wow! time flies!

I don't know about you all, but for me time really flies this time of year. Too many things - too little time. Need to double the amount of hours in a day! LOL! I have finally learned not to try to do it all and that it is ok to be less (far less!) than perfect. But I still manage to get myself right down to the wire, hence the annual wrapping of the gifts on Christmas Eve after coming home from my sister's house. Yes, it's a mad, mad, mad world! hahahahaha! Hope you all had a great Christmas. :)

Anyway, maybe now I can get back to getting some stuff up on my blog. I have been stamping - my sister and I made a "lunchbox" tin filled with cards for part of our mom's Christmas gift (she had said she wanted cards), so you'll be seeing the cards I made over the next few posts. This one, however, is not one of them. LOL!

This is a card that I made earlier this month as a sympathy card for a co-worker. The word "courage" inside the label holder was done by coloring just that word with a marker on a quote stamp from Friendship Flowers and then cutting it to fit the holder. The Artichoke paper under the ribbon was added after the card was put together - something just wasn't tickin' for me! So that's why it doesn't go all the way across (the holder/word were already stuck down). The photo corner punched piece was also added after the card was together, but I used the ticket corner punch to take out the "corner" then slid it under the photo anchor. Tricky, but effective con'cha think... :) A tip on this type of card: to make the tri-cut portion, stamp one solid piece of cardstock first, then cut in thirds. This will keep the stamped images lined up after being cut (hope that makes sense!). btw: this card was loosely inpsired by this card by JeanneS on SCS - check it out...

Stamps: Garden Silhouettes, Friendship Flowers

Ink: Always Artichoke, So Saffron

Paper: Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Confetti Cream

other: label holder and brads, photo anchor, celery grosgrain ribbon, Always Artichoke marker, photo corner punch, ticket corner punch