With Sympathy

Good evening. Tonight I wanted to share a sympathy card I made for our boss Shari. I'm not really sure what to say about what's happened to her and her son. I am constantly thinking about them and what they must be feeling and going through right now. I hope they are able to come out of this stronger and with a sense of peace.

For Shari & Ty

Tonight I wanted to share a couple of cards that I made for my boss and her son. Shari lost her husband this weekend and Ty lost his father. It was absolutely shocking to hear the news and we are all trying to deal with it as much for ourselves as we are for them.

The first card is for Shari. The sentiment says "I'm here for you". The balloons were chosen because I always think of uplifting when I see them:

The second card is for Ty. I wanted him to know that we are thinking about him just as much as we are his mom at this time:

Have a good night, Stacy

Strange place for inspiration...

Happy Saturday to you! I bet you thought I was going to leave you hangin' again, didn't you? I've just been really behind all week and haven't gotten down to my craft room at ALL!!! Awful, isn't it? Earlier in the week I was thinking about cards, just because I can't BE in my craft room doesn't mean I can't THINK about it right? Anyway, I was toying around with different ideas and then our front porch popped into my head. Below is a picture of our front porch, right now. The red milk can was my Grandma Jean's and I added the Autumn rake and faux pumpkins.

Here's the card I came up with. Red milk can, rake and pumpkin, just like the front porch. I added the Ripe Avocado Bitty Dots Basics paper to mimic the green house and white trim. What do you think? Does it look like the front porch?

Stamps: Hero Arts, PTI

Paper: PTI

Ink: Colorbox

Other: trim from stash

I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend. I'll see you on Tuesday!

Raspberry Suite #18

Happy Friday gals !! It's that time again.....color challenge !! Check out these fun colors:

I'm in the Christmas spirit, and I thought about using Everyday Button Bits. How cute did that turn out ??

I cut out a santa hat from the Christmas Cheer cartridge and used flowersoft to give it some dimension. The sentiment is a two parter......SU and PTI. I can't wait to see all the fun cards !!

Have a great weekend and stay warm brrrrr !!

Supplies:

Paper: PTI

Stamps: SU! and PTI

Buttons: PTI

Other: Brown ribbon, FlowerSoft, Twine

Christmas Card....what to do !!

Happy hump day everyone !! Well, I decided on two different Christmas cards (I think), but I can't decide which is gonna be "the one".....lol

The first one is my take on the new Holiday Button Bits from PTI.....I haven't bought it YET, but am trying to get creative with what I have.


The 2nd card is totally different !! I decided to go with blue and green as my colors. Although it's hard to tell from this pic, I dotted each snowflake with stickles.........

So there we go !! two cards.......what to do !! Feel free to give me some feedback and suggestions ! Have a great night girlies : )

Yes, more Christmas tags!

Good afternoon! Well, I'm a bit down today. Mike got some stinky news at work. He's still got a job, which we're so grateful for. Luckily, we have a strong a relationship and have been through worse and still persevered so I'm confident that we'll get through this too. We have two healthy happy little girls, a warm home to come to at night and great family and friends. No one can take that from us, and that's what's really important in life right? :) On a happier note, I've spent the last several "nap times" working on these Christmas tags for the girls. I just love the way they turned out!

I started with dark green and dark red card stock which I trimmed into tags from my Bags, Tags, Boxes and more cartridge. I did 3 3/4 and 3 1/4 inch tags. Then I stamped the background with PTI's Background Basics Text in Chestnut Roan. I used a bit of Vintage Cream ink around the edges. Then I trimmed a bit of Making Memories and Basic Grey patterned paper to fit. I trimmed the edge of the patterned paper with my Fiskars and EK Success border punches. After layering that on, I cut out one of the stocking images from Christmas cartridge in Kraft colored card stock. I stamped each of the stockings with snowflakes from that darn Joann's stamp set that I STILL don't know the manufacturer! I used Scarlet Jewel and Ripe Avocado ink.

I finished off the stocking by layering on some patterned paper and a little jingle bell.

Lastly, I trimmed out 1" tags on my Cricut and attached them to the brown ribbon with the girls' names on them. I just love these tags and think they're going to look great under the tree!

