A Birthday Gift for Tutu

My mom-in-law's birthday was last week. She had been admiring some of the framed collages I have been making so I thought it would be the perfect gift for her. She's into crafting herself so I knew she would appreciate this gift!

This time, I thought to add a more personal touch to it by adding some pictures of her and her grandchildren. I even added a picture of our first born son, who passed away when he was 10 days old. He was her first grandchild and his passing devastated us all. She is the only person, that always remembers his birthday and the anniversary of his passing by bringing flowers and goodies over on those significant days. She is a very caring and generous woman and she means more to us than she will ever know!

She was very touched when she opened her gift and saw that pictures of all of her grandchildren were on it!

Since my mom-in-law is a very crafty lady herself, I knew I wanted to make her birthday card a bit more "fancy" than the normal card. She loved her card just as much as her gift!

Thank you Mom for all that you do for me and the kids! You are truly a special person and we love you very much!!!

A Birthday Gift

My mom really liked the framed collages that I have been making so she asked me to make yet another for her, for her friend's birthday. This time she wanted a more Hawaiiana theme to it. This is what I came up with.I was having a hard time figuring out how to bling up the Hawaiian quilt stamps that my mom wanted me to use. So I decided to emboss them.

And you know how much I love Stickles...

Here's the birthday card I made to go along with the gift my mom was giving to her friend.

My mom was really happy with how it all turned out. I hope her friend liked it too! :-)

Playing Catch Up

Okay, I'm sorry for all of these posts but since my computer was down for so long I have lots of catching up to do. In fact, my computer is still not fixed and I decided to just start downloading pictures onto my husbands computer!

Anyways, after receiving my framed art from Michelle, a little while back, I wanted to make some of my own using her masterpiece as my inspiration! I actually found some 12x12 frames that my mom-in-law had bought for me a while back and decided to use them. Since my cousin is having a birthday party for her daughter in a few weeks, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make one!

This one's not framed yet...I was having a hard time getting a good picture of it so I took it out of the frame.

I used my Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and some Stickles on the hula girl for some bling!

After the first one, I was on a roll.....

My GF had a birthday party for her daughter this past weekend and so I made one for her as well. It was the perfect project to use up some of my Smirk scraps!

Again, I used my Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and Stickles for some bling. Here's the matching card I made to go along with the gift!

After my mom saw the first two I made, she asked me if I could make one for her friend who was celebrating her birthday this past weekend.

We found the smaller 8x8 frame at Wal-mart. Her friend's favorite color is purple and she likes Asian themed things.

Here's the card that I made for my mom to give with her gift. I let her choose what she wanted on it and she chose this Gorjuss Girl image.

And the last one I made was to welcome a new addition to the family. My DH's cousin & his wife welcomed their second child last month. I still have to deliver this to them so hopefully they don't see this before it gets to them! But if I'm not that lucky, Ardis I hope you like it!

Took it out of the frame because the glass and my camera's flash were not cooperating

I just think Stickles are the greatest! Easy to use and adds such great bling to your projects!

Thank you again Michelle for your inspiration! As you can tell, I just LOVE the framed art you made for me!! :-) I hope you're all having a wonderful day!!