Deep Sympathy

I don't know about you but Sympathy cards are the hardest for me....

It's for such a sad occasion and yet you want to bring them a smile too... it's just so hard to balance.

Last week a dear friend of mine lost someone very special to there family, they had to fly out of town and would be back later this week.  So I wanted to have something waiting for them when they got home. 

Here's what I did.....

This is the front... I popped up just the wing tips on the butterfly, and did the water color technique on the flowers.... you know when you color your stamp with pens and then spray mist on it and stamp a few times to get that look....I sprayed  then crumpled my seam binding with some Glimmer Mist and let it dry to get that crumbled look.

here's a close up......

and here's the inside....

I hope she smiles when she read it and remembers a happy time.

Here's what I used;

• Papers/ Creative Memories and SU
• Inks & Pens/ Close to my Heart- Desert Sand words and sponging, Vineyard Berry and Garden Green flowers
• Stamps/ SU-Nature Walk, My Favorite Things-Essential Sentiments, and Clearly Sentimental about Sympathy
• Punches/ MS-Woodland Branch
• Misc./ Glimmer Mist-Gold, Seam Binding by Hug Snug-Eggshell

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Hope you Enjoyed!!

 

Hugs & Kisses

Hi Everyone!!

Today I decided to make my hubby's Valentines card...

Here's the front;

 and here's a close-up.....I love how all the layers worked out

And the inside...... 

Here's the saying in case you can't see it;
"To love and be loved
is to feel the sun
from both sides."
by David Visott
Not to mushy but lots of Love!!!

Hope he likes it!!!

Here's the things I used;

• Close to my Heart stamps/Heartthrob (D1309) for background inside
• Papertrey ink stamp set / Handwritten Notes Vol.3, No. 5 for the Hugs & Kisses front
• Cloud 9 Simple Thoughts-Love for the inside words
• Cuttlebug Embossing folder / Heart Blocks (37-1139)
• Memento Texedo Black ink
• Ribbon; Celebrate It-5/8" Pink, and some black and white from my stash
• Paper used; Creative Memories-Black, Pink Lemonade, SU-White
• White and Red paper lace doilies
• Finished Card Size; 4.25" x 5.5"

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Hope you Enjoyed!!

 

Thanks Mary!!!

This past week Mary from the Glitter Grammy sent me a supprise! 

She gifted me with this award... Oh My was I really Supprised too!!

I had not posted anything for almost a month and then the first time I do Mary gave me this lovely supprise, Wow! is all I can say!!

There are some rules with reciveing this award and sharing the love too.

Here are the rules:

The idea of the Leibster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. So, in the spirit of good fun I am passing this award on to five other bloggers. Please stop by and visit them.
1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.

3. Post the award on your blog.

4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.

5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love!


The blogs I've chosen are listed below. They inspire me in so many ways. Click on over to their sites and take a look!
 

Dell from DoodleDiva
Olena from Olenas Place
Fairy Thoughts
Sue H from Sue's Krafty Kards and other stuff!
Carol C from Carol C's Stuff

Picking 5 people was so hard to do there are sooooo many out there that I LOVE to visit, and then some of the very ones I picked had already recived the award.... but lots of fun too because I got to visit so many friends and check out there bolgs again since I was away for so long. 

I may not comment often but please remember I'm always looking and enjoy my visits so much!!!
Again Thanks Mary for picking me!!!!!!

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Black, White & Red!

Hi Everyone!!

Will I'm doing something NEW for me.....

I'm going to participate in a "Challenge"!!

Yep! Many of you have asked why I don't do this and the answer is...

Will I never felt like I could stand up to the competition.  No I'm not getting any more sure of myself, but I keep getting gentle nudges so I though I would try this one...

The site Going Buggy is doing the challenge....

and here is my Card;
I know this pic dose not show up the white very good but it is white honest!

Here you can see how it opens and the inside is left blank for your notes.

this is a view of the gift set with the box and all, I stamped the envelops too on the front and back just to add a little interest. 

Will wish me luck!!!!

Here's the things I used;

• Close to my Heart stamps/Baroque Alphabet E-1006
• Memento Texedo Black ink
•  Ribbon; Celebrate It-5/8" RED
• Paper used; Creative Memories-Black, SU-White, Misc-print, for the box I used a File Folder from Michaels-Dossiers
• Finished Card Size; 4.25" x 5.5"

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hope you Enjoyed!!

 

WOYWW 138

It's been almost a Month since I've posted anything... so I thought today was a good time to get back into the swing of things....

Here's my desk today;

Will that's not going to happen today!!!!!!
I have no idea what is going on but I can't insert images.....
no pic....

It's 3AM and I though I'd try again and it's working....????
so here's my pic.
Better late than never......

I'm working on an order for several Gift Packs of Black and White...

Still have a few more to do ... but almost!

Thanks for stopping by again!

Hope you Enjoyed!!

Here's a look back at "2011"

I got this idea from a blog friend of mine (Thanks Glenda) that posted several of her cards from 2011 and thought it would be fun to do the same.

So this is what I decided to do.... pick one post from each month so that would be 12 things....

Here's my top 12 picks from "2011"

January, can you guess what this was for???

February I created this borders folder to take with me shopping and to help me pick what I wanted to used on my projects too.

March I needed to make some Sympathy cards, this was one I picked....

April I was moving my craft room.... what a mess I had.... to be honest, I'm still moving stuff around!

May, this is the card I made for Mom for Mother's day!

June, just got some stamps by Mo and was having a ball coloring and using them....

July, Cards we did for the 1st Card Class I had with a friend of mine....

August, Tea Box's...need I say more.  I went wild making these...!!!

September I got some Rubbernecker stamps... I just love them and really enjoyed making these.

October I was going thru my stamps that I had never used and found my Flippin' stamps... OMG what fun are these... you get the front and the back view of each one....

November I was frantically working on my Christmas cards... and cards from Mom and Dad too... How did I ever get it all done I have no idea.....!

December I need a breather from all the Christmas STUFF... and really enjoyed making this cutie!

Will that's it for "2011". 

Thanks for taking a walk down memory lain with me!

Hope you Enjoyed!!