Memories Artwork Designs

Happy Anniversary Card

Wow...I cannot believe how fast this year has whizzed by! I just remember celebrating Mom & Dad's 50th anniversary like it was yesterday. I made them an album with lots of love and they absolutely adored it. Mom picks a new double spread to display each day. I so love how she enjoys it. :D

Now their 51st anniversary is tomorrow. Mom is still struggling with being weak from the massive pneumonia she had to fight and I know how rough things can get when you're sick. I made this card with that in mind.  Love is key, always is and there is always a silver lining. This too shall pass, I am confident. 

Mom & Dad: Hope you can celebrate at least a little bit tomorrow. Love you lots!

 

Goodbye Kindergarten, Hello School

So, in between I need to do a layout or two for myself or else I'll go nuts! :D I just recently received Jenna's latest Kindergarten photos and as soon as I saw the patterned paper, I knew it would be a layout soon. It just fit so nicely. Anyway...this is truly a large transition for me as well as for Jenna. Both of my children will now be going to school and I realize just how fast time is really flying. I worry today what the future has in store for them and I hope that I'm doing things right as a parent.

Jenna is soooo excited about going to school.  At least a few times a week she opens her school bag up and inspects the contents over and over and then carefully places everything gingerly back inside. I start to think bag to my school days and the elmer's glue, the coloring pencils, the children's scissors, the notebooks. *smile*  Those were the days when there were truly no worries.

Creative Mommy - beautiful girl's party invitations

I just wanted to post these invitations from a mommy, Michaela Abdel-Fattah, I met at the Kindergarten my kids attend, since she is so darn creative and I'm always flabbergasted at the invitations she makes for her girl's birthday parties. She puts a lot of heart into them and she is just a really nice lady. I like her a lot, so I wanted to show you her beautiful creations! Please take a look at all of the little details, such as the glitter, the flowers, the shading, the feathers... just awesome!! Feast your eyes on these fairytale invitations:

 

The "Princess Invitation"

 

The "Unicorn Invitation"

 

The "Fairy Invitation"

Summer Days

Ah...finally summer is here and I am doing the best I can to make use of it. Any chance I get, I pick up the kids as early as I can and race to the pool...although I do gave difficulties finding parking and I sometimes forget to take along necessary items, such as swimming trunks..it all seems to work one way or another. ;-)

A few cards & a candle

This must be card month or something. :D But, I'm having fun nonetheless. I love to create and to inspire, which is why I share my work....in the hopes to inspire my readers! I want to spread some scrapbooking love across Germany! The word has spread a bit, but it's nowhere near what it is in the States. So, here goes nothin':

The flower is a heidi swapp large flower folded twice and glued together, then affixed with the birdy brad. The border is a material decorating ribbon with an adhesive lace border on top, hero arts stamp and the leaves are stamped with SEI mimosa clear stamps and cat's eye chalk ink and the entire card was inked with Tim Holtz walnut stain ink.

 

This card was made with just part of an SEI mimosa patterned paper, cutting the flower around the edges, adhering, then used pearl gems around it, hero arts birthday stamp, small flower also from the patterned paper and then inked with holtz distress ink. Very simple!

 

This is a regular candle (if you can tell) decorated with patterned paper (hard to see here), a heidi swapp flower, unknown crocheted flower (dawanda) and a making memories vellum tag, K&Co gem, Basic Grey brad. Very quick and simple.

Birdcage Birthday Card

Finally, I can show you the hybrid card I made...half in Photoshop Elements and half by hand. I'm SO into birdcages and chandeliers right now... I know, they were in style last year, but I don't care. What I also LOVE, are flowers, buttons, ribbons, butterflies, swirls, lace....so, basically anything girly. Go figure!

This card was for my best friend Christine! Hope you enjoyed it girl! Love ya!

That's all folks...

Just Some Cards

These are a few cards I have made over the past few days....one of them I can't show you or else that person might read my blog and the surprise will be lost. ;-)

(this one above was "cardlifted" from the August edition of Cardtrends Magazine, Kandis Smith)

 

Happy Birthday Jenna!

Today is my daughter's birthday. She's 6 years old....my, how time flies. I can still remember when she was running around here saying, "Mama, juice peas!"....or "Mama, I want noonoos!" (noodles) Too cute. The day she was born, it was hot. Wait a minute, that's not even the word for it. It was FREAKIN' hot! It was the hottest summer since anyone can even remember with temperatures above 40°C or 104°F.  The kind where you really don't "want" to go outside. Thank heaven for air conditioning in the maternity ward, at least while I was having her. I chose to have a water birth and it was fascinating pulling her up out of the water by myself. I think my first words were: "You're SO tiny, oh my goodness!". She really was, only 2700 grams, but boy, did she have a voice on her! She came out just screaming away...and continued to do so for the next six months (colic and teething). We still catch her temperament flare like that at times. ;-) She should be a really fun teen. LOL

Jenna wanted rollerblades for her birthday, so that's what she got. What color may they be? You guessed it, pink! No other color will do for her. She's ALL girl, I can tell you that! I hope this pink phase ends soon. *g*

So here she is in her new rollerblades...unfortunately, it happens to be raining today (yesterday is was warm & sunny, go figure), so she can't use them yet, but she will. :-) Happy Birthday Jenna, my big girl!!!

Card sketch August 2009

Dear card makers,

Every month I create a card sketch and my own example of that sketch, which is then placed on Simea's website where you can also download the sketch in pdf format. Here is the card that I made for August. Please check out Simea's website for the pdf...under "Inspirationen".  Please check out her website for more awesome ideas!