Scrapbooking Weekend Gifts

Happy Monday to you........Today I want to share the gifts I made Nancy for our July Phoenix Scrapbooking Retreat. A little history about retreats I've planned in the past - I always take charge of bringing gifts for all the ladies. Nancy and my retreat was not going to be any different. First up I made Nancy a ribbon book mark. I started with a 15" piece of Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grossgrain Ribbon and cut a large flower from my Cricut Machine. I then layered scallop circles and stamped flowers which were cut out to the top and added a chocolate chip daisy brad to secure the entire package together. At the end of the ribbon I added a metal feligree and knotted the end to secure that to the ribbon.

To dress up the bottle of water I added a cute little hanger and added a scallop circle with a great little stamped flower in the center.

The main gift I made for Nancy is a chocolate chip purse that has a fun little handle and had four scallop circle cards with matching envelopes.

And my final gift was a post-it-note clip board. I covered chip board pieces with chocolate chip DSP and then added a bull clip which I covered with the same DSP and added ribbon to dress it all up. I just couldn't resist adding this FUN note to Nancy on the front of her post-it-note holder.

Nancy just LOVED all her gifts and I had a LOT of fun making these gifts for her.

Hope your week is starting out with a fabulous KICK and you can join me tomorrow for more creations that I've done in July. Keep Living Your Dream!

My July CraftNooners Card

Today I will be sharing the card I made for my CraftNooners Group for July. Our color challenge was Magenta and Old Olive ...... and our technique was a different folded card. Here's what I created.......... I met the color challenge without any problems......and my folded technique was a folded over -flip up and pull back......take a look:

Here is my card with the flaps starting to flap open..........

Here's a close-up on how the center flap releases and flips up to begin the unfolding process.

After the flap is released it begins to expose the center of the card.

And here is the card completed unfolded. This last flap folds up and the entire center of the card is exposed.

This challenge was FUN and most interesting to create for my CraftNooner Friends. I just can't wait to receive the cards that my friends make for this challenge.

Please stop back tomorrow and I'll have some fun creation to share with you. Until tomorrow - Keep Living Your Dream!

June CraftNooners Cards

As promised, today I will be sharing the cards that my fellow CraftNooners designed for June. The challenge was to make a card using the colors Grey and Yellow and the technique was to use something from the hardware store.......so let's go....... Here is Jan's card - How beautiful is this card? She used paint chips - counter top samples for her Tag and a washer for the center of her flower......Fabulous Job Jan......I think you are the Hardware Store Queen.

Next is Opal's card - she totally met the color challenge and used cork from the hardware store as her find. She used her yellow marker to color the cork in to look like lemons....HOW clever is that? Great job Opal!

Here's a close-up of the lemons on the tree.

And Berta used a wire mesh for her hardware store find - Have to say that I fell in LOVE with this card and all the texture that came along with her card. Truly a work of art.

Here's the close-up of Berta's mesh hardware find. Fabulous Job Berta!

I am truly blessed to be connected with these three very talented ladies. They do amazing work and to receive one of their cards is an honor.

Hope you are having a FUN weekend and you can return tomorrow for some more Kards by Kadie creations. Keep Living Your Dream!

CraftNooners Card for June

My CraftNooners Group (Hi Berta, Opal and Jan) get together and do a card in the box once a month - with summer in full swing two of the members leave and won't return till the end of fall. We decided to do a color challenge and special technique and mail each other our cards. FUN. So....each month till their return I will share our card challenge and not only what I did, but also what each of them did with the challenge. Here we go.....Our June Challenge was to create something using the colors Grey and Yellow and the Optional technique was to use something from the hardware store (which WAS going to be chanellege for me as my least favorite place to go is a hardware store). So here we go....I had NO TROUBLE meeting the color challenge. I did however have some trouble doing the hardware store find...... so what I did was pick up some Martha Stewart paint chip samples and used the SU Medium Jewelry Tag Punch to punch a mini tag that was then attached to my flower with some SU hemp.

