Well, it's better & An Anniversary Card

Yes, it's been awhile.
Three weeks, or so, I've been told.  According to Pauline.
I've been busy these last 3 weeks.  Got the room fairly organized.  Have made A LOT of cards...which I shall reveal over the next few days weeks.  I've really been missing out on all the challenges and am looking forward to getting back in the swing of them.  

So, first.  The pics you've all been waiting for.

As you can see, I now have some "moving about" room.  Yes, the room is quite small, but I am quite happy with how it is currently configured.   I don't have far to go to find anything and I've put all items that I use on most cards right at my fingertips.  Eventually, I will have cabinets and countertops to house all my stuff and this setup has actually been a trial run on how and where I want certain items.  Out of the 3 rooms I've had over the course of 3 houses, I think I am going to like this one the best.  Because it is small, believe it or not!  I am hoping with the cabinet/countertop configuration I will be able to have play room for a friend, whereas now, I have no room for anyone else but me.

On to the card....

This past friday, my hubby and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary.  To celebrate, we bought ourselves matching lanai (patio) furniture....how romantic!   And, I gave him this card:

No, this wasn't an original idea...I kind of cased it from here:  http://soapboxcreations.blogspot.com/2011/06/love-you.html     As you can see, it is similar, but not exact.  When it came time to make my card, I couldn't remember where I saw the original, so I had to rely on my fuzzy memory.  And, I'm happy with my result.

Until next time, thanks for peeking!

Love Birds

Earlier this year, I found this one sheet of Chatterbox paper at Michael's that I loved. I then found out we were moving, and before the craziness started, I used up every bit of that paper making this anniversary card many times over, so I would have a card to send to friends and family on their anniversaries. So, even though the first anniversary was Feb 1st, I couldn't post until the last anniversary was over, 2 weeks ago.

The stamp is a $1 number from Mike's, colored with Marvy markers and huffed upon before stamping. The green ribbon is from my fav ribbon store in Niwot, the red is from Mike's and cardstock from SU!. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly!. And, I used the Nesties Label 1 to cut out, mat and pop up the main image, and the Nesties long scallop rectangle to make the scalloped edging.

Thanks for peeking!