U Rock! Happy Birthday

Hello friends! I know that it has been a while since I have posted. But no fear. I have a card to share for the current CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge.

 

 

A friend of mine celebrated her 30th birthday this past weekend. Although I wanted to make her a card that actually had 30th on it, I opted to leave it out. Niki is a member of the rock band my husband plays in, ELEVATORS. She plays lead guitar and performs vocals. I really wanted to ink up PTI's Boy Basics: Rock On for her. And I inked up the back of one of my stamps from Altenew, Label Love to create the rainbow background. The sentiments are also from Label Love.

 

 

 

I have to say that she had a pretty rockin' birthday this past Saturday. She and the band had their EP release show and it was awesome. There was a great turnout and we all had a great time. Their EP Live to Find Out will be available tomorrow on iTunes if you would like to show your support.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Happy Birthday, Andy!

Hello friends! I hope you are all doing well. Today I have a card to share with you that I created for my hubby. Today is his birthday. That's right, 9/11. Today is a day of remembrance of what took place 13 years ago, but it is also a day to celebrate. I have been planning on making him his card for quite some time. However, my crafty mojo went on vacation somewhere and hasn't returned. Since I have been on my new medication, it has made me tired. So by the time my day is done, I head to bed instead of my craftroom.



For my card, I used the colors from the current colourQ challenge as inspiration. I did my best to match them. I used PTI's Boy Basics: Rock On for the guitar and the sentiment and stars are from Altenew Faux Veneers. The patterned papers are from gina k designs, CAS-ual Fridays paper pack and aMuse Studio. Since I incorporated these patterned papers, I am also linking up to Virginia's View Challenge.

 

My husband, Andy, has played bass guitar in our church band for over 10 years and he also plays in a rock band, ELEVATORS. They are gearing up for the first EP release which will be available on iTunes 9/30/14. Their album is called Live To Find Out. The record is available for presale on Amazon if you want to hear a preview. Unfortunately my link does not work so you will have to do a search to find them.

Happy Birthday, Andy!

ELEVATORS, Florida Music Festival

Hi friends! Tonight is an exciting night for me and my husband, Andy. He and his rock band, ELEVATORS, were invited to play at the Florida Music Festival. This event kicked off last night and runs through Saturday. They will be playing tonight at 9pm and were are all pretty excited.

 

 

 

They currently have one recorded song and are  gearing up to record their first 5 song EP. In order to do this, they have decided to raise these funds through a KICKSTARTER.

You can check out their Kickstarter site and video at this link.

 

Have a great weekend!

Nearing the end and an update

That's right. Today I have the second page of month 12 to share with you for Joshua's baby album. I believe I will only have 4-6 simple pages left to finish the album. Yay!!!

 

 

 

If you have been following along with his album, then you know that the main part uses Becky Higgins Sweet Baby kit. The cream cardstock and arrows are the only part not from the kit. I did use my Silhouette to cut out the title and arrows. I did add some machine stitching through the title. If you look closely (although I blurred out some details of the journaling for privacy), you may notice some aqua splatters. I used Small Splatter from DeNami Design to create a bit of a water splash to compliment the photo.

 

So happy to be on the homestretch of his baby album. Work has been busy and so has the rest of life that I haven't had much opportunity to craft in large amounts of time. But like they say in "What About Bob?"...baby steps, baby steps.

 

On a side note, the hubby and I celebrated 11 years of marriage yesterday. Unfortunately after dinner, we forgot to take our group selfie. Oh well. And this was the first year that we did not buy each the traditional anniversary gift or give each other a card. Like I said, we've just been a little busy.

 

 He had a gig with his band, ELEVATORS, 2 weeks ago. He has performed at this venue once before and we had an awesome time watching their performance. They are gearing up for the Florida Music Festival at the end of the month. They currently have one song that is recorded. They plan on fundraising to earn some more money to record a few more songs and have an EP release. I am so excited for him and the rest of the band. You can find their current release here. (Btw, my hubs is the one on the left playing the blue bass guitar.)

 

 

Tomorrow is the DeNami Design Buttons and Bows blog hop, so Leah and I will be back to share our creations. That's right, my little girl has something quite creative to share. Thanks for stopping by!

Only We Would Know

Happy Tuesday! If you visit my blog regularly, you probably expect to see some crafty creations. Well, today I wanted to pop in to share some exciting news. I have mentioned earlier this year that my husband has joined ELEVATORS, a rock band and has been playing in some gigs. At their last performance, The All of US  Reggie Williams  EP release, they really rocked it out. An audience member, Adriel Garcia liked it so much, that he invited them to his production studio to record one of their songs. My husband made a little video with some of the clips from their recording session.

They were also invited to play in the Florida Music Festival in April. My hubby is so excited and I couldn't be happier for him and the band.

Enjoy the video and music!




The song can be downloaded for free or you can name your price if you wish at http://www.elevatorsrock.bandcamp.com/

Elevators BackBooth

Hi friends! Today I have a little video to share of my husband and his friends rocking it out at a local bar, BackBooth. I captured it on my phone last Friday. Andy is playing the blue bass guitar. This is my first edited video and I honestly have no idea what I am doing, so you will have to bear with me.

  

Tonight they will be playing at our church with a couple of other bands.

He is a business man by day and a musician by night. Music is really his passion. I believe that he owns enough music to play on his iPod without repeat to last 1 entire month. Yes, he really loves music that much.

Thanks for stopping by!