With Sympathy

 

Good Morning! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. I was in need of a sympathy card for a former coworker of my husband's. He recently lost his wife suddenly. I wanted a simple card since it was for a male. When I saw the MIM for Papertrey ink, I thought this would help me in making a card. I used Mat Stack #5 and did the reverse masking with Spring Rain ink. The image is from Botanical Silhoutees anniversary set. I embossed the dandilions with white filigree embossing powder. The base of the card is Rustic Cream CS. I layered a mat to give it a little dimension. Very simple but I am pleased with the way it turned out.

Thank you for stopping by,
Have a great day,
Liz

Happy Anniversary !!

 Wow!! I can't believe that I am posting two days in a row. My youngest daughter and her husband celebrated their anniversary yesterday and this is the card I made for them. Since they were just here I should have had a card made and ready to give them but I am one that seems to put things off with lots of excuses so I didn't get it done and had to mail it to them. Oh, well they will have something to open in the mail. But of course it won't arrive in time. It is a very simple card. She carried Lilies in her bouguet and these were a few flowers that I had left over from the cake I made for them. It took me a few years but found them when I was going through my cake decorating supplies and decided to use them on this card. I hope they like it.
That is it for me.
Have a wonderful day,
Liz

7th Birthday

 

Good Morning! I know I haven't been on here very much, but I do have a card for you today. My daughter and her family were here for a visit last week. Her oldest daughter had her birthday on the 4th and that was the day that they flew in. It was so nice to be able to celebrate her birthday with her. I was even asked to make her cake for her. She requested that I put pink butterflies, blue flowers and a rainbow on it. I actually make the flowers and butterflies out of candy. Of course that was a big hit!! We had such a busy week and it sure did go by way too fast!!! One of the days we went to the beach. We took a walk on the pier and saw some men fishing. We watched what they were pulling in and it happened to be a shark. They weren't huge but it was a sight to see. I know that is the closest I want to be to a shark either on land or in the water.
This is the card I made for our granddaughter. All products are Papertrey Ink.
That is about it for me at this time. I hope to be able to start crafting more and getting on here on a more regular basis.
Thank you so much for stopping by,
Hope to see you again soon!!
Liz

Make it Monday #16

This is a very simple card but I like how it turned out. All products used are Papertrey Ink. Ocean Tides CS and Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon, Vellum, Ocean Tides ink, versamark. BB:Petal Power and Fillable Frames #2 stamp sets, Edgers#2 die.

Have a great day,
Liz

Make it Monday # 12

 

I can't believe that I am actually posted a project. With Mother's day coming up I needed a card. My mother had a set of dishes (I say had because my sister now has them) that had real gold on them and when I saw the label basics I wanted to make a card to mimic them. The flowers in the middle were actually roses but I don't have a small enough rose to fit in the center.

I will just leave you with the supplies I used for this card. I hope I will be able to post more as I have really missed it.
Have a wonderful day!
Liz

Stamps: Mother, Label Basics, Vintage Picnic
Paper: Pure Poppy, Select White
Accessories: Label Basics restangle die, gold embossing powder, copics, fine tip black pen, deco color gold pen

Two Birthdays

Hello, I am redoing this post. I was told the last one the pictures didn't show up :(. I hope they work this time.
I am making this short. I won't be posting very much for awhile. I have been having some issues in my life that make it hard for me to craft and to even get creative. I would like to do more because it actually keeps me sane. We will see what I can do. I even told my husband that I should stop buying supplies because I am not using them much. But he told me that if it helps me that I should still go ahead. I have a wonderful husband that supports me in my adventures. Eventhough sometimes it is different than what I think but that is what makes us different and makes the world go around. Sorry I didn't me to go off on what I came to do. I appreciate all of you that come by my blog and visit and for any comments that you leave. They are so appreciated and thank you for the love you share. I hope you can stick by me at this time and hopefully I can get back to this wonderful craft on a more regular basis.

This candy container was made from a KFC side dish container that I gave to our granddaughter.


This is the card for our son-in-law whose birthday was a few days after our granddaughter's.

This is the card I made for our beautiful granddaughter whose birthday was last week. She is a joy to be around.

Have a wonderful day,
Liz

Have a wonderful day!

 

I have another card for you today using the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge. I actually made this one at the begining of the week but never posted it. I decided to go ahead and do it today. I used my Linen and Canvas impression plate for the bottom of the mat using New Leaf CS layed onto my base of Kraft CS. The image is from Floral Fusion #1. I had made a mat with thin cardboard from another project (which I wound up not using after all) and didn't want to throw away the cut out so I used it on this card and stamped my image. I used New Leaf ink for the stem and leaves and Raspberry Fizz for the flower.I tied embroidery floss on my button and glued it to my flower. I also used some liquid pearls on my leaves and round the button. I stamped the flower again on white and cut it out and popped it up with a pop up. The ribbon is Raspeberry Fizz saddle. I did score three lines above my impression and then used a white gel pen for some faux stitching. When my husband first saw it he thought I did some sewing on this card. When I first saw this set I was really drawn to the sentiment because I have been using it as my signature in my emails and at the bottom of my posts so I just had to use it. I stamped it with Raspeberry Fizz ink onto a Fillable Frames #11 and cut it to fit the top of my card. I used a couple of brads that I have had for ages. I used a corner rounder from Creative Memories. I distressed all of the edges with Snow White ink.

 

Hope you have a wonderful day and a terrific weekend,
Thank you for stopping by,
Liz