy day and I was pooped when I came home.

Hooray for the red, white & blue!!

The Netherlands has won a game against Japan in South Africa at the World Cup!  Hubby said it`s because they didn`t wear their wooden shoes!  Grrrr!!  I keep reminding him that I`m his Dutch Treat!

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Mojo Monday on Saturday - Happy Father's Day Opa!!

I made a Father's Day card for Opa and while looking for a sketch to follow; I went to the Mojo Monday blog and found this sketch.

Here is the card I made for Opa:

Here is the inside of the card:

I left some space so I could write a personal note to him.

I love the papers I used.  I also used my nestibilities and a Fiskar's star punch.  The star charm and ribbon are from my stash.  The sentiment is a Just Rite sentiment.  The sentiment inside the card is from my stash and unfortunately, I do not know which company it is from as I lost er threw out the package it came in.

Both Opa and I are off this week and I am looking forward to spending some time with my best friend who is a star in my eyes.  I'm sure that my daughter and son also feel he is a star.

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Look Oma, no training wheels

I took these pictures of 5 yr. old Sierra riding her 2 wheeler.  She learned to ride it about 2 weeks ago but just learned this past weekend how to get on it by herself and start riding.  She and her mother rode their bikes to the farmer's market downtown on Saturday morning.  They had to get off their bikes to go up and down the hills but Sierra rode her bike there and back again.  Her mother had a toddler's cart behind her bike that held Sierra's sister Brooke who will be 3 next month.

Sierra and Brooke will be welcoming a baby brother or sister into their family in November.  DD is expecting # 3 and as with Sierra and Brooke, she and her hubby do not want to know the sex of the baby.

 

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Birthday Card for Sierra

Sierra will be turning 5 on Tuesday - where has the time gone?  She is an extremely bright young lady and is
already learning how to read.  We had a small birthday party for her yesterday at her house.  Her Mom cooked her favourite meal which was really yummy.  She had a lot of fun opening her gifts.  Opa and I gave her a bathing suit, and a tiered skirt with 2 matching tops.  I also made her a pink heart pendant necklace and I also made a blue flower pendant necklace for Brooke.  Mommy and Daddy gave her 2 books, a puzzle and a Fisher Price Doll House.  She and Brooke had a blast playing with the doll house.  She also spent some time reading her 2 new books with Mommy and I.  I was amazed at how fast she is learning how to read.

Here is the card I made along with the "purse" that I made to hold the necklace I made for her:

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Inside the card:

I used some prima flowers to cover the brads inside the "purse".  I found the instructions for this purse on this blog.  The purse box was designed to hold cards and envelopes that you can make as a gift for someone but I think it can be used for any small gift such as jewellery, candy, etc.

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Here are the list of items used to make the card and purse:

Paper:  Pink Bazill card stock, Best Creations - Once upon a dream (love this paper!), DCWC glitter mat paper for the stars and butterflies, 

Punches: Star punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly border punch - every other butterfly is embossed on this punch. Creative Memories butterfly punch.

Brads and ribbon from my stash.

This is the pink heart pendant necklace I made for Sierra:  

Unfortunately, the pendant does not show up that well in the photo.  The pendant is Chinese Crystal.  The clasp I used is a magnetic clasp.  I was afraid that if someone pulled on the necklace while Sierra was wearing it, it would hurt her.  With a magnetic clasp the necklace would just come off.  Sierra loves this necklace but played with it so much taking it off and putting it back on that she broke it.  I took the necklace home with me and will repair it for her but will put on a different clasp so that she is not tempted to putting it on and taking it off.

This is the necklace I made for Brooke.  Janice told me that Brooke's nose would be out of joint if I didn't make her a necklace too.  Thankfully, I had already bought the blue beads and Swarovski flower pendant to make a necklace for Brooke.  I had intended to make it for her birthday in July so I made it yesterday morning instead before heading out to their house to celebrate Sierra's birthday.  The photo I took does not show the pendant very well.

 

Brooke's favourite colour is blue and Sierra's favourite colour is pink.  Both girls were tickled pink with their necklaces.

Here is the pendant I used on Brooke's necklace:  

http://www.brightlingsbeads.com/6744-flower-pendant-aquamarine-12mm.html

This heart pendant from Swarovski is very similar to the one I used on Sierra's necklace:

http://www.brightlingsbeads.com/rose-6202-10.html

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Happy Mother's Day!

"If roses grow in Heaven Lord, please pick a bunch for me. Place them in my Mother's arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her that I love and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile. Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day, but there is an ache within my heart that will never go away." 

Henderika Posthumus nee Van Duinen

Nov. 17, 1913 - Jan. 27, 1983

Love you and miss you and think of you often.

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Better late than never!

Here are the valentine easel cards I made for Sierra and Brooke.  I forgot to take pictures before I gave them the cards so had to wait to take a picture when I had my camera with me at their house.

The cards were very easy to make - I just used my MS punches and added some metallic red hearts.  The girls loved their cards.

Here is a pic of my 2 precious granddaughters:

I did something really dumb today - I mailed cards to the girls today and I did it again!  I forgot to take a picture of them.  DUH!!  The cards I made are tent cards.  I'll have to wait to take pictures of them again.  I'm glad my daughter is keeping all the cards I've made for the girls.  She will be making a scrapbook with them for Sierra and Brooke.

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