And Yet Another Birthday Card

Today's card I'm sharing is for niece who will be celebrating her 18th birthday next week. Where did the time go? It's seems just like yesterday that I will catch her in my room coloring the walls with my make-up. Good times!

For this card I used The Glitter Sweet matstack from DCWV. I love the colors on this plaid cardstock. It's very girly. I made the flower and tag with the Cricut cartridge George and Basic Shapes. I cut the flower at 3", 2 1/2", 2" and 1 1/2" and layered them on top of each other for a layered effect. The "Happy Birthday" is from the clear stamp set "Greetings" from TPC Studios. I made a matching envelope by adding matching paper to front and I used a scallop border punch from EK Success. The small paper flower was made with Spellbinders Megabilities Die Rose Creations.

Overall I really like the way this card turned out. Simple and sweet. My husband did mention that I will never be able to buy a store bought card anymore. When I asked why he said "When they open their cards they will say What the hell is this!' So no more store bought cards for me. And that's okay!
Thanks for stopping by.

Another Birthday Card

It's the season of birthdays here in the Tiffany house hold. Today I will be sharing a birthday card for my daughter's friend.

I used the Cricut Create A Critter cartridge for the cupcake and "happy birthday". The cupcake actually wobbles! Isn't that cute?  The background paper is from Michael's Recollection paper pack "Bright and Basic".  I also decorated the envelope to match the card.  Just add some paper that you use on the card and a bow and VOILA a matching envelope.

I love making cards. They're so much fun to make. I can't wait to make cards for Halloween and treat bags. YAY! Thanks for stopping by.

Fresno State Card

Happy Saturday! I have a card to share with you today. My nephew's birthday was last month and I wanted to make him a nice card. I hardly make anything for my nephew. It's hard for me to make things for boys. It always comes out girly. Since he goes to Fresno State and is in Phi Delta Theta I decided to make him a card with both logos.

For the Phi Delta Theta logo I used the Cricut Greek Digital cartridge and cut them out a 1 inch. For the Fresno State letters I used a jpeg image and used my SCAL2 software to cut it out. Those were cut at 4 inches. 

These was a very simple card to make but he loved it. Which makes me very happy. Thanks for stopping by and "GO BULLDOGS!"

Thanks!-Monkey Card

Hello everyone! It's been way too long. After 6 months I am finally settled into my new home. Now it's time to get back to crafting and sharing my projects.

In the beginning of July me, my daughter, niece and mom took a drive to San Diego to visit my sister. My sister loves to show us all the awesome sights in San Diego. She drove us everywhere while we were there. We had some fish and chips and then she took us to Extraordinary Desserts. If you are in the San Diego area you must go there. It was delicious! The next day we all went to the San Diego Zoo. It was so much fun. Since it's the year of the dragon the zoo had some amazing Chinese acrobat shows. And since my daughter loves the Chinese culture, she was in heaven. But our favorite part of the zoo was the Pandas. They're just too cute!

I decided to make my sister a thank you card and I just now got around to it. Bad me! I get lazy! Well anyway here is what I made her.

I used my Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge and papers from the DCWV Animal Crackers paper pad. They went together perfectly. The "Thanks!" stamp is from TPC Studios Greetings clear stamp set. I had so much fun making this card. I hope she likes it.

Do you Polyvore?

Here's a great website for those who love fashion. It's called Polyvore. What is Polyvore you ask? This is an explanation from the Polyvore website.


"Polyvore is the web's largest community of tastemakers where people can discover their style and set trends around the world. Trendseekers and shoppers alike come to Polyvore to discover the hottest brands, products, trends and looks.
Polyvore's easy-to-use virtual styling tool lets you mix and match products from any online store to create fashion collections called "sets".
After you have created a set, you can publish and share it with your friends and the Polyvore community."

I love this website. I haven't made a set yet but have seen amazing sets made by members. Here's one of today's featured sets.

Great Gatsby: New Film in the Works by polyvore-editorial featuring shawls scarves

Head on over to www.Polyvore.com to make your own sets. You'll be hooked in no time.

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Update on Heidi

Thank you everyone who emailed me about my doggie Heidi. I really appreciate everyone's kind words and encouragement. Heidi had her surgery last week and it has been a very hectic week. I never thought it would be so hard to take care of a pet after surgery. The first couple of days was so stressful. She was up all night wanting to take her cone off and she kept giving me those sad puppy dog eyes. It was so heartbreaking! Finally on the third night I had her sleep on the bed with me and she slept almost the whole night. Thank goodness. Mama was getting cranky. She is more herself now and is back to her usual playfulness. She has to wear her cone for two more weeks but she has really gotten the hang of it. She doesn't get stuck under the bed anymore. Crazy pup! She's 8 years old but she's still my puppy. Thank you again for all your kind words.

                                                            First day home after surgery.

So Angry and Frustrated!

For the past two years I've been searching for a good vet for my dog. She has a bump on her right eyelid and it's getting really big. So far the vet's I have taken her to have been rude and accuse me of not taking care of my dog. The last vet wanted to pop the bump without any pain medication. When I told the vet that I wasn't going to let him do that without any pain relief he tells me if my dog goes blind it will be my fault. He then goes to tell me how upset he gets when dog owners don't take care of their dogs. I stormed out of there and the search was on again for a good vet.
Well Friday I took her to a very recommended vet. The reviews were nothing but praise. I took her in and they were as nice and understanding as can be. I was so happy. The vet decided the bump had to be removed, even though it doesn't seem to bother my poor doggie. So I made the appointment for the surgery. They gave us instructions for pre-op, no food after 9pm and to drop her off between 7:30am and 8:30am. We let them know that my daughter had a dr's appointment at 4pm and they told us no problem that we can pick up Heidi(dog) at 2:30. We made sure to tell them twice so they wouldn't forget. Well 1:30 came around and no phone call from the vet. I gave them a call and the vet tells me she was really behind and she hasn't gotten to Heidi yet. I reminded her about my daughters appointment and she tells me she didn't know about it but that Heidi was next and I can bring her home at 5:30. She also told me I can leave her overnight if I had too. I told her Heidi is a pound baby and I did not want to do that to her. I went to pick her up at 5:30 and to my horror they hadn't done the surgery because they said I told them I will pick her up in the morning. What! So I told them to forget the whole thing I'm taking my dog home. The vet takes me to the back and there's my poor Heidi knocked out because they were just going to begin the surgery. I told them I'll wait for her to wake up but I'm taking her home.
My poor Heidi was locked up all day with no food and probably wondering what she did wrong. After I got her home she was a nervous wreck and even now she walks by me with caution. She seems so scared now. I'm sure if that were their dog they would not be happy. They traumatized my dog and I'm sitting here crying because my once happy, bouncing dog is now so sad and scared. I hope this will pass with time but for now I have to do my best to keep her as comfortable as possible.