You Make My Rainy Day Bright

I. Love. ShopPumpkin Spice.

I. Also. Love. 3 Birds On Parade.

Haha! I'm SO sorry if two of the chubbiest cute blue birds in a row are too much, but I just love them! This was actually the first card I made and I made it for Shantaie. 

I won her blog candy which was 3 Birds on Parade and I have been having a lot of change going on in my life and it's been pretty hard on me. I'm a creature of habit. Husband got new job, new car (that's the fun part), moved out of our house in 5 days flat... just a lot for me. I know that we're right where we are supposed to be and change is sometimes hard, but there is SOOO much to be thankful for EVERY day. And when I won that blog candy I teared up and I wanted to let her know that on a rough day, her generosity was the thing that made me smile from ear to ear. 

Everything on this card came from Shop Pumpkin Spice except for the crinkled ribbon.

This also might be one of my favorite cards I have ever made.

Recipe:

• Cartridge: 3 Birds On Parade™
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots™
• Patterned Paper: 
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Sunshine "Memories" Blossoms Paper™ (yellow stripe)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Sunshine "Lovely" Sewing Paper™ (blue polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Sunshine "Two of Us" Lovely Paper™ (newsprint)
• Solid Cardstock:
• Core'dinations Vintage Collection: Autumn™
• Core'dinations: Tim Holtz Kraft Core™
• Stickers: My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky "Together" Alphabet™
• Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Bright Teal (please let her know I sent you if you purchase some from her! Thank you!)

ALSO, SHOP PUMPKIN SPICE now has Echo Park Times and Seasons, WINTER PARK, AND STYLE ESSENTIALS in stock and ready to ship for ridiculously good prices! Check it out!!!

Have a BEAUTIFUL day! 

My first pop-up card!

**woot woot! My Core'dinations rainbow thank you cards are being featured at Practical Scrappers! Thank you Practical Scrappers! You can click on the name to take you to the post. :) **

Hello and happy Wednesday! 

Today for my Pumpkin Spice post I am sharing with you a baby/thank you card! My friends just found out that they are expecting another child. They are my friends with identical twin 18 month olds! Whew are they going to have their hands full! :) I am very excited for them. 

They had us over for dinner while we were in Las Vegas so I wanted to make a thank you card for them. It turned into a baby card! 

They were surprised on the sex for their girls and are waiting again to find out for this one, so I had to make a gender neutral card.  I hope they like it!

It's also my first attempt at a pop-up card! Here is the inside.

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards™
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Smile" Balloons Paper™ (orange polka dots)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Boy" Train Paper™(green and white checks)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Out of the Blue "Remember" Argyle Paper™ (green polka dot)
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Glam Rocks in Pearl by Imaginisce™
• Stickles in Lime
• Crinkled Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Lime (please let her know I sent you if you purchase from her!) ---whoever just did this morning, THANK YOU! I know you will be THRILLED with your ribbon!!! :) 
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™

Lucky to have you for my friend

Good Wednesday mornin' to you all!!! I made this card for my Pumpkin Spice post! I hope you like it!

I made this for my best friend Kourt who moved from being here locally in California to Omaha, Nebraska. I miss her all the time. So I wanted to send her a card to let her know she's the BEST! She loves elephants as much as I do!

Recipe:

• Cartridges: 
• Everyday Pop-Up Cards™ (Elephant)
• Elegant Edges™ (border)
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Two of Us" Damask Paper™ (black)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Lovely" Plaid Paper™ (yellow damask)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Forever" Classified Paper™ (yellow houndstooth)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Lovely" Sewing Paper™ (blue polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found 2: Sunshine "Sunshine" Music Paper™ (grey stripes)
• Solid cardstock:
• Paper Trey Ink "True Black" and "Vintage Cream"™
• Twine: My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky "Together" Twine™
• Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Dusty Rose
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Friend-tastic™
• Ink: Colorbox in black™
• Corner Rounder
• i-rock by Imaginisce™
• Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™
• Button from my stash
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™
• Stickles in Diamond™

I am entering it in the My Mind's Eye Sketch Challenge HERE. 

I Truly Appreciate All You Do ... SPS Blog Hop and **GIVEAWAY alert**

Welcome to the Shop Pumpkin Spice September Blog Hop! You should have gotten here from Lenae's blog! If not, start at Shop Pumpkin Spice's blog HERE.

First of all, we have to give a GREAT BIG SHOUT OUT to our WONDERFUL sponsor Denine because yesterday was her BiRtHdAy!!!! So be sure to leave her some birthday love on the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog!!!


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Well, my posts have been a little short recently and that's because I have been spending a lot of time in Monterey supporting my mom and visiting my grandfather who is dying of cancer. He is the BEST patient and always so upbeat and so brave. He says he is feeling fine every day no matter how much pain he is in. He has been an incredible example to all of us in the family and we are so proud of him. I am thankful for every moment we get to spend with him. 

I made this for the physical therapist who is helping him to walk. We had a not so great one before her and this one is just SO fabulous with him and really understand him. They brighten each other's days and he makes splendid progress with her. I just wanted to let her know how much we appreciate her.

This month's theme for the blog hop is My Mind's Eye!! The girls were to use ANY My Mind's Eye products in their projects as they are one of the chief lines that Shop Pumpkin Spice carries AND this month's kit that Carissa designed is made with My Mind's Eye! 

I think I should have used black ink because you can barely read the sentiment on the bottom! I promise it's clearer in real life. :) 

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Everyday Pop-up Cards™
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Life of the Party "Be You" Bloom Paper™(blue polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Life of the Party "Charmed" Trees Paper™ (green)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Life of the Party "Love" Scallops Paper™ (pink)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky "Together" Dotty Paper™ (dark blue houndstooth)
• Echo Park: Victoria Gardens "Cheerful Words"™ (yellow)
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Fabulous Phrases™
• Stickles: Turquoise
• Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Rose - from the Rose Garden Trio (if you order from her please let her know I sent you in the comments section)
• Twine: PTI
• Buttons
• White Gel Pen
• Foam Dimensional Adhesive
• Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa

AND this is a new month which means we have a NEW kit from DT member Carissa! There are sneak peeks at all the blogs on the blog hop so check it out! 

Here is my sneak peek! 

Now, head on over to my fabulous friend June's blog! 


When you get to the end make sure to leave a comment on Shop Pumpkin Spice's blog leaving some birthday love for Denine and thereby entering yourself in the giveaway! I think it will be just what your "Mind's Eye" wanted! :)