with Sympathy

Two families have lost love ones this week. My heart is heavy for those families & the memories of the loved ones lost. I cannot find the words for either card to be mailed out and I have cried each day & held my loved ones extra tight. 

  

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~Helen Keller

Slate grey with Bermuda Bay, Pool Party & Cabana are the colors I put together for this card.  Clean & simple all the way. Pearls to accent the flowers. 

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Black White Wedding with a POP

August has become the new wedding month, I swear...

Not mine.. but two others... just days apart.

So I had two ideas in mind... and they were pretty simple...

 

Simple yet elegant.

 

 I like them in both the Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight.

 

Then I made four others- using Real Red, Whisper White, Concord Crush and Basic Grey. All of which I love and it will be a HUGE decision to see who gets what! 

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Two for Thursday... flowers for mom

Not many holidays go by when in the process of making cards, I do not break out some punch art of one sort. I really try to stay clear.. but sometimes I just cannot help it.  When I was cleaning up and reorganizing my craft cave, I found some of these fusion flowers laying around. It sparked an idea that transformed two cards for mothers day! 

  

When I put them on the Very Vanilla, it just popped right out. I fixed my pearls to match, and then layered some Wild Wasabi  with the Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler. 

 

When I put another set on the Crumb Cake, with just a small amount of Cherry Cobbler, it gave another look that I liked, just not as bright.  

Lets hope as I continue to reorganize the room I can continue to find more goodies like these!!

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Have a great day!

Melon bloom

 I have been slacking on some card making lately. Not that I haven't had cards to make, just not a lot of the energy to complete them. Thought it might be the time change, but honestly I think its just the 'more work, less people' kicking into high gear. 

Nonetheless, some of my mojo shined and I got this together.

 

They needed to be mailed, so the pictures are not where they usually are, since it was snap snap and out to the post office.

I used a variety of materials - Big Shot for the Vintage Embossing Folder on the Crumb Cake, and the large Flower in Melon Mambo. I used the scalloped edge punch of Night of Navy and added pearls. Using the Ruffled ribbon, I attached it to the top of the Cheerful Treats DSP (Hostess) which is really cute!  The greens for the flower are punched from the Blossoms builder punch and I used a dimensional under the top one. Kindness Matters was stamped in Night of Navy and then sponged with Crumb Cake. I added a itty bitty flower to the corner. The little flower in the center is made with the tiny heart punch with a pearl in the center.

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 Have a great day! 

Hug the ones you love! 

Simpy Soft Calypso Coral

Its often that I want to make a vintage card... and get lost in the process... why? (shake my head) because I want to keep it too clean.  I continue to put forth the effort.

I want to make a collection of vintage looking cards for a card box set for a friend, and EVERYTIME I  park my butt down to do it - I end up with something TOTALLY different than I wanted... seriously? why can it just cooperate!

It was a rainy night, which I thought maybe would help me pull in the vintage forces.... so I got the embossing folder out that is Vintage Wallpaper, and used Very Vanilla CS. I then sponged it with Crumb Cake. In my head I guess I think that makes it look "older". I tore a corner off and sponged it, then I wished I didn't, but I couldn't stop.... well I could .. but I didn't!..

I used the Simply Soft  (Hostess) stamp set, in Early Espresso, then colored the flowers with Calypso Coral using a Blender pen. I added Wild Wasabi to the stems. Then used a white gel pen to the little stems in the center of the flowers.

I layered it up with Crumb Cake, and Calypso Coral CS. I did sponged the edges before adhering them together. I added Pearls to the ripped corner after I put some Crumb Cake seam binding across the middle.

I didn't add a sentiment, because I truly thought it might be pulled apart... So what do you think? Is this vintage? What do you do to make a vintage looking card?  Maybe I will stick to clean.. ?

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Hug the ones you love! 

Striped Seasons Greetings

Alittle less tradtional, but still fun! I didn't realize this paper was in the pack until I went searching for paper for my mom's birthday card...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

I like the Blushing Bride card base, so I could use the deep Real red for the main focus.
Simple and easy.. another thing I like when I am to be baking and birthday card making !!!

Have a great day!

Happy I DO day!!!!

Many of you can recall the moment you received an invitation to a wedding that you knew you would remember for a lifetime - right? I am not talking about JUST YOUR OWN.. but you know what I am talking about.. the wedding that is hosted by people that love to throw a good party, or its during a particular time of year, or you get to travel to some grande place that you have wanted to go but just needed the excuse... know what I mean???

Well, my fiancee received a wedding invitation, from one of his soldiers, the wedding day is December 31, 2010. Of course I was like NEW YEARS EVE ? I WANT TO GET MARRIED ON NEW YEARS EVE!!!! He paid no mind to me...LOL!! He filled out the RSVP by the given date and then said "Well, you better get a card ready"... I freaked out a little not knowing if we were attending or not, and when he smiled and said "NYE in Michigan, are you sure you can handle it??" WAHOOOOOOOO-- I will take NYE anyplace that I can get dressed up and be an adult!!!! {{ dance the jig}}

So ladies (and gents) the wedding card:

The close up of the flowers- which were cut by the Big Shot using the smallest flower on the Flower Fusion.

