Congratulations On Your New Home

Hello crafters!  For today's card, I decided to do something a bit different and I cut the Window die twice out of tan card.  I used them horizontally and put the two together then nipped off the corner edge pieces.  Using the Garden Accessories die set, I cut the bicycle in black, the fence several times in white, the birdhouse in brown and several tulips in assorted colours.  I used an arctic blue card as the background and glued the fence along the bottom.  I added the birdhouse behind the fence and the bicycle in front of the fence.  I added a small blue bird flying towards the birdhouse and a couple of clouds from the You Are My Sunshine die set.  I cut a piece of white card and embossed it with the Twill Weave embossing folder.  I cut a piece of decorative paper from the A Gingham Christmas by Sam Poole and glued it to the bottom of the embossed card.  I added the window over the scene with mounting foam then glued it to the top of the card.  I cut the Congratulations on Your New Home sentiment in brown and added it to the white shadow backing piece and then attached it below the window.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  8"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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Love You To The Moon And Back

Hello there my crafty friends!  I cut a piece of white card and used the Heart To Heart Embossing folder on it.  Next I cut a piece of red card and attached a sticky adhesive sheet to it.  I peeled the backing paper off and coated it with Ruby Red glitter.  I cut the piece on the diagonal and taped it to the white embossed card.  I cut a thin strip of red card and glued it along the join area.  Using the Love sentiment, I cut it out of red card, then cut the die again out of  two pieces of white card.  I kept the backing piece and the outer part of the white card and used them to glue the red Love into place.  I added it to the top of the card and cut a Wordie saying of You to the moon and back to go under it.  Using the Heart Flourish die, I cut several out of white card and added them to the red glittered part of the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  8 1/4" in size. All for now, Sue x

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Gone Fishing

Hello bloggers!  I started today's card by cutting a piece of white card with the Woodgrain Plank  Background.  Next I cut the Fishing Vest out of green card.  I cut it a second time out of a lighter green card and hand cut thee pockets and glued them to the green fishing vest base.  I cut the Fishing Lures out of a variety of colours and added them to the pockets.  I cut the fishing basket from the Fishing Frame and cut it out of the frame.  I added it to the area below the vest.  I added two more lures to the basket.  I cut the Fishing Rod and fish and glued them across the fishing basket to the vest.  I cut the fishing hat from the Fishing Essentials set in brown and added it with mounting foam next to the vest.  I cut the Gone Fishing sentiment in black and glued in the upper right corner.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/4"  x  7 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x
 

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Congratulations On Your New Home

Hello crafters!  For today's card, I started by cutting the window die out of black gloss card.  I added mounting foam to the back of it, then set it aside and worked on the view through the window.  I cut a piece of white card the same size as the window and added a piece of patterned paper from my stash to cover the card and give it the look of wallpaper.  I used the scalloped border from the Poinsettia Scalloped Border set and cut a piece of blue card with it.  I glued it to the top inside of the window.  I cut the rocking chair, table, floor lamp, chandelier, books and small vase and flowers form the Living Room die set.  I added all of them to the scene and taped them into place.  I added the window over the card and trimmed away any excess card.  I cut a larger piece of white card and embossed it with the Falling Snow embossing folder.  I added the window to the embossed background with mounting foam.  I cut the cute little snowman form the Christmas Scenes set and added him to the lower corner.  I cut the New Home sentiment in black and glued it below the window.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x  8 1/2"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

                                                                              

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More Pics of My Trip

Hello bloggers!  Today's pics are all from Japan.  I do have to apologize a bit though as my cell phone is very old and the camera on it isn't the best (and neither are my photography skills or lack thereof! LOL)  The first six pics are from a shore excursion we did,  The gardens were absolutely beautiful and well manicured. It wasn't a park, but rather it was the grounds around a kimono factory we visited.  We were not allowed to take any pics inside the factory though, but the grounds were the real surprise for me.

 

The next four pics were from the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest.  I have always wanted to visit it even though the pictures online are always so crowded with tourists.  We lucked out as it wasn't too bad the day we went there.  There were lots of young gals walking through the forest dressed in beautiful kimonos.  The day was incredibly hot too, but the shade in the forest really helped us beat the heat for awhile.  

Our next stop was in Nara.  I wanted to see the bowing deer and this place did not disappoint either.  This is a pic of the Todai-ji Buddhist temple.  You can see the large buddhas inside, they were huge.  There was an interesting statue on the grounds that was gold colored and a spiral effect to it.  The deer were everywhere and they would follow you if you had any food.  They were polite and always gave you a bow before taking the food.

This was the last excursion we took from the ship and we saw several waterfalls, but that was also the only day it was raining so I didn't take very many pics that day

We had one full day in Tokyo after the cruise and we decided to take the Shinkansen Bullet Train up to see Mt. Fuji.  We really enjoyed the trip up and back as the train goes 200 mph!  There were only a handful of people on the train with us too, surprisingly! Unfortunately, we never got to actually see Mt. Fuji from the train as it was steeped in cloud cover, but we did get to catch a glimpse of it from a beach on one of our previous tours.  Yes, that is Mt. Fuji in the final pic (I don't know who the people were in the pic though). It is still covered at the top in clouds, but at least we saw part of it that day!  

So we flew back from Japan via California and we had a nine hour layover there.  It wasn't an issue as that is where my daughter lives so she met us at LAX and we went out for a  lovely lunch together before heading back to the airport for our red eye flight back to Florida.  So we actually left from Florida and flew east all the way around the world before we returned home.  That is the first time I have ever done that!  The jet lag was real though as it took about two weeks to get past it fully!  Our trip really was spectacular, everything I had hoped it would be!  The cruise was with Celebrity and it was really lovely too, some of the best food we have ever had on a cruise too.  I hope you have enjoyed my pics!  Back to some cards tomorrow!   All for now, Sue x