A Small Parade of Cards

Happy Friyay!  I have just a few cards to share in a quick post.  Hope your weekend will be a lovely one!

Papertrey Ink - Birthday Basics; Tim Holtz - Tattered Leaves Bigz die; twine

My Favorite Things - All Occasion Sentiments

My Favorite Things - Die-namics LLD Tea Party, Cup of Tea stamps; Papertrey Ink - Tiny Tags die

Stampin' Up! - Butterfly Thinlits; Papertrey Ink - Keep It Simple: Sympathy

Blessing to you!

Gray Cat Sympathy

I try to keep a stash of pet sympathy cards on hand.  It's so heartbreaking to lose a furry friend.  This is one simple cat sympathy card in somber tones, gray, white and black.  

Papertrey Ink 'Willow' sentiment, 'With Sympathy: Loss of a Pet' paw mark; Memory Box 'Large Sitting Cat' die 

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Hope your day is blessed,

More Grid Cards!

Me again. 😀  Two posts today!  I had this saved in drafts too.  Months and months ago, I had stamped images and then used square punches to highlight them.  I used Frayed Burlap and Antique Linen Distress Inks to give the edges a bit of interest.

On the first card, I also used the Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch with pearls, of course.

On the card below, I pasted the squares on to an old diary page (blank) that I stamped over for a collage look.  The green leaves in the background are from Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens.  Sentiment is also PTI, from Words of Comfort.  The butterfly sticker is from DCWV and it's got a great glossiness to it.

Okay!  Off to do other chores on this holiday.  I had just visited my mom in Texas, got home yesterday, and there's much laundry etc to do.

Take care, God bless!

Encouraging Messages

Hello again, just popping back in with a few more cards to share.  These all fall under 'encouragement', which seems to be one of my favorite types of cards to make.

Stampin' Up! Vintage Vogue sentiment; Papertrey Ink Angled Labels die; pearls; generic brand floral stamp (in background); flower die cut

Momenta Hello sentiment; Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; Stampin' Up! Ornate Blossom solid flourish stamp; Spellbinders oval dies; pearls; church song sheet

Inkadinkado Big Butterfly; Papertrey Ink Tiny Tags die; vintage thread; pearls

Papertrey Ink Inspired: Grace stamps and die; ivory dots

Short and sweet today.

Sending you love!

Kitty Sympathy

I had a custom order for a pet sympathy card a few months ago, and lovingly poured out feminine details for the owner's beloved kitty.  Very, very girly.

Simon Says Stamp Large Doily Heart die; Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents flower punch, Lace 3D embossing folder, Nine Lives cat; Papertrey Ink Daily Designs Sentiments sentiment, With Sympathy: Loss of A Pet paw print; pearls

I hope it touched the recipient's grieving heart.

Always so hard to lose a precious fur baby.

Sympathy Cards: Simple, Easy - Before & After

Hello friends!  I've got a handful of sympathy cards to share today.  My customer had asked for cards that would require only one first class postage stamp.  Many of my cards are bumpy and bulky (and I love it that way!), but that requires an 'additional ounce' stamp too.  So, I needed to go with flat cards for my customer.  While I made the flatties, I also whipped up some others that do have gems for my own stash.

Here are some before and afters, plus a couple of flatties at the end of the post:

Inkadinkado Floral Damask; EK Success Botanical border punch; Papertrey Ink Garden Garland flower dies; Stampin' Up! Rose Wonder sentiment

Inkadinkado Floral Damask; EK Success Botanical border punch; Stampin' Up! Rose Wonder sentiment, Itty Bitty Accents flower punch; pearls; Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch

Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; Hero Arts With Sympathy sentiment, solid flower stamps

Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents flower punch; Hero Arts With Sympathy sentiment, solid flower stamps; pearls; gold cardstock

Hero Arts With Sympathy sentiment, solid flower stamps; lace; gold cardstock; pearls; Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents flower punch

Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch; Hero Arts With Sympathy sentiment, solid flower stamps; My Favorite Things Dizzy Border die

Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch, Monarch Butterfly punch; La Blanche Spray Flower; Papertrey Ink Birds of a Feather sentiment; Nuvo drops iridescent

Hope you're doing well in your little corner of the world.  Sending hugs!

God bless,

Pet Sympathy Card

A friend requested a custom order recently, for someone dear to her whose dog had passed away.  She liked this card of mine, which was in pink, but needed it in blue.

Stampin' Up! Lace 3D Embossing Folder, Happy Tails sentiment, paw print, heart and dog; Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers 2 1/4" Oval die

Since the beloved dog was a boy, I wasn't sure if my friend wanted to have a fancy rhinestone collar on the paper pooch.  She said she absolutely wanted it on there. 😀

May your day - and weekend - be blessed!

Dog Sympathy Card

Hello there! 😊  Last year, my friends lost their dear beloved dog and they were heartbroken.  Their dog was quite the queen around the house, and what she wanted, she got!  LOL  I wanted to make a feminine sympathy card in memory of their sweetheart.

Stampin' Up! Happy Tails dog, sentiment, paw and heart stamps, Lace 3D Embossing Folder; rhinestones; Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers: 2 1/4" Oval die

I used mostly all Stampin' Up! products here, except for the oval die (from Papertrey Ink).  I gave the puppy a very stately rhinestone collar, too.  I sure do like using gems on my cards.

Take care of yourself, and I hope you have a terrific day!

