Oh Happy Day – It’s FriDAY!
My hummingbird photo quest got me in the mood to make a card with a hummingbird on it too, so I brought out the SU Bloomin Marvelous stamp set with some pear pizazz and calypso coral inks and created this happy card for today.
Have a wonderful weekend and celebrate EVERY day!
Cheers and Hugs,
Jodi
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Today is my 50th day blogging LifeinBetween.Me – and my 50th post!
What a joy it has been to receive messages and comments from folks I didn’t even know were reading this fun little project of mine…
People I know – and people I don’t – some who I haven’t talked to in a while – and some who are becoming new friends!
If I can make an impact in some small way, then it is a success!
Today’s card is a thank you to all of you. This was a super easy and fun one to make that was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest by a StampinUp Design Artisan! – Becky Cowley.
The fun part about it was making the faux enamel dots. While I only needed a few, I thought it well worth making a bunch in an assortment of colors and sizes. I used a variety of punches (including the good ole’ StampinUp Owl Punch!), which has several different size circles.
After punching out the circles (and even a couple little hearts), I scattered them on wax paper and put a “glob” (such a technical term) of StampinUp’s Crystal Effects on each. Then you just let them dry to a shiny, glossy, bright and fun embellishment for future cards.
Wishing you a shiny, bright and fun day.
at LifeinBetween.
Cheers and Hugs,
Jodi
I’ve always loved bright orange poppies.
It’s so sad that they are only around for about two weeks of the whole entire year, but boy they sure do make their statement when they are here.
Though they are done for the year, I was inspired by a great stamper (and friend) who made a beautiful card recently using the SU Pleasant Poppies stamp – Cindy Brumbaugh at CindyLeeBeeDesigns.
For this card, I also used a fun watercolor and sea salt technique I learned from Patty Bennett (and her dad 🙂 ).
I finished it with one of my favorite new sentiment stamp sets – SU Hi There – for a cheery Hello.
Hello Friday!
Glad you are here, because you are bringing with you some of our favorite peeps to spend some time with us.
Your room is ready, Joyce and Rob.
See you soon Gary and Cindy and Jack and Kathleen!
Happy weekend all!
Cheers and Hugs,
Jodi
Oh the joys of receiving a handwritten note! Don’t you love it when you go to the mailbox and there is an actual card or note or letter instead of the usual junk mail, advertisements, catalogues and bills?
In fact….. as I type this… I am trying to remember the last time I actually received a “letter.” Hmmmm…… Does anyone write letters anymore? I honestly can’t recall the last time I received one.
I know I am thrilled when I get an actual note or card. Especially a handwritten note or card!
In our current day and age of emails, texts, and instant messages, a LONG Thank You Note is: TYVM (instead of just TY or THX).
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Remember when we used to pass “notes” in class? (before cell phones and texts and snap chat) Boy am I sounding O L D !
I recently discovered a couple of great treasures I had boxed in the attic with some old photo albums.
This first one is a book of “notes” from my 9th grade BFF Sara that we passed back and forth during class. She made this as a gift for me when her Dad got transferred for work (to China!) and she had to move away. How funny it is to remember the “important” things we had to write about – almost always boys!
And then there is this little gem that brought tears to my eyes as I remembered receiving this “good-bye” friendship gift when I was moving away to a new town from a very sweet girl (the same one who I boiled worms with in Grandma’s kitchen from my Stella Star post). She had to have spent HOURS typing (on a TYPEWRITER) and drawing and writing a book of poems on friendship for me!
And guess what?! We are still friends. In fact, she is one of my BFFs!
So, my dear sweet Janet (SURPRISE!) – do you remember making me this wonderful gift? We are “Friends Forever!”
I can’t wait to share this with her tomorrow evening when she comes over for dinner – with a glass of wine for me and a “Zach Special” for her! (Oh Zach – see how we remember you!)
And then – the piece de resistance – those wonderful handmade cards from our children or that we ourselves made as children? I’ll bet many of us have a stack in a shoebox, folder or special drawer. We get them out and go through them every once in a while and smile and reminisce.
Aren’t they the best!?!
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So I made this card and wrote a note inside and put it in the mail today for someone special.
I hope they enjoy receiving it as much as I enjoyed making it. They deserve it. They did something very special, and I wanted to thank them, from the heart, and with lots of love.
Those are the kinds of things I think about and are important to me (and I hope you) at Life In Between.
Cheers and hugs,
Jodi
(P.S. for my stampin’ friends, this card features the SU En Francais and Thoughts and Prayers stamps)
This week was my BFF Jill’s birthday, and I had so much fun making this card for her.
Jill is one of the most creative people I know. She is one of the most generous and giving people also, so a special card was in order.
Goal was to embody creativity, artistic expression, use primary colors (Jill’s faves), and show lots of love. I like how it turned out.
For my crafting, card-making, and StampinUp friends, this card featured the following SU stamps: Hardwood, Work of Art, Banner Blast.
The chalkboard sentiment is white heat embossed.
This might also make a great teacher appreciation or end of school year card.
Here are a couple more featuring the new “Work of Art” stamp. It’s a little more abstract than I am used to working with, but fun to break out of the usual.
For this one below, I used some of the new muted shades of Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, and Hello Honey stamped in a masked circle, then heat embossed the new blended bloom flower stamp with gold, dabbed with Gorgeous Grunge and added a few sequins.
For this chevron and heart one, I added some blackberry bliss and tangelo twist and blinged it up with a couple of rhinestones.
And finally, I love the brushstroke look of the Work of Art stamp and how simple yet unique it can make a card. Gold embossing “glammed” it up.
That’s some playing around in my craft room at … Life In Between.
Cheers and Hugs,
Jodi
Marty was on the tractor last night working in the yard.
He makes me sooooo nervous on that thing that I cannot watch. I seriously have anxiety attacks watching him. It’s me – not him! Such a Nervous Norman I am! He is so handy and talented and such a hard worker, but the older we get, the more I worry about him. Oh that little Marty McKinney!
He was moving some rocks around, and…. err… well… not to give it away… but… if you read the title – ’nuff said! Tractor and driver in tact though, so all good – THIS time!
So to distract myself, I decided to color.
I have always loved coloring (and swinging). I’d say they were two of my favorite childhood past times. So I’ve been having fun lately playing with alcohol markers and amazed at how they blend and you can create so many effects.
Here is the card I created last night trying out a little watercolor background technique with one of the new Bloom with Hope flower stamps that I find simplistically stunning.
Here are a couple other flowers I had fun coloring and creating cards with.
This one is the SU Blended Bloom Stamp and I love the orange and purple together.
For this one, I used the same Blended Bloom Stamp but made it in shades of yellow and blinged it up a little with liquid crystal effects and some dazzling diamonds glitter. The ribbon is the new Hello Honey color I just love.
And another twist on it here.
A seriously addictive stamp to color.
And a GREAT stress reliever…
Just something to do in – life in between.
Cheers and Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 