I hope you all have a great evening and kindness in your heart. Remember, your actions effect other people in ways you may not know. It's not nice to be mean.

Quilt Update

Hey gals !! I've kinda been MIA for a few days......I had lots of things to get ready for the Halloween party we went to on Saturday. It was a great time !!

I'm very frustrated at the moment trying to plan out my Christmas cards !! I've been trying out different designs for the last hour with no luck. So, I thought I would show you an update on the quilt I started:

That is a sewing machine !! I've decided that it's not so bad after all ! lol I've gotten three out of nine rows sewn so far. Hopefully I will get some time this week to work on it and finish it by Friday.....that's my goal anyway lol

Well, I'm gonna get back to cards (eye roll here !) Have a great night and we'll see ya Wednesday !

Boss's Day

Good Saturday afternoon to you all! I have a card to share with you today that I made for my boss for Boss's Day. However, Landry was sick the last two days so I didn't get to give it to him yet! :)

I started with a Coredinations card stock base measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. I rounded the corners and used sandpaper to let the lighter color show through. Then I trimmed a piece of DCWV patterned paper, from the Green Stack, and attached a wide piece of twill around the edge which I had stamped on with CTMH's Ritzy Ribbon using Versamagic ink. I used staples to attach the twill. For my focal image, I stamped the branch from PTI's Out on a Limb set that I trimmed out with scissors and an Owl from Hero Arts. (Before you say it, I know, I've been stamping with A LOT of owls lately. I can't help it, they're too cute!!) I colored in my Owl with Bic Mark It's and popped him up with a pop dot. Then I stamped my sentiment from PTI's Autumn Abundance, in Colorbox Chestnut Roan, on a Stampin' Up! rounded tab punch in cream card stock.

Here's a pic with the envelope which I stamped an image from PTI's Autumn Abundance on in more Chestnut Roan. Hopefully he'll like it, even though it's late!
Have a nice weekend. I've been Christmas shopping this morning and Mike has gone to Hogtoberfest for the afternoon with our neighbor. It's nice to have Harley rider so close now!

Christmas Tags Part II

Good morning ladies (and possibly gents)! Today I'm sharing the Christmas tags I made for our gifts. Our main tree, which sits in the living room, has all gold ornaments. Similar to my sister, the last two years I've had a theme for our presents. I wrap them in all white paper and pick a coordinating color to for the ribbon and tags. Now, one of these colors is always gold, to coordinate with the tree. This year, the other color is navy blue.

I started with navy blue tags, cut in various sizes with my Cricut, and then I stamped images from Damask Designs and that stamp set I picked up at Joann's. Next time I run by there I'll be sure to check the manufacturer. On half of the tags, I heat embossed with white powder. I love the contrast here!

Then, on the other half of the tags, I heat embossed with Antique Gold powder. I love the way these turned out too! All I need is a bit of gold or white ribbon to hang the tags, and they'll be ready to go!

I hope you all have a great day. I'm home with a sick little one again:( I'll see ya on Saturday with a fun Boss's Day card!

Christmas already???

I know that's what you're saying! I must confess, I watched White Christmas and Home Alone this weekend AND I busted out the Christmas CD's in my car this morning! I can't help it. Every year, after the holidays, I'm so ready to take all the decorations down and I think I'll never do it again but sure enough, October rolls around and the bug gets me!

Last year I wrapped all of our Christmas gifts in white paper with gold bows and I made simple little tags in dark green. My sister liked the tags and said she was looking for something like them. I thought I'd make some for her this year, as they are so simple. Now Jennie's presents are wrapped in a combination of red, white and silver. I cut out various shaped tags using my Bags, Tags, Boxes and More cartridge in 3" to 3 1/2". Then I went crazy stamping them! I used several stamp sets, inks and embossing powder too. Below are a sample of the red tags I made with white embossing powder. I love the way they turned out.

Here is a sample of a white tag I made with the image stamped in red and then I went over it with my glue pad and sprinkled some ultra sparkly Martha Stewart glitter over it. I just need to pick up some thin silver ribbon to attach to each tag to finish them off.
Really simple project but gives it that nice personal touch! I also made tags for our gifts which I'll share on Wednesday! Have an awesome night!