I made my first sample board for a class that I'm going to be teaching in Mission Valley Oasis in the Fall.  Not sure of the date but was pretty excited to come up with these cards.  As soon as I know the date I'll let you all know.

Doggie Heaven

 

Today I found out that our dear friends dog Swanson had died.  He was a wonderful retired guide dog.  He demeanor reminded us so much of Musket.  I understand what they are going through.  You know that your beloved dog has gone over the rainbow bridge and he's no longer in pain but it still hurts.  This is the card I made for them.  I put a lot of my doggie love into this card.  



60th Anniversary

 

Next week my friend Fran and her husband are celebrating their 60th anniversary.  Since money is tight right now I made their gift and I just love how it turned out.  I also loved doing this.  I was with a wonderful friend the other day and she gave me some wonderful insight.  She said to make things with my heart.  I just started working on this and I was in the zone and very happy with how it turned out.

I had some really great card making pen pals for awhile.  I truly learned a lot when we were all writing back and forth.  One time I got a card and it said “I absolutely love CAS cards.”  I had no idea what they were talking about.  Thought I’d share just a few that I’ve learned in the past just in case you go to a class you’ll know what everyone is talking about.

Common Papercrafting Acronyms

 

ATC	Artist Trading Cards
ATG	Adhesive Transfer Gun
CAS	Clean and Simple
CASE	Copy and Share Everything
CS	Cardstock
CHA	Craft & Hobby Association
DP	Designer Paper
DSP	Designer Series Paper
DT	Design Team
EP	Embossing Powder
LSS	Local Stamping Store
PP	Patterned Paper
WS	Workshop

I love playing with Stampin Up Stamps and dies, they make such a gorgeous card.  I used Bloomin with Kindness and Butterfly Basics for this card.

Well today with the help of my wonderful pen-pal friend Bonnie Szwalkiewicz of CraftiBlog I learned how to put my name on the bottom of my cards.  Thanks Bonnie you're the best!  Here's a fancy congratulations card I made for a friend that I thought I'd share with you today.



I have a ruff (pun intended) time around Mother's Day.  Even though I lost my Mom over 4 years ago I still miss her like crazy.  So I decided since I'm not a mother that I'm a Poochie Mama!  And I'm going to see if anyone else out there wants to have Poochie Mama day with me.  What do you all say to a National Poochie Mama Day?  I've made this card for a few of my friends who fit into the category.  The inside says...It's Poochie Mama Day!