Here's my card in all it's glory........I used the new SU Fancy Flower Extra-Large punch and layered it with the new 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Extra-Large punch. Adding a clear bitty button to the center helped to create a FUN focal point for this card.

I punched out the flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack and added a drop of stickles to the center of each flower. I also used the Modern Label Punch and the Word Window Punch and created my "I miss you" message for the front of this card.

Here's a close-up of the Tag I punched out with the Medium Jewelry Tag punch and then added a small flower rub-on to the center.

Here's another close-up of the Itty Bitty Flower punches which were layered in both corners of my card.

The whole idea behind our challenge is to not only challenge us with colors but also techniques....Have to say....this challenge did it.

I'll be back tomorrow to share what my fellow CraftNooners did with this challenge and assure you......You will be surprised when you see what they made. Until tomorrow.....Keep Living Your Dream.

Mouse Pad from Grandkids

Happy Thursday........I know I said I was done showing off birthday cards to you - but the one last birthday post I have is this fabulous gift my oldest daughter Cheryl made for me.....It's a mouse pad for the computer in my studio.....but....It's not just your average - run of the mill mouse pad.....LOOK! My daughter had decorated it with pictures of each of her three kids and made it an extra special mouse pad for me.......

Here's a shot of all three grandkids decorating this mouse pad........

And one of Steven Sewell....the youngest who is FIVE....

Hailey who is SEVEN and my daughters only girl.

And my oldest grandson Jared who is ELEVEN years old....... I have this mouse pad proudly displayed on my studio counter and smile each and every time I use it. It was the PERFECT gift for me. And the fact that my daughter made it.......made it even more special. Thank You Cheryl for such an extra special birthday gift......I LOVE IT!

Now we resume our regularly scheduled blog posting....so...please stay tuned tomorrow when I'll kick off the weekend with some fabulous creations I've been working on. Keep Living Your Dream!

Birthday Cards from SaddleBrooke Stampers

Today I want to share with you three birthday cards I received from my SaddleBrooke Stamper friends....... This first card is from my friend Kris. Love how she made the balloons strimming out of the back of the Bettle Bug......

And here is my Bettle Bug card screaming down SaddleBrooke Blvd. Don't you just all the details that Kris put into this card.....LOVE IT KRIS!

Next is the card my fellow CraftNooner Buddy Opal made for me. LOVE the texture she put into each of the three stacking cupcakes.

And here is Opals card - What a fun this was to open - I know Opal put a lot of time and love into this card.....thank you Opal for thinking of me.

And the last card I want to share with you is the card I received from my SaddleBrooke Stamper friends........One member in our group made this card and I'm thrilled to have received one of her cards. THANKS LADIES FOR REMEMBERING ME ON MY BIRTHDAY.

Hope you enjoyed my week-long birthday celebration.....I was a fabulous birthday and I'm truly blessed to be surrounded by so many loving and caring family and friends. Thank You all for making this an extra special birthday.

Family and Friends Cards

What a busy year this was for my birthday. The next three cards I received were from our dear dear friend Lois in Indiana (Think of you often Lois and hope you are doing well)......My son Michael and grandkids Zach and Madelyn sent me the Sprinkles in the mouth card......and the wise owl card is from Jack's nephew Jerry and MaryAnn (LOVE the card). This card is a special card from my daughter Jenni and hubby Michael. What a beautiful card and heartfelt nessage......LOVE IT Jenni!

My two favorite neighbors Jack and Ginny gave me this very funny card the Friday night before my birthday. They also gave me this amazing "Bear Butt" cover for my Putter. TOO FUN!

And without a doubt Nancy gave me this truly funny funny card along with a gift certificate for Golder Ranch Nails to have a manicure and pedicure on her..........OOOOLAAAAAA LAAAA Nancy - loved it and thought of you while I had it done.

And last but not least, our good friend Dick down in Texas sent this very cute talking - singing card to me......to funny. Dick always seems to send me something that totally makes me smile - You didn't fail me this year Dick....LOVED MY CARD.

Many THANKS to all my friends who remembered my birthday - I am honored to have each of you in my life. Keep Living Your Dream!