One More April Birthday

My last card for April birthdays. This has been a very busy month for cardmaking, but hey, who's complaining; certainly not me. Sending them gives me an excuse to keep making them. I saw this card sketch on the web and my mind starting racing with ideas for paper; call it a sickness, I don't care, it helps to keep me sane.

Chic Birthday

Another May birthday card. You can't see it, but I am patting myself on the back. I don't have to mail this card for 2 weeks, but it is ready and will be sitting in an envelope, with stamp, waiting for that day.
Enjoy,
TFSB

Another May birthday

Keep those May birthday's coming while I'm on a role.
Enjoy,
TFSB

Dad's Birthday

My dad is having a birthday next week and I did not want to be down to the wire making his card, so I got it out of the way early. I've got a few more May cards to complete, so I had better get busy. Stay tuned.
Enjoy,
TFSB

Lil' Brother's Birthday

well, maybe not so little, but certainly much younger. One of my brothers is celebrating his 34th birthday and I'm always looking for a reason to make a card and send it to someone. I keep my fair share of them, but I really enjoy giving and sending cards. It's weird, but I like doing that, almost as much as I like receiving them.
Enjoy,
TFSB

He's 14 Now

I can't believe it, my son, my little boy, is not so little anymore. He celebrated his 14th birthday this week and in my usual fashion; I made him a card.
Enjoy,
TFSB

My Track Star

My son, the track star. Track season has finally come to an end; I have to say that I'm not sad about that, but we won't tell him, okay. He got lots of cheers from me and I got lots of great pictures to scrap. On to the next sport, more pictures, more layouts.
Enjoy,
TFSB

My Mr. Fix It

Here is my Mr. Fix It; he's working on a communmity service project. He is so at home with a power tool in hand. When I saw this paper in the store, I knew these pictures would be perfect and make for a great layout.
Enjoy,
TFSB

A Night of Glitz

A night out with my son, family and friends. This year marked the 50th year of our church's existence and we've had an awesome year of activities and festivities. One of those festivities was a formal gala; we had an absolutely wonderful time. So, of course, I did what I always do, I scrapped those pictures in the these two layouts.
Enjoy,
TFSB

Totally Feminine card

Hi there:
Whew, it's been a while since I've updated my blog, it's not that I haven't been scrapping, just the opposite. I've been busy creating cards, making card kits, making invitations, creating layouts for my monthly Simple Scrapbooking classes and layouts for Sunday Night Layouts (SNL) at By Design Scrapbook Boutique. My nights have been meeting my mornings, quite a bit lately. This is a card I made for the March LeBistro kit. I will share some other items from that kit.

Thinking of You in Pink & Black

I'm still learning to use my new camera and haven't mastered some of the settings, so this card appears to be pink and brown, though it's actually pink and black. All that aside, I really like the way this card turned out.
Enjoy and TFSB,
Karen

Secret Memories

Good morning. I've always used my Nestabilities in a single set, so I thought I'd change it up some and use the way they're actually intended. I realized that I liked doing this, so you'll be seeing me do this quite a bit soon. I love these papers, the patterns compliment each other so well. I built the card around the sentiment because I wanted to create an encouragement card.
Enjoy and TFSB,
Karen

Birthday Blessings To You

Blue and brown, one of my new favorite color combinations. I wanted to make a fun, but elegant birthday card.

The Joy of Spring

Spring is on it's way and of course, that inspired me to make this card. I absolutely loves these papers from We R Memory Keepers. Of course, I reached for my Nestabilities and flowers. The flower on this card started out white and I painted it with one of the new colors from Glimmer Mist - Tiger Lilly. The flower center was made with a few drops of Dimensional Pearls. I had a good time making this card.
Enjoy and TFSB,
Karen

Happy Birthday - Courtney

My card-making godchild had her 14th birthday last week, so I wanted to make her a special card. She's new to card-making, and she has made some beautiful cards. I enjoy scrapping with Courtney on Friday nights; it just seems that we never have enough time.

A Mother's Love

Happy Friday everyone. I haven't posted lately, not that I haven't been busy making cards, just moving at 100 mph. Well, I didn't want to go to bed without posting a card for tonight. I'm preparing for my next card class, March 27th at By Design Scrapbook Boutique. If you're in the Clear Lake, drop by the store. I'll be teaching two classes that day.
Enjoy and TFSB,
Karen

Praying for You

I was pleased with the way this card turned out, but it was a challenge to make; sympathy cards always are. I hope that this card will touch the heart of the church member receiving it and it will in some small way help to ease the pain of their lost.
TFSB,
Karen

2S4Y Challenge #46

Here's my take on last weeks 2 Sketches 4 You challenge. This was a great sketch; it took me a little while to decide what to do and what papers to use, but once I got started, the ideas kept coming. These are my two favorite colors; I really like the way the card turned out.
Enjoy and TFSB,
Karen

The Sweet Shop Challenge - SSS43

I had very agressive plans last week and decided that I would participate in multiple challenges. Well, I completed some of the challenges, but didn't get a chance to upload and post them, so I'm doing that this week. This was such a cute challenge and I enjoyed making this card.

Delight Yourself - Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - SSSC57

The second time's a charm. I missed the deadline to post last week's card for challenge #56, but I was not going to miss it this week. What a great sketch this week and I had the perfect paper to play along. I wanted to keep the colors consistent, but use different patterns, so I used thess great papers from My Mind's Eye Lush collection. I pulled some flowers from my stash and reached for one of my Verve stamps. I love the result.
Enjoy and TFSB,
Karen