Birthday Never-ending card!!!

Hi all - this past Friday we celebrated my youngest Grand-Daughter's 9th birthday. I had promised each of my grandkids a never-ending card for their birthdays after they saw my Christmas card HERE!  And she was the first grandchild birthday of the year - so she gets the first card.   Happy Birthday Zamarah!!  Love you to the moon and back!

We had made these originally in my technique clubs, and I learned that you need to use good adhesive; and cut and glue and score straight.  Other than that - they are really pretty easy!  So here is her card - this is what you see when you pull it out of the envelope -

Then you open from the center to the top and the bottom to get this view -

Next you open from the center to each side and get this -

and finally from the center top to bottom to get this - the white panels were left blank so that I could write her birthday wishes.   After you open this layer from the center side to side you go right back to the first picture of the card and start over - thus the never-ending card name :)

One of my amazing customers, Janet, from one of my Technique  Clubs came up with this adorable little poem insert to put in with the cards to help people know how to open them - she has given permission for anyone to use.  Thanks Janet, for sharing your creativity with us all.

I also used Stampin' Up!'s envelope punch board to make her matching envelope out of the DSP.  The card ends up being 6"x6" - so the punch board made it easy to create the envelope for that size card -

and here is the envelope open -I love how the 2 sided DSP creates it's own lining.

And finally with the card slid in. 

I really love how it turned out and she seemed to love it too.  Now I just have 7 more to go this year with 3 of them in March - so I'd better get busy.  There are tons of great tutorials and videos out there on how to make these - just search Never Ending Card - and try it out.  It's a fun and interactive card for all ages.  Hope you liked it!  ~Maureen

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Valentine's Fun!!!

Before February was over I thought I'd share a bit of our Valentine's fun here.  My youngest grand-daughter just turned 7 and she had to decorate her box and make her Valentine's - so she hit Grandma's stash.  Here she is with her box covered with doilies and butterflies!

She and her Mom did it together as well as made all of her valentines and attached ring pops!

Here they are close-up!

Then for school we pulled out my Paper Pumpkin kit and added some little cupid's arrows to her hair -

And to Big sister Paisley's hair too.  It must have been early morning - because Paisley looks tired - but I thought the hair was super cute!

Now - we can proceed to March - lol!!  See you all soon! ~Maureen

Sunday morning (or afternoon) musings....

So - you've all heard of a coffee break (needed multiple times each day) - well this week I had a coffee pot break.  We had out of state company and I was brewing a pot of coffee for an afternoon break when we smelled this horrible hot wiring smell.  You know the one - it is awful - and after checking everywhere we narrowed it down to my coffee pot :(  So out it in the trash it went!

Fortunately I still had a back-up French Press - so out it came.  We ordered a new Melitta coffee maker yesterday - but it won't be here till Friday - so till then French Press it is.  I love the taste - it's just a little more work and for the amount of coffee I drink each day that equals a lot more work.  So this  afternoon I'm enjoying my coffee from this pretty mug that Heidi designed for me. She made it with Sharpie markers and my favorite color, yellow.

Yesterday I was so excited as my Orchid blossomed.  I actually thought I had killed it when all the blossoms dropped and it was just a stick.  But a little over a week ago buds began to appear - and yesterday I woke to this!

Here's a close-up - I think it is sooooo beautiful!

Finally for today, I don't think I ever shared the cute little Valentine I sent off to my mother-in-law.  It was made using the January Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin' Up!  I love how it turned out -

and little miss Zamarah used the rest of my kit to make her Valentine's for her classmates.

Hope your weekend has been wonderful - enjoy the rest of your Sunday - and I'll see you soon! ~Maureen

Confirmation card and a birthday!!!

Somehow this week got totally away from me.  We had a long weekend, Valentine's Day, a birthday and out of state company - and here it is Thursday!  So today I'm going to catch up on a few things - first - am sending off this simple but sweet confirmation card to my great-nephew Logan today.  It is made with a retired Stampin' Up! set that I really love "All God's Grace".  Since it's for a young man, I didn't want to bling it out - just clean lines - but the dove and confirmation are popped up to give it a little dimension.

and here is the inside -

On Monday my youngest grand-daughter, Zamarah, turned six.  She is so precious - and we had a wonderful day celebrating with her.

Started the day at Denny's with her FREE birthday breakfast - and a cute little hat compliments of Gramma!

Later it was time for present - can you tell she is a SHOPKINS freak.  Almost everything she got was Shopkins and she was in heaven!!

Then we ended with her choice of dinner - pizza and a key lime pie! 

She said she liked it - but it was a bit sour - ha,ha!

Thanks for letting me catch up - see you all soon!  ~Maureen

Personal Post Monday! Gramma Day with Zamarah!

So I had Gramma Day with my 3rd grandchild for this round - Miss Zamarah!  Gramma days are really some of my favorite days!  Her Mommy, my daughter, Jenee - wanted to tag along - so it was the three of us!  Here they are enjoying our trip for lunch to Golden Corral. 

Zam ate amazing - which is not the norm for her, as she eats so little - but here she could pick all her favorites.  Plus she has a sweet tooth, and she could get whatever she wanted for dessert if she ate good - and she did!

Here she is with her dessert choices - and she ate every bit of it.  She and I share a passion for Cotton Candy!  So we love Golden Corral for that reason alone.

 After she ate hers - we got another to share - yum!!!!

 

Then it was off to the painting studio - she chose this little kitty to paint - and took her work very seriously.

I decided to paint my self a coffee travel mug and Jenee painted a tray!

Here she is with her finished project - she did a great job!!  The kitty looks like it has a mustache - so Zam said it was a French kitty!

Jenee painted the tray below to put jewelry in.

And I painted a Crazy Stamping Lady Mug with my favorite color for the lid - Yellow!

 Fun stuff -

And a fun day with Zamarah and her Mom!  Can't wait till next time Miss Z!! Love you oodles. ~Gramma

Personal Post Monday - Gramma Day with Zamarah

So here's my other sweetie that I got to have a Gramma Day with while we were visiting Prescott in May - it's Miss Zamarah.  This amazing 5 year old keeps me on my toes!!  We started our day at Golden Corral also - and she has a sweet tooth.  She did eat - some shrimp, some potatoes - and then DESSERT!!!  This was her first cotton candy - which she ate all by herself.

Then she hit the dessert buffet again - and came back with another cotton candy that she shared with me.  And a bunch of other goodies.

 

When she was done she was all smiles as she posed with Gramma - that was as much sugar as I get in a month I think.

Then it was off to the park for an hour or so of playtime - swings and slides - and more swings and slides

We ended the day with a trip to the store and a Littlest PetShop gift set.  Such a nice time with a little one with unlimited spunk.  It was a day FULL of Joy!! Thanks for the fun Zamarah - love you so!! ~Gramma