Love

WOW I can't believe it's almost the end of the month already...Here's another CAS card that I made at the cute little workshop right before Christmas.  I didn't bother to make many Christmas themed cards even though that is what most of their supplies were for because it was so close to the holiday that I had already mailed my cards out.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Do you use embossing folders?

You have my Heart!

Happy Hump Day!  Just a reminder that today is the last day to turn in your cards for the CONTEST, It's love or Valentine's theme.  Just email them to me before midnight Austin,TX time.  Note: I got cards last night from Marjeta, Tina, and Taty that I haven't added to the contest page yet.   I can't wait to see them all.  Winners will probably get announced the 1st of March, maybe sooner if I get the posting ready.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Do you use stamps with matching die cuts?

CAS (Clean and Simple)

So I went to one of those art studios where you pay a small amount to craft by the hour.  They had a bunch of crafts you could do: painting, card making, labels/tags, ceramics (you had to buy the ceramics) and so forth.  I just sat down and made some CAS cards with some of their papers and punches.  Here's one of them

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Do you like washi tape (like what I am using on the edges of this card)?

Celebration 2026 winners

Winners, please email me your addresses at htondre@aol.com. If your name is in bold I have rec'd your message.

First winner is:  Karin

Taty

Susan T 

Gaye

Becca Y

Glennis F

Audrey R

Valerija

Mel 

Marjeta

bissecat 

kellyskardsfl

Suzanne H

Denise

Jean

Tina Z

Sindhu

Ionabunny 

Love you

Here's a cutie from Pink &Main. I love their stamps and their card making kits.  Isn't this card too cute?  I love this kit in particular.  Just a reminder, two more days to submit your cards to me for the contest, anything LOVE or Valentines theme. htondre@aol.com

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Do you ever use card kits? which company's kits do you like?

Love You.

Happy Sunday.  I am looking forward to next week.  I can't believe this is the last week of the celebration and then it will be MARCH!  WHAT?  where did this month go?  I hope y'all have enjoyed seeing the blog and are ready for me to mail the prizes next week.  These cute little stickers are from Doodlebug.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day: How often do you make cards?  do you use stamping for other things?

Love you like a love song

Happy Saturday everyone.  I hope you are all having a great weekend.  I am so surprised this is the last full weekend of the month already.  WOW.  By this time next week we will be finishing the month.  Speaking of this card, do you and your partner have a love song?

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  what size card do you like to make?  

I used to mostly do 6x6, but now I am doing tons of mini sized cards

Love & Adore

Hello everyone, Happy Friday.  I can't wait to see what FOODIE Friday brings for the kiddos today.  I hope something they are all willing to at least try out and maybe enjoy.  Here's the love theme card for the day, Love & Adore.   I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a card making contest HERE and the deadline is on Feb 25th.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day: what goodies did you see in the prizes I shared that you liked?

check out here and here and HERE and HERE and HERE and here and HERE!

So Happy Together

I thought the mice in this card were so cute!  How fun is that? This card is from a kit by Simple Stories.  They make the nicest kits that don't require anything but basic adhesive.  Plus with the extras you have left over, you can often make a couple of additional cards or mini sized cards.

 Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  do you also have another crafting hobby?

All you need is LOVE

All you need is LOVE.  I totally remember last year while working with the 1-year-olds that I would be sitting with them during naptime and the teacher would always play the Beatles in Muzak form (so piano or just wordless).  I listened to the same set of music, everyday for months. Lucky that I can enjoy it.  I listened to it A LOT.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  What colors do you not like?

You are the Bee's Knees

Yay!   I am only 99 days to Turkiye.  WOW, that sounds so very soon now.  LOL, well, just over three months, but still close.  I am going to the scrapbook convention in Irving in March, that event is just 28 days away.  Doesn't that sound like fun?   Today is the registration for that.  I am trying to decide if I want to take classes as well as shopping. I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a card making contest HERE and the deadline is on Feb 25th.  did you send me a card for the contest?  please make sure it's there.....

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  what special event do you have coming up?  are you counting the days to something?

Forever in the Hearts

Happy Monday everyone!  Can you believe the month is half over already?  Be sure and check out the winner list (HERE).  If you haven't contacted me, please do so.  In a couple of days, I will already start putting packages together for you and as the last few questions go out, be adding more and more to the packages as the month ends out.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Are there any stamp topics that you don't like?

Love

 Happy Sunday!  I hope you had a lovely Valentines and are now getting ready for a new week.  I am still going to continue this month in LOVE theme...and the card contest is still happening in LOVE (or still valentines if you wish to share that) until Feb 25th, 11:59pm Austin TX time.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Do you send out your cards or do you have a stockpile of cards are home?

Love You

 Happy Valentine's Day.  I hope everyone has a special day filled with love from friends and family.  Do you have anything special planned for the day?  I made this card using one of my favorite stamp collections, Oddballs from Stamping Bella.  I just love that skull barrette in her hair.  I also had to add some gorgeous Turkish Lace.  Love  you DH!

