Hello Baby Greeting Note Cards

Hi!  Long time, no blog, I know!  Well, I decided that it's time to share some cards with you.  Here are two baby cards a made a bit ago, but just got around to taking pictures of and listing for sale on Etsy.  I listed quite a few new cards today, so go take a peek!

 

Here are the baby cards I wanted to share today.

 

Below are the baby girl card

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!



Punch Owl Wedding or Anniversary Card and Simple Elegant Hand-Stamped Greeting Cards

Hello!  I'm excited announce that a new group has begun--LPP aka Ladies Play with Paper.  Five wonderful women get together once a month to play with paper.  We met for the first time last night and had a blast!  Each month we take turns hosting which means we come up with the card/project ideas and provide the supplies and samples for each person to make them.  We also have a monthly card exchange so that we can build our stock of cards. 


Our group ranges from seriously seasoned stampers and newbies.  Ladies who stamp daily, and those who haven't stamped in years.  Our monthly meeting allows us to take time for ourselves and each other, and to use the supplies we each have packed away.  I think our first evening together was a huge success!  We had new recipes for snacks, lots of laughter, and creative time.  I really enjoyed myself.

 

Below are the two cards I created for the ladies to make.

 

The owl card was puttsy, but the second card was super simple.  I think everyone had a good time.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'm trying to get back into the routine of being crafty, and slowly that is happening.  I'm still grieving my daughter, but not allowing that grief to paralyze me.

 

Happy Crafting!



Personal Update: Ending of 2012 and Beginning of 2013

Hello All, I know that I have been missing in action for a few months.  Those of you who know me in the "real" world, know that I've had a very rough end to 2012 and a worse start to 2013.  As you may remember, my twin sister was gifted with a heart transplant two years ago (click the blue to read that post).  Things were very rocky the first week and the doctors did many things to save her life.  Well, one of the surgeries that was performed immediately after transplant actually caused the inferior vena cava (how the blood leaves the heart to be dispersed to the body) to become complete obstructed.  On December 14, 2012, the doctors had to completely replace that portion of the heart with a gortex tube.  The surgery took as long as the transplant, but I'm happy to say it was a complete success. Praise God!  I was also blessed with a new job (but with the same company I've been at for 14 years), and started that on December 11, 2012, so we ended the year with lots of excitement. 



Unfortunately, 2013 started out with a major event as well, but not a positive one.  With an extremely sad heart, I share with you that my husband and I had a beautiful baby girl, Constance Marie, stillborn on January, 4, 2013. She was approximately 30 weeks and was born into eternal life and is being well cared for by her grandparents and our Loving God.



My husband and I with Constance as our family priest blessed her.



The first time I held my precious daughter.



Many people have experienced the devastation of the loss of a child and I now have an understanding for their grief.  My husband and I were forever changed the day our daughter was born.  She made us mommy and daddy and will always be our first child.  We haven't decided yet if we will try to have more children, we are simply trying to heal emotionally, physically, and spiritually.  God has surrounded us with loving examples of His people.  They have been His hands and feet and have shown us many blessings through this loss.  We are keeping track of those blessings.  God is good, even when we don't understand His plan.  Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we heal.

Bath Time Scrapbook 12 x 12 Layout

Today I'm sharing one of the scrapbook layouts I recently made.  This one is for a boy or girl and is titled Bath Time.

 

 Here is page one.  I used my Cricut to cut out the tub, bubbles, duck and title and then chalked and assembled the cute little bear.

 

 Page two.  Again, I used the Cricut for the title and the duck.

 

 I added glitter to the bubbles and I'm happy with the way the tub bear turned out.



Because I Care Black and Ivory Elegant Greeting Card

Hello everyone!  I've been gone for a while as I was at a nice scrapbook/crafting retreat and then promptly got sick upon returning home.  I haven't posted any of the neat projects I worked on while I was gone, but I'm going to remedy that today.

