I Brake for lazy days fishing!

 Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I've made a sweet gnome card. I just love mushrooms so much and if they come with an adorable gnome on top who's fishing...even better!

I used the large fishing gnome from MS123 Gnomes Sheet.

I also used a smaller pair of mushrooms from the sheet as well as a fish from MS97 Full Plate.

I love all the colors mushrooms come in.  In my woods we have brown, black, white, pink, red, purple and a bright, golden yellow-orange.  I've even learned how to pick wild Chanterelles in the last few years.  I hope you're all enjoying your weekend!

I Brake for Lighthouses!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing MS97 from I Brake for Stamps.  I used this sheet to make a birthday card.

I used 4 images from the set and then stamped Happy Birthday from the Every Day Phrases set.  I was able to cut the center out of the lifesaver so that I could perch it on the corner for a 3-D look.  The oars were colored with Marvy markers.  I just Googled painted oars and found some that I liked and copied them.

I Brake for Beachy Birthdays!

Hello and happy Saturday!

I'm not ready to let summer go yet so....

Today I'm sharing a birthday card with you.  We have a lot of friends who have lake homes or live in the south near a beach so I love making nautical themed cards.

This one features MS97 Full Plate

from

I Brake for Stamps

The two part verse is a sentiment from 

Whale Set

Sea Critters Complete Set

Both of these sets are just perfect for summer or pretty much any time of year!

I Brake for Lighthouse Shakers!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a thank you card that I made using
MS97 Full Plate.

I Brake for Stamps has many beautiful nautical images (and I own most of them) but I think this sheet is my favorite!

There are so many gorgeous images on this sheet. 

I've used many of them several times.

My daughter just had her high school graduation and two days later she turned 18.  Her best friend's dad and girlfriend took her out to dinner for graduation, cooked her her favorite meal that they make for her birthday, gave her a beautiful necklace and a generous cash gift.

They also invited her to go to Myrtle Beach with them.  She wasn't able to tag along on the vacation due to the fact that she was a featured artist at a local art gallery that week.  I decided to make their card with a nautical theme.

I printed a verse on my computer to thank them.

I Brake for Boathouses!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a co-worker.

She and her husband run a Marina, hotel, pool club and some shops in Wilson, N.Y. besides her being a teacher.  This spring they added a restaurant, The Wilson Boathouse, to their "family."

I've used a couple of stamps from MS97 FULL PLATE from

I Brake for Stamps.

The new restaurant is almost directly north of Buffalo on Lake Ontario.

Here's the inside where I personalized it.

The rocks and seaweed/fish are also from the set. 

The other items are die cuts.

I brake for anchors!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing my Brother-in-Law's birthday card.  I have a TON of March birthdays in mine and my husband's family and need to get a jump start.  A bunch of them are southern "beach" people so I love nautical cards for them.

I've used the MS97 Full Plate from I Brake for Stamps for my card.

All of the die cuts are from Ellen Hutson and pair perfectly with this beautiful sheet of nautical images!

Here's the inside of the card.  I didn't stamp a birthday sentiment inside but I figured we could just write it in.  Bob lives on Hilton Head Island and this lighthouse reminded me of one we visited when we've gone to see them.

It seems ironic.  I don't like the beach due to my fair skin (previous bout with skin cancer) and my fear of things in the ocean.  Yet...if you asked me...nautical cards are one of my all time favorite cards to make and ocean creatures are some of my favorite animals on earth.  I don't know...go figure.

I Brake for Beaches!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing my Father-In-Law's birthday card with you.

He lives in Florida and loves the water so I often make him a nautical themed card.

 I've used several images from MS97 Full Plate.

On the front I used the one of the smaller lighthouses because I wanted it to appear that it was in the distance a bit.

I also used the sailboat.

I hand drew in the lines for the sky, water and sand. I used a very thin Marvy marker to make some tufts of sea grass.  I also added a couple more stepping stones.

On the inside I used some rocks with sea grass and the bottle with sand. The verse is from Every Day Phrases.

Even though I don't love the beach...I'm very pale so I burn easily...plus I don't like things touching me when I'm swimming.  Plus the sand gets everywhere...plus...well, you get the point.  In spite of that, Nautical cards are one of my all time FAVORITE cards to make!!  I'm going to get tons of use out of this sheet.