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  Who are your favorite stamp companies?

You are Loved

Happy Friday the 13th!  Ooo, that sounds ominous.  Do other countries have an evil type connotation associated with Friday the 13th? is that just in the USA?  I have no idea where that idea came from or if it just developed due to the movies.  Hmmm, inquiring minds.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  what embellishment do you NOT ever use?

Love beyond words

Happy Thursday Everyone!  I just wanted to remind everyone that there is a card making contest HERE and the deadline is on Feb 25th.  You can enter two cards per person by sending them to htondre@aol.com There will be four winners picked and each winner will get an extra prize put in their packages.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  What's your favorite embellishment?

You stole my Heart!

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day!  It's time to go and see my kiddos and play and have fun.  I look forward to a good day (and exhausting, lol).  What are y'all up to today?  Making plans for Valentine's day this weekend? Today is the actual day of my surgery, so this is the REAL anniversary of the 2nd surgery.

NOTE: someone send me a card yesterday for the contest and I literally can't find it or any copy of the email....even in the deleted folder in my email.  Was it YOU?  if  you don't see your card in the card contest page, please resend it to me....thank you so much.  I really don't know what I did.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day: what types of die cuts do you like?

Together Forever

Here's a sweet card for Tuesday.  You & Me, together forever.  John and I will hit 28 years this fall.  To the point where I can't hardly remember life without John.  What a great DH.  He's really been there through the hard times, hasn't he? Just a reminder that we are having a card contest on the Feb 6th posting.  I have been adding cards that are sent to me at htondre@aol.com

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day: do you like word stamps?  what topics?

Love You

Happy Monday everyone!  Here's a CAS (clean and simple card)  using some great die cuts from Simple Stories.  I love their kits, you can make the eight cards that they design and usually you have so many leftovers that you can make your own cards (esp mini sized cards too).

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day: what holidays do you NOT make cards for?

Love + Chocolate

Hope you are all having a Blessed Sunday.  Here's a new LOVE theme card for today.  I figured I had to sneak in a few Valentine theme cards...All you need is Love + Chocolate.  Yum.  I love both.  Now I always have three day weekends Sunday is just a bonus saturday, lol

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Questions of the day:  What's your favorite snack?

Capture the love

Here's a fun card I made using Simple Stories papers, It says "Capture the love; It was always YOU!"  I think I made this cute card out of a kit that was meant for Weddings, but of course I have been married a long time, and I am not going to be making any scrapbook or wedding theme cards, so I turned the supplies into cards like this one here.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  which holiday is your favorite for making cards?

Card Contest: LOVE THEME

Card Contest theme this month is LOVE.  

If you want to participate in a little card making contest, it will be love theme in general, or if you want to go full valentines theme, that's ok too.  I will post a page to share your cards on and you can EMAIL your cards to me at htondre@aol.com

I post the cards below and you will have until the 25TH!! No more than TWO per person.  I will pick top 3 and my hubby John will pick his favorite.  Winners will get to pick and EXTRA goodie to be included in their packages.

Just EMAIL me your cards to htondre@aol.com or on FB Holley Tondre Barnhart

I will add them here.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  what's your favorite adhesive?

Card entries:

Susan T

Susan T 

Audrey

Audrey R

Karin

Suzanne H

Glennis 

Glennis 

Mel

Mel

Birgitta

Birgitta

Becca Y 

Denise 

Denise

Tina Z

Gaye

Gaye

Jean M

Sindhu

Tina Z

TATY

Marjeta 

Do small things with great love

Here's a cute BEE themed card with LOVE.  I do adore BEE cards. Do Small things with Great love.  What a lovely saying.  Off to school today, been a long week, I guess I am starting to get used to it.  LOL, so busy nowadays and it was such a simple change. 

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day: Do you like insects?  bees, dragonflies, spiders for halloween?  how about birds?

Love is a four legged word.

It's Wednesday and time to see the kids.  I hope we have fun at school today.  Maybe we can do some crafting together.  Here's my "LOVE" card today. It's using wonderful papers from Echo Park.  All the LOVE theme cards for the contest don't have to be LOVE of people, maybe you just LOVE animals :)

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  what four legged creatures do you love?

I like cats and dogs, also sometimes cute elephants, giraffes and llamas, I'm sure there is so many more but those come to mind pretty quickly.

I {heart} you

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday.  I hope your week is off to a good start. I am sharing this LOVE theme card today from American Crafts.  I love the bold colors on it. Let's just say, I {heart} you times three.  Off to work today to see my kiddos, only 8 today compared to 12 tomorrow.  Should be a little quieter, lol.  Just kidding 8 kids (3years old) make a lot of noise.

Please check out my lace store, there's lots and lots of wonderful items including tons of lace by the yard, great handmade items, and lace assortments!  Check it out   https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Question of the day:  do you have a die cut machine?  can you use thin dies and thick dies?