Time To Make Cards...

I recently caved and bought another card making magazine. It had the cutest cards in it, though!... That's how they hook you. Anyway. I did make two cards from it, already.  This one is called "Happiness Shared". It's the one on the cover of Card Maker, March 2012 issue.  I tried to do the flowers like they did. (Aren't they pretty?)  But I didn't have the same edge puncher (and couldn't find it at JoAnns). So I tried using the one I have, but I just couldn't make it work. So, I traced a flower punch-out from a book I have of different punch-outs from Walmart. Then I cut out six all together- held two together for each flower, and punched a tiny hole in the middle. Then, ran them both through my ?? thing that makes the paper ribbed. (I don't know what it's called.)  I also didn't have the "Happiness Shared" sentiment stamp. So, I typed it on wordpad and printed it on cardstock. And there's my card.

And, this is the reason I bought the magazine. It's called "Special Delivery".  I thought it was SO cute.  Well the one in the magazine is so cute. (I think mine turned out kinda cute, too.) Again, I didn't have the exact edge puncher. But it was kind of similar. And, I didn't have the same sentiment stamp. Or the same stork stamp. But I found this cute one on ebay. It came yesterday ~ Just in time (the baby shower is Sunday). The stamp is actually all one stamp. "Welcome baby" is right underneath the stork. But I tried very carefully to only ink the stork, and only ink the part that says "Welcome Baby".  I should have stamped that directly on the white card. But...  I wasn't thinking.  I have another one of these half made, with a darker blue background paper. 

My neighbor and I went to a new Thrift store here. It's called Ma and Pa's something or other... (I can't remember.) She called me after I got back from the bus stop, and was telling me about it. They consign just about everything. Clothes, books, household goods, crocheting, jewelry...  She asked if I wanted to go. So I had to hurry and hide her baby blanket and everything I bought for the baby shower. ;P  (It was sitting right on the kitchen table.)   Anyway, it was fun going to thrift stores (after we left the first one, that is.. -->).  She has some of her stuff in the Ma & Pa store. It seems like it would be a way for me to make some extra money & sell things I make, finally (something I always kinda wanted to  do). But, when we got there, the first thing I noticed was he smokes right in the store. I HATE that!!!!!!  And I don't want to sell any of my stuff- I worked hard to make- that is going to be reeking of cigarette smoke from him. You know?  I almost wanted to just leave (I would have, if I had gone there by myself); but I couldn't very well do that, since my neighbor drove. So I went into the other room. I almost said something to the guy about it. But...  It's his store.  I don't know if he will get very good business. Maybe it's just me.  I was kind of surprised my neighbor wanted to go in there, being pregnant & with her little daughter...  I guess I'm getting grumpy in my 40's...