It's a year away!

It is a tradition in our family that when a child ( child???) reaches 30 years of age, it is too big of a birthday to celebrate in just one day. So I create 30 cards and mail one each day for a month. WIth David it was cards, with Amanda I tried to have all of the cards have a theme, cupcakes, and also didn't sign a lot of them and sent along a box of envelopes so she could recycle. And recycle she did ... I received one of my own cards back for my next birthday! Well, Steve will turn 30 next January and I am getting an early start on his cards. Thought of a lot of possible themes but settled on shoes and running, or might expand that theme into running and biking and races. When I think of Steve relaxing, those are the thoughts that come to mind.

I remember struggling to find 30 different cupcake ideas and am getting an early start on shoes. Will be adding photos to my sidebar as I go along. If you scroll WAYYYYYY to the bottom of my blog, you will see the 30 cupcake cards I made for Amanda. Not sure if I scanned David's, I was not quite so computer savvy in those days.

Here is card Number Two.  You will find the shoe digi here... I drew it from one of his running shoes from The Chicago Marathon.

Steve's shoes, card 1

I used the Wednesday sketch at Splitcoast to begin my collection of 30 cards for 30 days when my baby boy turns 30.  I would like to have a theme of shoes for Steve since he is a marathon runner - and Mutnik created this darling design of a cow with shoes just like Steve's.

Remember the "Key Lime Pie" card?

I needed a quick RAK ( Random Act of Kindness ) birthday card for a lady turning 91--- and whipped out my Key Lime Pie ( had to have a kitchen theme, had to have a key) from the Virtual Stamp night challenge and pasted inside,

That's how we do Birthdays in Florida!

Here it was one of the cards I thought I would never use, and I ended up pulling it out of the stack first!

 She's in Texas, so I am pretty sure she won't open the card and feel sun-envy like my northern friends might!

Happy Retirement!

Beccy said this image is called " Little Harvey" but to me it looks a lot like the husband of a very good friend of mine. Since he is about to retire and put on his lake shorts and take off his tie, it was a perfect image for a retirement card. Hope he will smile when he sees it!

I used complementary colors for the copic creations challenge this month. My scanner seems to see the red a lot more than I do. I am beginning to wonder if perhaps my scanner is just fine and my color vision is starting to go!

Sigh ... this getting old is not as much fun as it looks!

Teapot Tuesday!

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All sports are game for this challenge --- and since I really don't have a great collection of sports images, it was back to the drawing board. I left the edges a little more sketchy instead of a hard line, not sure if I like the look or if it looks unfinished.   But I am always in need of more sports images for my nephews, who are really into sports of any kind.

The scanner picked up a shadow on "The Farmington Gazette" that really is NOT that pronounced on the card, honest!

As always, if you like an image, feel free to take it and use it.  If you click on the label, "free digis" below, you will find links to all my posts with images for you to grab.

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Another virtual stamp night challenge

FEB11VSNL   Make a card with a kitchen or food theme ... bonus points to incorporate a key.

Ok my cards are now getting to the point of not being usual to mail as cards, but I was really pleased when I thought of Key Lime Pie.  


If anyone can think of what this card could say on the inside to make it useful, PLEASE add a suggestion in the comment section!


Edited March 2 ... I needed a quick RAK ( Random Act of Kindness ) birthday card --- and whipped out my Key Lime Pie ( had to have a kitchen theme, had to have a key) from the Virtual Stamp night challenge and pasted inside,

"That's how we celebrate Birthdays in Florida."

Here it was one of the cards I thought I would never use, and I ended up pulling it out of the stack first!

Still doing those Virtual Stamp night challenges!

I am still doing the challenges from splitcoast. This one was to be inspired by the photo on the left.  Each of my flowers pulls out with a message on it.  This was a really quick card, but I think it turned out quite cute.

And another late card ...

8:00 FEB11VSNM  Use a quote ...  Long live the Irish! Long live their cheer! Long live our friendship, year after year!

FInishing last night this morning ...

6:00  FEB11VSNK  card or project using vellum, but it has to be embossed with either a dry or heat embossing technique. 


I think the orange eye brad is about the only thing holding this card together since the double stick tape I used isn't doing a thing!