Another Birthday Card

I needed to add to my supply of birthday cards. They are pretty much gone. I ran across this stamp set that I have had for ages and never used - anyone else do that? Nope? just me? lol. Anyway it is from Crafty Secrets and called Bird Lovers. I made it so very simple. Just stamped it and colored a bit with my Copics. Used a Nestie to cut it out, used some distress ink around the edges and scored it with my ScorBuddy. Doesn't get any easier.

Work right now is just crazy. The end of the school year is always nuts. Friday is the kids last day for the 10-11 school year.

Until next time, Happy Trails to you...


Sheri

Happy Birthday Joanne and Marcia!

Good Evening Friends. I was going to post on Mother's Day but I ended up being sick all day. Today I am feeling a bit better so wanted to get this on here before it is too late. My cousin, Joanne has a birthday today. I learned to ride a bike on her farm and this bike reminds me of the bike I learned on. Of course Joanne is not nearly as old as this lady but she has just as much fun as this one looks like she is having. Joanne, if that old bike is still around, get it out and take a spin today! Hope your day was as special as you.

May is a birthday month. Tomorrow is my sister's birthday and she is getting a card I had on my blog a while back with the lady and the walker. I know she will get a kick out of it. She doesn't read my blog so the secret is safe unless she already has received it. Happy Birthday to you Marcia.

This image is a digi and colored with my Copics.

Until next time, Happy trails to you...

Sheri

All Things Grow With Love

Whew! What a weekend we had. On Saturday we took Lucy to Bark in the Park which is an annual fundraiser for the dog parks. There were many many vendors there and a good time was had by all. We had company after that and then we went to do our normal Saturday morning chores. Saturday night we discovered that our freezer was on its last leg. Of course this was the Berkshire meetings here in Omaha and we had already decided we would not need anything so we chose not to get credentials. Dumb move. So now we are at Nebraska Furniture Mart with thousands of others trying to buy a freezer without credentials! We were fortunate that they gave us the discount anyway. So that took forever! We came home, cleaned out the utility room to get ready for the delivery today. After we did that, we mowed the yard and then I went with my friend Pat, to get flowers for the front yard. Came back home and cooked dinner and then Lucy and I went for a long walk. End of weekend! I took today off of work to get a few things done, that has changed to getting the freezer and planting flowers. Oh, and scrubbing the kitchen floor. Doesn't it sound like fun?

Now here is what you came to see. The card. This is a digi image called Sprout. Isn't she cute? I colored her with my Copics. This is a twisted easel card - so easy to make! The paper is new but I used the last of it here and can't remember the name. The flowers are stickers from my stash. I am so happy with how she turned out. What do you think?

Until next time...

Happy trails to you

Sheri

Spring Jar

Can you stand one more jar card? Another Papertrey Ink image with flowers in the jar. I loved the bright colors of this one. Papers were from my stash - newer but already cut so don't remember whose they are. I put a button for the center of each of my flowers.

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter, Passover or whatever you celebrate. I hope you are having some nice weather where you are. Sure wish we could say we are but today is very windy and the wind chills make the temperature feel like 32 degrees. Of course we still have the high winds. I am beginning to wonder if spring will ever get to Nebraska...

Until next time, Happy trails to you...

Sheri

Bunny in the Jar

Good morning! Don't you just love lazy Saturday mornings? Remember last week I said spring had finally arrived? Well as quickly as it came it has left. We had pouring rain for two days with lots of wind. Finally today the rain has stopped but it is still very cloudy and very very windy. It is only 34 degrees with a wind chill of 18 degrees. I guess the bright side is that we are not shoveling snow!

So back to my "in the jar" cards. It is fun deciding what goes into the jar next! Today I put a bunny in the jar. The background paper as well as the pink and brown polka dot paper is from The Girls' Paperie and is from the vintage whimsy collection. It is a double sided paper which I think takes all the guess work out of making a card! I colored with Copics. The flower strip along the bottom is from Doodlebug and is part of a package of paper frills. The yellow candy dots are from Pebbles.

I made this for my friend Connie. She has received it and asked that I put it on my blog so hi Connie! Just for you :)

Until next time, happy trails to you ....

Sheri

Easter Chick

I am having so much fun with the Friendship Jar and Spring Additions from Papertrey Ink. This is just one of many of the cards I have made with it. I used Girls Paperie paper - isn't it just one of the prettiest papers you have ever seen? I got it at Archivers. I put a doily on top of that and then my jar. Of course I used my Copics to color and popped the chick up with pop dots. I didn't have any ribbon the right color so I used white ribbon and colored it with my Copics.

It has finally turned to spring here and we are loving the warm sun on our faces. Leaves are popping out all over and our little Lucy is happily playing at the puppy park once again. It is fun to see all of the new puppies coming for the first time. Seems just a little while ago that it was us and Lucy was so afraid to get off of my lap. Now she acts as if she owns the place!

Until next time... Happy Trails to you...

Sheri

Easter Bunny

First off when you finish here head over to http://jacquesmagnolias.blogspot.com/2011/04/sweet-stuff-and-beautiful-tilda-at-just.html and see the great give away she has going on!

Now for my card. I was at my friend, Georgia's house last week and we got a lot done. She had this stamp and it was really calling my name. I forgot to look to see who makes this stamp but I am pretty sure she said she has had it for a very long time so it may be discontinued by now. I colored with my Copics of course and then found these papers in my stash. Now why did I buy those papers in the first place? I can't imagine what I was thinking but they sure are perfect for this bunny and his carrot. I popped the image up on pop dots and used my Spica glitter pen for a little sparkle. I didn't add any embelishments as I thought this wild paper was enough. Oh, and of course I used my Nesties for the cutting.

I believe spring is really trying to get here now. We have had blue skies 2 days in a row and temperatures in the 60's. Now speaking of temps, I have a friend in Alaska, hi Elizabeth! and she wrote to me that it was 11 below zero and they could finally go outside with just a light sweater on. I asked her if I had read that right and she said yes, it feels very warm after the 60 below zero temperatures they have in the winter. So I guess it is all in what you get used to. Don't think I want to get used to that!

Until next time, happy trails to you...

Sheri