A money holder birthday card

Happy Sunday! Today, I'm sharing another simple birthday card for my GF Linda's son. I kept it simple because most guys don't like the fuss over cards, right? I made a money holder card using soft suede cardstock for the base of the card. I dressed it up with a couple of stars - I'd say that this card turned out pretty good for a non-fussy card.Here's the inside. No fuss, just a simple sentiment stamped on vanilla cardstock. Can you tell I was tired when I made this card? Look how crooked the velcro closure is - sheesh! Good thing the card was for a guy! haha!

Hopefully, I will have time to work on something fun to share with you tomorrow. Hope your weekend is a relaxing one!

Sweet Raks from Brenda

My GF Brenda is so sweet! She's sweet as a gumdrop! LOL! and that's the name of her cute 'n sweet blog too! Brenda attended my May class a couple of weeks ago and I was so thrilled to receive this cute easel drawers from her. Four drawers and all holding sweet treats in each drawer! She used a retired SU image from the Crayon Kids set. One of my all time favorites! Another view...

She also brought brownies for the other ladies who attended the class. Isn't her punch art clown so bright and cheery??

Thanks SO MUCH Brenda! You are always so kind and thoughtful. BTW, I loved seeing your family too and glad they had fun at the beach.

Thanks to you for stopping by today and spending a few minutes with me!

Dragon Killer #2

Here's the second and last issue of Dragon Killer. The dedication page isn't as good, but the ending is a bit bloody... I'm a bit ashamed of how I chose to draw the ninja, but when I was 11 I was pretty confident thats what a ninja would look like, and it has a Terminator reference that no relic of the early 90's can be without... If you click on the pages they will become large enough to read.

Tiddly Inks Birthday Wishes

Happy Aloha Friday! No furlough for me this week, but I'm so happy that I am sort of catching up with some of my work.
Today, I'm sharing a sweet shaker birthday card with you. I swear, I will never catch up on making all the birthday cards that I need to send out. I made this shaker card for a sweet friend at my credit union. Of course, I'm a week late, but heck, better late than never, right?
For this card, I used this cute digi image called Annie's Heart from the Tiddly Inks line. I'm getting spoiled because my niece, Jen, loves to color with my copic pens and colored a bunch of images for me. I love it that I have images colored and ready to use. Thanks Jen! Here's a little closer look...

And here is the inside of the card. I'm loving making these easy shaker cards. I used my scallop square nestie to cut out the window and filled them with some of my SU beads.

Yay! It's a long holiday weekend. I hope you all have some exciting plans for the weekend. I have a long to do list that I'm hoping I'll be able to get to.

Thanks for your support and your comments too. You guys are the best! More sharing tomorrow!

Class of 2010

I knew for a while that I needed to make a graduation card last week, but with so much going on and the lack of energy, I waited to the last minute to pull this one together. It came out not too bad. I used my CB embossing folder with words of congrats and my nesties die for the focal point. Stamped the cute graduation cap from the new grad set called Go Graduate! The Congrats sentiment came from a retired SU set. I finished off the card with some curry dotted grosgrain ribbon.
Thanks for stopping by today and thank you all for always leaving me such sweet comments. It means so much to me!

Dragon Killer #1

I went home to visit my family last weekend, and spent some time digging around in the basement looking for old National Geographics. I found a box full of drawings and some old books I made when I was a kid. They are all pretty awful, but my friend convinced me to post some of them up here… Below is Dragon Killer #1, a book I made in grade 5. It's pretty brutal, but here it is, if you click on each image it should become large enough to read. Thanks to Sarah for doing the scanning…

Sarah Vandenbrekel & Andrew Remington Bailey

As I mentioned last post, I have a couple of interns helping me out this summer... They are both awesome people to spend the day with, and both great artists... Below are examples of their works, and links to their blogs...

Sarah Vandenbrekel:

...her blog...

Andrew Remington Bailey:

...his blog...

Mystery Postcard

A few weeks ago Dick Ireton alerted me to the sale of a postcard that was offered on EBay. The scene was unidentified, but the New Gretna post mark suggested that the photo may have been taken on the Bass River.

The upper left message is somewhat cryptic and may present some clues as to the location of the postcard photo - "Tuckerton of Str EJ McKeever. NJ". Does the symbol of a shamrock mean anything to anybody? Any guesses on the name of the garvey (First 3 letters are ALD)? Unfortunately, I can't decipher the name of the person sending the postcard, as it may be a significant clue.

I sent a copy of the postcard to my Bass River expert, Jim McAnney, in hopes that his knowledge of the Bass River may shed some light on the photo's location. Following is his reply.

I think the picture could be the John Mathis farm. It looks like it could have been taken across from the lower end of Allen's Dock. Being east of McKeevers, this is my best guess. The grove of trees on the right of picture looks similar to the one that was near the John Mathis house.(This guess plus a dollar will get you a cup of coffee)!!!!

Jim

The McKeever Brothers owned the Crab Island Fish Factory and kept their menhaden fishing boats near the Bass River bridge for the winter. They owned the area now called Allen's Dock. Does the postcard notation regarding EJ McKeever somehow refer to this area?

The McKeever Brothers menhaden fishing boats docked near the Bass River bridge for the winter. Courtesy of Paul Steinhaurer.

I am hoping that someone out in the Blog-O-Sphere may be able to shed some light on the location of the postcard photo.

Pete S