Happy Birthday, Son!

January is a fairly busy birthday month in my world; which most importantly includes my son, Ryan.

Ryan is my only child and I am a very proud mama. Ryan has the biggest heart and determined spirit of anyone I know. He is a professional horse trainer and loves horses more than anything. Working with horses is very laborious and Ryan works incredibly hard to manage his farm, which was the inspiration for this card.

Once again, I am laser focused on using supplies and tools from my crafty stash to make my cards this year and this is no exception.

The box die is from Pink and Main Box Card die, barn and fence dies are from Taylored Expressions Build a Barn die set,  rainbow/clouds from MFT Once Upon a Rainbow Die-namics, and the horses are from a Cottage Cutz Carousel Silhouette die set that is at least 5 years old.

I used Distress Oxide inks to color each little horse to represent the horses at the farm.

I think Ryan really loved the card, but not nearly as much as I love him.

Celebrating 10 Years of Blogging with a Card!

Today is the 10th anniversary of launching the Contagiously Crafty blog! We're celebrating with this pop-up card made using the  Pink and Mail Box Card die.  If you want to check out that very first post from 10 years ago today, click here.

Ten years has gone by so fast. Andie has don a great job keeping the blog alive, if it wasn't for her efforts there would likely not be a blog to celebrate. Thanks for all the work.

In 10 years we have done a lot of crafty projects from scrapbooks and cards to calendars and Andie's beautiful crocheted items. The best part has been that our friendship was the foundation for the blog and has continued to grow with the blog.

Here is to the next 10 years!