Jimmy's 34th Birthday Card

This was the birthday card that I made for my brother, Jimmy, back in October.

The patterned papers are from Close to My Heart and the cardstock is Bazzill.

The embroidery floss, buttons & brads are from Close to My Heart and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up. I used the Postage Stamp Nestability to cut out the die-cut.

The moose & sentiment stamp used on the front of the card are from Whipper Snapper and the "Happy Birthday" stamp used on the inside of the card is from Inkadinkado.

Happy Birthday Shanna!

Last weekend was my best-friend, Shanna's, birthday and this was the card that I made for her.

I used BoBunny's Etc. 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill Cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday - Every Day Fun Twine, Prima Marketing Say It in Pearls Brown Swirl and Antique Brass Medium Brads from my stash. The Prima Marketing Say It in Pearls Brown Swirl was one big embellishment that I cut up to suit my needs.

The three die-cuts on my page were cut out with the Postage Stamp, Floral Doily Motifs and Circle Nestabilities and all the patterned papers were distressed with CTMH's Chocolate Ink and a sponge dauber.

The stamps sets used for this card are Stampin' Up's Happiest Birthday Wishes and Perfect Words Stamp Sets. These are both Hostess Rewards stamp sets.

This was the first card that I got to sign our son's name to.

Happy Birthday!

Here is a fun birthday card that I made a couple of months back.

The patterned paper is from BoBunny's 6 x 6 Garden Girl Paper Pack and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I tied the two orange water balloons with Baker's Twine from my stash and the rhinestones are from Kaiser Craft's line. The flower border was punched out with one of EK Success' large border punches.

The sentiment stamp on the front of the card is from Penny Black and the inside sentiment stamp is from Stampendous.

TJ's Nursery & Announcement

Good day!

I am sorry that I haven't been posting for awhile. I was having a problem with my blog and I wasn't able to upload any of my photos. Three weeks ago today, I had finally booked an appointment with my "Nerds on Site" guy to come and fix my computer, but I went into labour that day.

So, we finally got the problem with my blog fixed today and now I am able to blog again. I am not too far behind with my posts because I wasn't able to scrapbook for most of my pregnancy due to the pain that I was in.

The above photos are of my son's nursery.

TJ (Trevor John) Digby was born on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:53 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 7.5 ounces and was 21.25 inches long.

He is named after his dad, Trevor and the name John is after my dad & my grandfather's first names and my brother & my cousin's middle names. These are all the important men in my life. Also, his initials are TJD. My maiden name initials were DJT (Donna Jean Thomson).

The first photo of the nursery is of the vinyl, chocolate brown tree & quote that is on the wall above TJ's crib. The tree is from Stampin' Up and it is the largest one that you can get. For the quote, I used the font from my "Child's First Year" Cricut Cartridge, Cricut brown vinyl and my husband's laser level.

As for a photo of my son being posted on my blog, I just don't feel comfortable doing it. If you go to my store's blog, you will see our new family photo with TJ in it. When it comes to the world wide web, I limit my children's photos to the minimum. That is why my layouts are always posted with just the mats or the photos covered up.

When you come by the store, you will see him in person or you will see his photos on my layouts on display in the store once I get back into my scrapbooking.

Thank you to everyone who has sent us email best wishes or who have dropped off gifts for TJ. Your love & generousity is greatly appreciated. We are very fortunate to have so many people who care about us and we truly appreciate it.

So Many Smiles....

My cousin, Emma, turned 12 last week and I made this card for her from my grandparents (her great-grandparents).

I loved this card so much, that I made 3 more.

The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup "Dutch Mustard Soup" 6 x 6 mini pad and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I used one of EK Success' border punches and stitched with my sewing machine.

The happy face stamp & inside sentiment stamp came from an old Stampin' Up stamp set called "Smile". The sentiments on the front of the card are from Stampin' Up's "Petite Pairs" stamp set in their current catalogue and the "Happy Birthday" came from CTMH's "Say It In Style" stamp set.

I do hope that your day is the happy-face kind!

Happy 14th Birthday Darrien!

I made this card for my 14 year old cousin, Darrien. She loves sock monkeys, so this was the perfect stamp set to use for her card.

I used BoBunny's Forever Fall 6 x 6 paper pack with BoBunny Double Dot Cardstock.

I used CTMH Flower Buttons, BoBunny Ribbon, KI Memories Paper Clip, embroidery floss from my stash and Tim Holtz's Paper Distressor to rough up the edges of the papers.

The "Sock Monkey" stamp set and the "Petite Pairs" stamp set are both from Stampin' Up.

I coloured the sock monkey in with Copic Markers, but forgot to write down which ones.

Happy 12th Birthday Emma!

I made this card for my 12 year old cousin, Emma. She is a real outdoors person, so this image was perfect for her.

The patterned papers are from Kaiser Craft's Hey Birdie 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock used on this card is from Bazzill.

The oval and scalloped oval were cut out with nestabilities and the small flowers were punched out with an EK Success small flower punch.

The glitter brads are from Stampin' Up and I used Stickles (glitter glue) in the middle of the punched out flowers.

The image stamp is from CC Designs, the "Happy Birthday" stamp is from CTMH and the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Copic Markers used are: Face - E00 & E000; Brown - E23, E25 & E27; Pink - R83 & R85