 

My lovely neighbor is in a craft fair at church next weekend, so I focused on getting some items made for her booth while I was away.  I also have a friend coming over tomorrow to make more items for the sale.  I'm going to show you one of my cards.  I was able to borrow a nestibilities lace border oval from one of the lovely ladies at the scrap retreat, Mary.  Her cards are GORGEOUS!!!!!  She does wonderful hand water coloring and I learned a lot from her! 

 

Here is one of the cards I'll share today.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking and stop by soon for some of the projects I made, including 3 boxed 6-packs of cards an 2 scrapbook page sets!

 

Distressed Swirl Grid Greeting Card

Hello All!  I recently showed you a grid card that I made with scoring.  Today's card is another example.  I kept this really simple.

 There is a swirl pattern along the right side of the card.  The entire background is sponged with a light shade of brown and then the thick ribbon is used to bring your eye to the stamped sentiment.

 The sentiment is from Stampin Up, Whimsical Words

 The base of the card is Chocolate Chip

 Here is a close up of the grid and stamping.

This is a close up of the distressing my scissors and I made to the edge.

 

Here is one final look at the card.



Lace Doily Thinking of You Greeting Card

Hello All!

Today the card I'm sharing uses to elements I haven't used from my paper crafting toys.  The Lace Doily Die and the Butterfly Embosslits Die.



 

I got the idea for this card after a play date with my friend Norma.  She inspired me!  I do have to admit that using the Lace Doily die was very frustrating.  I cut the doily 4 times to finally get the die to cut all the pieces through.  The combination that finally worked was 4 pieces of cardstock under the cutting mats.

 

 The doily and the cardstock with the sentiment on it are Purely Pomegranate the dots and stripes are from an old DSP series.

 I used 1/4" Whisper White ribbon, pearls, the three smallest butterflies from the die, and an embossing folder for the details of the card.

 Here is a close up of the bottom of the card.  The sentiment is from Trendy Trees, and is stamped in Basic Black.

Here is one final look at the card.

Thanks for stopping!

Featured Stamper Inspired Greeting Card

One of the weekly challenges over at SCS is the Featured Stamper.  This week the featured stamper is one of my favorite paper crafters and I had to participate.  Westie2 otherwise known as Jackie from Rockwell Designs is the Featured Stamper for FS294.  The card from her gallery that inspired me was this one.

 

Here is my card in honor of Jackie.

 The base of my card is Very Vanilla and I used two different pattern papers and a strip of black cardstock behind my rose from Fifth Avenue Floral.

 I used Prima leaves behind my rose and pop dots to adhere the rose.

Congratulations on being featured Jackie!  Keep the cards coming!  They are BEAUTIFUL!



Butterfly Paint Chip Greeting Cards

 

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing with you my new fast and favorite cards.  I recycled paint chip samples that didn't make it to my house walls, and I used them to make some simple thank you cards.

 

Here is the set of four I made.  I used card bases of Pink Pirouette, YoYo Yellow, Bashful Blue, and Green Galore. 

 

 

I punched a butterfly shape out of each color on the swatch and accented them with pearl flatbacks

 

 

I used the thank you stamp from Because I Care and stamped thank you along side each butterfly

 

 

 

What do you think?

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!



Fall Grid Greeting Card

Happy Saturday everyone!  I was able to play a bit in my room and make a fall themed card.  I have always liked the look of grids on cards, but this is the first time I've made a grid card.

 

 

 The colors are difficult to see in the photos. The base is Old Olive and layered are Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy, and Very Vanilla.  I used stamps from Little Layers II, Lovely as a Tree, and Grateful Greetings.

 

 

I used Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Bravo Bugundy, and Old Olive ink

 

 

The ribbon is 1/4 inch Old Olive

 

It's hard to tell, but there is a Chocolate Chip scallop layer on top of the Bravo Burgundy layer of the sentiment that is  on top of the ribbon.

This is the inside sentiment.

 

One final look at the card.

 

Have a great day!