Take me out to the ball game....

It is common knowledge among friends that both my husband and son are avid readers.  They sign up for the local library's summer reading program every year, and it is always a safe bet that they will exceed the set goals.  This voracious love for books really paid off during the summer of 2010.  Both of my boys read so much that they each earned a pair of tickets to a Tigers game at Comerica Park.  We took my dad along as our fourth person, and we had a blast!  Of course, we were accosted by the camera carriers and a fairly awesome picture was captured.  It took me a while to get online and actually order prints, but I finally did that this year.  I decided that it would make a great Christmas gift for my dad if I were to scrap the picture and frame the page....and I finally did it.  I feel pretty safe posting this here now because my dad has no love for computers...but if anyone out there knows my dad, please don't mention this to him! You have my thanks!

17th Anniversary

This year my husband and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary.  I made this card to celebrate the occasion.  

Quick Card Craft

Crafting B-day cards tonight.  I used paper from Hootenanny collection by My Mind's Eye.  They're fun and colorful, and definitely birthday themed!  

Baby Shower!

I think it is safe to say that I'm hooked on these tri-fold cards!  A good friend of mine has a baby due in two weeks.  Below is the card I made for this awesome occasion.  This is their first baby, so I wanted the card to be special.  

Tri-fold and Tags

The past week and a half has been pretty busy, but I did find some time to craft a bit.  Last week I made a tri-fold card for my friend's birthday.  I went with an oriental theme this time around.  I really like how this one turned out. 

And later in the week I was inspired to make some tags.  Bunnies were the theme! 

Another Tri Fold Card...

There's another family birthday this weekend, so I spent some time crafting Saturday evening.  I really, really like the tri-fold template, so I made another one of these for this occasion. There are so many different ways to embellish these!  This time around I went with papers from my favorite company, BasicGrey.  Since I had a little experience under my belt, finishing this one did not take nearly as long as the first one.  I definitely will be experimenting more with this type of card!

Weekend Wedding

The card closed

The box

This weekend my family and I attended a wedding.  Since this was a truly special occasion, I felt I needed to go above and beyond when I crafted their card.  This card style is known as a tri-fold shutter card, and while the card base looks complicated, it was actually fairly easy.  It only required a scoring board and two cuts with an Exacto knife.  The hard part was deciding how to embellish it, but the process was fun, and in the end I was really happy with the finished project.  I ended up having to craft a small box for it though, as it was way too bulky to fit in an envelope!

The card fully opened