For Dad….

My Father has been gone for many many years and neither of my children ever got to meet him or be surrounded by his love.  And even after all these years (approx. 52) I still miss him. But, I do have some wonderful and loving  memories of him – one of those being spending time together in the garden – planting and weeding, catching dragonflies on my finger and marveling at that beautiful quiet iridescence. I’m sure that is why, along with birds ~ gardening and dragonflies are amongst my very most favorite things in life.

A few cards for Father’s Day and some for any occasion for the men in our lives. I’m hooking up to The Kraft Journal for the use of Kraft cardstock (many of these are based on the Kraft cardstock as well), Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge #62 for Father’s Day, and Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #73 Masculine with Ribbon or Trim.

 

  

And some for Lake Tahoe Holidays

Happy Father’s Day Dad ~ I miss you.

Happy Monday on Tuesday

How’s that for a title. I just couldn’t get around to posting this yesterday ~ but I wanted to show you what we woke up to on Monday morning…

Yep ~ Happy Spring! This is so typical for us. I love it, but it sure does make for very late Spring planting and a really short growing season. We don’t even start planting until Memorial Day weekend ~ except for maybe a few very cold hardy flowers.

My husband buys me indoor flowering plants this time of year because ~ he loves me yes ~ but he also knows how antsy I get.

Another Mother’s Day card to celebrate Spring

With coordinating envelope

take care friends, Dru

Happy Mother’s Day to Mum

I was so excited to join in the challenge for The Shabby Tea Room, Week # 160 that I did my usual and didn’t really pay close attention – why – because I’m an airhead sometimes. But really, I do not take part in challenges to win anyway – I just want to take part and maybe meet new friends, so ~ the challenge is Blue, White or Cream, and Kraft (the one I didn’t really notice) I had just made this card with coordinating envelope, hadn’t posted it to my blog or my Etsy shop yet, and decided to just play along.

 

Take care friends

Mom

Another Mother’s Day card or for that matter any occasion you’d like to give a card to '”Mom”. Hooking up to Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound hosted by Berverly.

I’ve used vintage ephemera, a beautiful collaged digital image from BitMap,  painted and glittered fleur de lis from Michael’s Recollections collection along with a paper flower ~ also from that collection, and a few of my own handmade embellishments.

I’ve also begun making a decorated glassine envelope for my cards to either hand deliver or slip into a package. My cards do not fit well into a standard mailing envelope due to the embellishments ~ but who wants to just hand someone a card??? So here is my solution… and this card can still be found in my Etsy shop.

Happy Pink Saturday!!

Dru

Happy Mother’s Day to Grandma

Who do you give Mother’s Day cards to ~ other than your Mother of course? Besides my Mother-In-Law I send one and a gift to my daughter and if I had a living grandmother I would do the same for her. I’m sure I’m not the only one. So this card was created for someone’s Grandmother. I love working with Kraft card stock – it’s so earthy and organic to me and lends itself perfectly to vintage, elegance, rustic, primitive and on and on. I think too, that using corrugated cardboard with paint and glitter complement it so well . I ran into a challenge website just for Kraft card stock - The Kraft Journal and so I decided I would take part in this week’s challenge “Anything Goes”.

Along with the card I created a decorative glassine envelope for hand delivering or tucking into a present as most of my cards do not do well in a standard mailing envelope. 

Anyway, pop on over to The Kraft Journal and check it out. If you love Kraft card stock, you’ll love this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and take care,

Dru

Happy Easter Pink Saturday

A Peaceful and Happy Easter to all of you ~ hooking up to How Sweet the Sound for Easter Pink Saturday.

Dru

Easter Bunnies

One final little banner for Easter ~ this one was made for Lake Tahoe Holidays here in South Lake Tahoe. I loved working with my new little bunny die from Papertrey. I think the next one I make like this, I’m going to use the ribbon bows as their cottontails. Hooking up with How Sweet the Sound for Pink Easter Saturday.

Have a great weekend and take care…