I used Concord Crush with just a touch of Pear Pizzazz. I wished for elegance, without too much fluff.. I added just a few pearls on some of them. Now I have to find a paded envelope to travel with - since we are flying out to Michigan and I do not want too much repair on arrival.

Now what to get as a gift???? UGH!

RazzleBirthday

BEFORE you get all that paper is retired on me, please note that not only did I manage to keep this off the blog until it was delivered but I managed to misplace it in the month that its been done ... OOPS!!!

Here is the birthday card that was made WAY AHEAD OF TIME, so I could use the Tropical Oasis paper for the flower:

The Razzleberry paper is textured which I really like. I made the flower with the scalloped circle punch, and then creased it at every 'point', which was really easy, after cutting on slit in it, adhering two of them together... got it? ha ha.. I added the pearls to give just alittle flare.
The greens for the flower are from the 2 step bird punch.

Baby Buggy

I loved the little pearls that Stampin Up! is now selling... FINALLY after all this time you do not have buy them in a kit, you can get them all sorts of sizes and by themselves! HOORAY!

For a recent workshop, we did this little girls baby card. I got the idea for the simplicity from Ilina Crouse. She has a template for a Diaper box and cards. Check her out here for her blog. AND I got to incorporate the new Pearls!




My CASE from Illina:

Hope you like it!

Stamps: Baby Bundle, Perfect Punches
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Ink: Espresso, Blushing Bride
Others: pearls, modern label punch, corner round punch, Textured Background (Big Shot)

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Sugar and spice and everything nice

that is what little girls are made of....

Isnt that what they say? I am not totally sure about that.. afterall, I have a 12 yo girl and the "everything nice" comes and goes when it wants to! HA HA. This too shall pass ... I was told.. by someone that has 4 daughters... so I believe it! LOL

With all that being said, here is todays project:

I actually filled the bag with chocolates for the father to be... since the mother to be had a shower and I think its sad that they guys get left out of the picture. I am sure hes not sad, but he gets chocolates.. so HOORAY FOR HIM!!!

I used the new Fox n Friends stamp set, which I have in the new clear mount stamps. I used some DSP, which may have retired, but I am drawing a blank on the name, sorry. The pink ribbon is the new SATIN ribbon... which I am liking more and more and it usually more subtle than my taste.. but its all nice and pretty! It was super simple to put together. I probly had to take more time to make the chocolated then the bag itself, thanks to the bags that SU! offers. You get 5 bags in a pack. Pretty nice to have on hand!

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Sweet Stems - Punched

I love when I need to relax alittle and head to my craft cave, and though I need this "me" time, my 12 yo needs "mom" time. Well not really "mom time" in which I thought it meant spending time with me, it was actually vent time.. "Mom, can you please listen to this.. "or "Why would they did do that?"..... or my favorite "I wish she would stop calling me..." For the first part of the conversation, I give her the full body attention she wants... then as the story goes on and on, I slowly start putting my thoughts to paper in which she will say "Oh you can do that while I talk"... which ultimately means she will critic my work, while she chats about what friends are doing, or teachers, or whatever is on her mind... this is her version of "me time with mom"... and her brother cannot comment since we are in the cave and he is elsewhere in the house battling with soldiers to win another war type game on the Xbox (or am I to say 360? I never say it right. ha ha) We have this pattern down, where she even knows when I am looking for scissors, adhesive, ribbon, and merely gets up and walks around to get them for me, and I remain seated... but if I mutter ONE WORD... ONE SIGH... ONE LOOK .... the conversation is over. Good thing some of the 'talks' are etched in my brain so if I am quizzed later, I remember, only the highlighted areas...so I have learned.

Just when you thought you couldn't....you can multi task with a babbling 12 yo girl, that is my last thought for you today!

So todays card... Sweet stems... I do not have this stamp set (which is now retired) but at some point, I stamped a bunch of the flowers off, and kept them for later. I didn't actually use the Stamp set, I made a set of the flowers from the SU! 5 petal punch. I am pleased with the turn out. Check it out!

I incorporated the Card Positioning System Challenge 155.



Ingredients:
CS: Celery, Pomegranate, White, Kraft
SU! Textured BS plates - dots on White, and swirls on Pomegranate
Half pearls, dimensionals, Stem from 2 step bird punch

feeling alittle Blue...

Happy Veterans Day! To all those that serve this country in whatever means you do - thank you for all you do and I know that one day of thanks isn't nearly enough. I have been fortunate enough to have military servicemen among my life, not only in my family but circle of friends as well. It helps define the word freedom and hero. Each time I see them - I thank them for their service. It brings alittle sadness to my heart on days like today- with remembering all those that have lost their life for us. So thank you again to all the Service members & Veterans out there!


Today I have the medallion in Not so Navy for you. I really need to use this stamp more, the possibilities are endless, and truely its just classy. I dressed it up with some pearls and added pearls to the top that I colored Not So Navy. I stamped Cherish on the ribbon, however its more visible IRL then here.

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CS: Not so Navy, Confetti White, basic Grey

Stamp: Medallion, Baroque

Not so navy ribbon, pearls