Birthday Cards...Warning Picture Heavy

Hello my crafty friends, May is flying by already! At this rate, summer will be over before we know it. It already goes by way to fast. Our weather is still all over the place. Over the weekend, we were in the 90's and now.....back to the 60's. Lots of rain as well. You'd think it was April, not May. Mother Nature is so confused. lol Anyway, I hope you are having nice weather where you are at. 

I have some birthday cards to share. Been making some to add to the stash as it was getting low. I also wanted to play with the sliced circles that everyone is layering and adding to their cards, just for something different. I'm not sure what this design is called, concentric circles maybe?? Some I put sentiments on the outside and some I'm still thinking about whether I want an outside sentiment or just the inside sentiments. And I had another sympathy card go out...again.

Still trying to use up the cute papers I printed a few years ago! I am almost through them all.

This begins these halved circle cards. I didn't do this one the right way, but didn't want to waste the circles, so used them anyway. Still gives a cute look I thought. So you will see a few not done in the right way...if there is a right way.

I think I got the circles half way right with this one. lol 

This one I think I got these circles right...well almost anyway. It looks like they aren't aligned right, but in real life they aren't off this much! 

                                                                    Half right 

Again, half right with these circle, but till think it makes a cute card.

Last one done in this style. It is navy blue and gray. Made it for a guy who does Civil re-enacting. Even though he is "for" the North side, I used both the south and north colors. Kept it very simple since it was a masculine card. Hard to tell, but I did emboss the background with a subtle SU embossing folder.

                             Not crazy over this one, but it isn't real bad either. 

Lastly, my sympathy card. The people this card went to were very outdoorsy people, so thus why this design. I was pleased with how this one came out. 

           And the inside. I had cut a strip off my panel and used it on the inside of the card. 

Gosh, if you stuck with me this long.....a huge thank you!!!! As always, I thank you for taking the time out of your busy day and visiting a spell with me. I know everyone is super busy, nice weather makes one want to be outside and of course doing outside work. I'd rather be mowing that shoveling snow! Your comments always bring sunshine to my day and put pep in my step. If I haven't been by to see you, I hope to be soon! I had a fall from air freshener fall out on the floor, made my feet come out from under me, landing flat on my back. Been healing for over a week now and I am making progress thankfully. So again, I will be around, not sure I will catch up on every post you might have, but will do my best. This is the first time I've been able to have  my laptop in my lap and able to sit up and not in a reclined position. I am getting there slowly but surely! 

Crafty hugs,

Card Recipe:

Circle Dies-Spellbinders Nestiblities

My Creative Time - small butterflies, bee's and little flowers, squares dies

Not sure who makes the flower frames, if you know, let me know

Technique Tuesdays - for the side profile butterfly I think, not sure about the other butterfly but the "happy and birthday" went with that set as well

Simon Says Stamps - for the birthday greetings, it was a freebie set I think and has all birthday greetings in different fonts

Inkadinkado for the wild flower silhouette

Distress and Distress Oxide inks

AliExpress for the Sympathy stamp set

sequins and gems from my stash

SU white embossing powder

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

Blending Brushes from Amazon

NUBUS and Rudy Day Challenges

Hello and yes I'm back again. lol I had some cards made for Rudolph Day and for Darnell's NBUS challenge and I have just been sitting on them for about a week now. Don't ask me why,  just not been in the groove at all. Anyway, I made 2 each of the skate's and mitten's cards. I used My Creative Stitched Oval dies, the skates and mittens are also from MCT and the poinsettia's are a die from Simon Says. Sentiments and pine is from MCT stamps. I like how cute and simple these cards are and I love that I added 4 more cards to my Christmas card stash. Yay for me! The NBUS was the oval dies as well as the mittens, skates and poinsettia dies. 

These two cards I made last month, but because the month was short I didn't get them in to play along with Rudy day, so I'm showing them here.  I think I used the Cricut cart Simple Holiday Cards to make this one. I kept my pieces and made another card just like it only in reverse. I think it made such pretty, simple cards for my Christmas stash. 

Since I used some snippets on my first two cards (for the skates, mittens and poinsettia) I'm going to go over the pond to play at the Playground.  I haven't been there in quiet a while so I'm looking forward to playing along. Of course I will also link up with Darnell's NBUS challenge to use your never been used schtuff, which I'm so sad to say I have a lot of! And last but not least I'm playing along with Rudolph Day. Thanks everyone and thanks for taking time from your day to visit me. Your comments always make my day brighter! Crafty hugs, Brenda

Let It Snow-BBTB2 Challenge

Ok I'm not wishing for snow people! lol Hello my crafty friends, happy Monday to everyone! I hope everyone is staying warm from last weeks chilly willy weather. I think it is suppose to get in the 50's sometime this week. I can live with those temps! Hubby gets a break from his meds for a week and then will start back up for his 3 weeks. He got a special kind of medicine for the sores in his mouth and it is looking like it might help pretty good. We will find out for sure when he goes back on his pills again. So all and all I think it is going pretty well so far. That is such a blessing! 

As you know every Monday it is time for a new challenge over at BBTB2 and our sweet and talented DT sister, Michelle has given us the challenge of using a snowflake on our projects this week. It is winter and in a lot of areas the snow is flying....so a very fit challenge don't you think?! Now I'd like to say that I am loving my card, but I'm not. Now it could be my paper choices...I know it is my base paper choice. And I have to say that I'm not sure yet if I'm in love with the CTMH Artfully Sent cartridge yet. Now please note that I've only used this cartridge twice now, so I haven't given it a fair chance yet. I need to play more and I need to be more in the mood to get crafty and trust me I wasn't in a crafty mood today! So please don't go by what I say about this cartridge! So as you have gathered, I used the Artfully Sent cart to make my card. I used a black cardstock to cut out my swing card base from the cart. Then I picked an inside cut I wanted to use and cut that out of a blue sky looking paper. I also cut extra snowflakes from some dies-My Creative Time and a Simon Says die and sprinkle them on the outside swing and inside swing. That is about as creative as I got. Want some awesome inspiration? Go to BBTB2 and see what my DT sister's have for you, you will definitely be inspired! Then lets see your snowflake projects by linking up with us at BBTB2!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visiting me, sorry it wasn't a great visit this time around. lol Your visits always touch my heart and your comments make my day. Crafty hugs, Brenda