Purple-Themed Floral Cards

Purple is one of my favorite colors and has been since at least middle school.  Who's with me? ✋  (Not my friend LeAnne, I know this for sure!)  All of the cards I'm sharing here are centered around this glorious color.

Stampin' Up! My Wonderful Family Paper Pumpkin (April 2020) flower, leaves, sentiment; purple and white twine; Papertrey Ink Tiny Tags tag die; lavender and pink pearls

Flourishes Sweet Violets violet flowers; Papertrey Ink Words of Comfort sentiment; Hug Snug Periwinkle seam binding

Stampin' Up! (papers, stamped flowers and sentiment); rhinestones; EK Success Lattice border punch

Flourishes Lilac lilac and magnolia stamps; white crochet lace; pearls; Stampin' Up! Smooth Sailing banner die

Exodus 26:1 ESV

“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

My daughter took this evening sky photo at Temple University last fall.  Isn't it gorgeous?  Blue, pink, purple.  A beautiful tapestry in the sky!

Sympathy and Encouragement Cards

Hello everyone, how are you doing?  I'm still here!  My family and I are doing well; life has been full.  There are definitely not enough hours in the day to do all that needs doing.  But, then again, 24 hours are enough to manage.  😀

I spent some time after work tonight photo-editing pics to share, though these are not the ones I did tonight.  Thankfully, I already had this post semi-completed.  Just had to fill in the captions.

I've got to do something about the change coming to email subscriptions through Feedburner.  That's the next thing for me to do some research on.  I've seen a couple of my blogging friends use follow.it as their new service, so I will check into that.  I'm so non-techy, and I groaned when I read about Feedburner going away.  I'll be back in touch here about migrating the email subscriptions.

Now, here are some sympathy and encouragement cards to share.

Papertrey Ink - Boutique Borders: Sympathy stamps and matching die; Anna Griffin flower cluster sticker; gold embossing powder; clothing tag; Gina Marie Designs Frilly Lace Rectangles die

Papertrey Ink - Boutique Borders: Sympathy stamps and matching die; Gina Marie Designs butterfly die; gold gem; Delicata Filigree Gold ink

Papertrey Ink - Beautiful Blessings sentiment; Stampin' Up! Crab & Company shell stamp and matching border stamp; Love Nicole - Scallop Shell die; gold cardstock

Stampin' Up! - Rose Wonder sentiment, stitched oval die, Certainly Celery ribbon, premade card base

Inspired By Stamping - Elegant Flowers rose stamp, Garden Seed Packets crocus stamp; Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangles die; ivory gem dots; Papertrey Ink - Pen & Ink sentiment

Papertrey Ink Stuck On You Mini sentiment; Stampin' Up! heart and flower die cuts; pearl

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin kit My Wonderful Family (April 2020 kit)

Stampendous Sincere Sentiments sentiment; Stampin' Up! Floral background stamp, Flower Trio punch; ivory gem dots; Martha Stewart Deco Fan border punch; burlap ribbon

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  I am SO glad it is Friday!!! 😊

God bless you,

Autumn-Themed Cards

Hello everyone!  I've been wanting to play in a card challenge, and I was intrigued by the Tic Tac Toe challenge #104.  I picked the bottom row, which features birthday, coloring & yellow.  I put together an autumn-themed birthday card, with a birthday sentiment inside.  Sometimes I like the simplicity of  'for you' on the front of a clean and simple card.

Stampin' Up! Lovely As A Tree oak leaves stamp, patterned papers; Inspired By Stamping Fancy Label 18 frame stamp; Spellbinders Labels 18 die; yellow clear enamel dots; Copic markers 

And while I was in an autumn mood, I went a little crazy and crafted up all kinds of things with leaves.  LOL

Papertrey Ink Autumn Hills sentiment, tiny pumpkin stamps; Stampin' Up! Autumn Harvest pumpkin stamp, brown embossed die cut; Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves dies; yellow clear enamel dots; Verve Notebook Paper stamp

Top Dog Dies Fall Foliage acorn die; Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves dies; Sizzix / Tim Holtz Sewing Room dress form die; My Favorite Things Slanted Sentiment Strips die, Falling Leaves dies; Papertrey Ink Keep It Simple: Thanksgiving sentiment stamp; lace; white crackle paint

Sizzix / Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die; natural twine; My Favorite Things Mix & Match Banners die; gold & walnut stain Distress Ink sprays; Papertrey Ink Stemmed Statements sentiment stamp

Sizzix / Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die; gold & walnut stain Distress Ink sprays; Hero Arts With Sympathy sentiment stamp

Sizzix / Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die; gold & walnut stain Distress Ink sprays; Hero Arts With Sympathy sentiment stamp

Papertrey Ink Autumn Hills sentiment; Stampin' Up! Avant Garden flower stamp (for border); Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork die; tiny acorn from stash

Hope you and your loved ones are doing well.  My husband has been busy repainting our living room, going from a beige that I am tired of, to a pale warm gray.  The woodwork is white, we keep that standard throughout the house.  I'll try to remember to share a pic or two here when it's all finished.  

One of my teeth fell two Fridays ago (a crown with post) while I was eating.  Ugh.  And of course, it was a Friday, so I needed to wait the weekend to have the problem addressed.  I went to a new-to-me dentist office that was highly recommended, and on Monday morning, lo and behold, my tooth that had been given a root canal, where the crown had been, was yanked.  Thankful for nitrous oxide.  I am now in the process of getting a dental implant.  It will be my first.  I hear good things about them.  😀

God bless you!