mo' Valentiney LOVE

Just gonna do a quickie upload tonight cause I got Chocolate Satin pie from Marie's waiting for me and I want to savor that while reading my book. Ahhhh, life doesn't get much better than that! LOL! If I could just find a way to do all that and stamp, too...

Anyway, here is another one of the Valentine cards I did for my mom's gals. An oldie but goodie set here - been retired for some time, but still has its uses. :) The pic shows it a little, but IRL it was much more sparkly - I filled the heart with Crystal Effects and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The panel that the four letter squares are mounted on is popped up.

Stamps: Letters of Love

Ink: Real Red, Lovely Lilac

Paper: Real Red, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Lovely Lilac d/p

other: square punch, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, wide red gingham ribbon

Valentiney stuff

A little late for these, but thought I would share anyway on the Valentine cards I made for my mom's ladies (the ones who buy my cards). The next few posts will be that assortment...

Not much to 'splain here. The hearts were stamped with craft ink and embossed with clear e/p. The panel that the hearts are on is popped up. The jumbo eyelets are ones I got at last year's stamp expo and finally got around to using (I will be going to this years expo tomorrow, so I do take my time, don't I?! LOL!).

Stamps: Happy Hearts, Canvas b/g, swirl stamp from Baroque Motifs, Itty Bitty b/g's spots

Ink: Real Red (craft), Real Red (classic)

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White

other: jumbo red eyelets, crop-o-dile, Ticket Corner punch, red gingham ribbon, clear crystal bling, clear embossing powder, dimensionals

Ima flower girl!

Yup! (or Zur to my seestor - inside joke!) I love flower stamps. In my book you can never have too many flower stamps and I'm a living example. Anytime a new catty or mini comes out, I'm all about the flowers. In fact, the order that is wheeling its way to me right now has in it what? You got it - a new flower stamp! LOL! Anyway, after seeing all the FABULOUS (no pun intended) cards being made with this set, it quickly made its way to the top of my list. I've only managed to make a couple of cards with it so far (the other to be posted one day soon...) but I LOVE it! This was my mom's birthday card back in January. What you can't see very well in the pic is the clear/silver shimmery gel pen outline around each petal. Sooo pretty IRL, if I do say so myself! :) The d/p is some Basic Gray that I picked up at J's a while back. The flower was stamped with rust on some of the d/p then cut out. French Script was stamped with Chocolate chip on the larger piece of d/p in the background. I did some disressing on some of the c/s with my scissors - still don't have that handy dandy tool (gonna have to break down and order that!!).

Stamps: Fabulous Flowers, French Script b/g, Cheesecloth b/g

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Really Rust

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Really Rust, Basic Gray d/p

other: wide chocolate grosgrain ribbon, build-a-brad, chocolate brads, dimensionals, Sakura gel pen

last "MOM" card

Here is the last of the cards I made for my mom's card tin. Boy - bet you thought there would never be an end to these! LOL! Anyway, we did try to give her a variety of styles (you were right, Leslie!) so she could use them for lots of different things. This one was a bit more on the masculine side for a "boy" birthday. It is very subtle, but if you look for it you will see the Weathered b/g stamp on the d/p for a little added texture. The main image is popped up. A pretty basic card. :)

Stamps: Lexicon of Love, Big Pieces, Weathered b/g, Itty Bitty b/g spots

Ink: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, River Rock

Paper: Really Rust, River Rock, Garden Green, Whisper White, Apple Cider d/p

other: Round Tab punch, natural hemp twine, rust faux brads, dimensionals

another "Mom" card by my sister

Here is the last one I have a pic of that my sister did for Mom's card box. There was one more card, but no pic. Oh well! Anyway, isn't this just the cutest card EVAH!? I LOVE that moose stamp and she did such a great job on this card. I will soooooo be CASEing my own sister on this one! I'm not sure which designer paper she used with the CB embossing folder (guessing Soft Sky), but I'll give the rest of it a shot. A little hard to tell from the pic, but she stamped the image twice and cut out the head from the second one then popped it up on dimensionals. I'm probably missing some of what she did, but you get the idea... :)

Stamps: Moose You

Ink: Chocolate Chip (or Close to Cocoa?)

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Soft Sky d/p???

other: Cuttlebug w/ Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, coordinating ribbon and ric rac, Aged Copper brad and ribbon slide, prima flower, distressing tool

working my way back

Been doing some stamping to get ready for my hostess club this weekend, so trying to find my way back from the sadness of loss. Getting a little better day by day - I have been able to feel very grateful that my sweet Maggie girl was able to share so many wonderful years with me. She was really a blessing in my life and will always be in my heart.

Anyway, this is not one of my hostess club cards (LOL!) but another one of the cards that I made for my mom's card box/tin. Once again, I was inspired by atomicbutterfly on SCS - you can see her card here.

I really do like a lot of her creations. Could ya tell?! Getting harder to remember what all I used making those cards several months ago, but I'll give it my best shot. One thing - the flowers have Crystal Effects and glitter on them although its a bit hard to tell from the pic.

Stamps: Oh So Lovely, Fine Lace b/g

Ink: Lavender Lace, Always Artichoke, StazOn Black

Paper: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Always Artichoke, Whisper White

other: Cuttlebug w/ D'vine Swirls embossing folder and Vintage die, brayer (to put color on artichoke piece), jeweled ribbon slide, coordinating ribbon, aquapainter, Crystal Effects, dazzling diamonds glitter

thank you

I wanted to say thank you to all of you who have left messages here. The loss of my sweet Maggie has really rocked me and I so appreciate the heartfelt messages from all of you. I am slowly recovering, but the last week has been just brutal and my emotions are pretty fragile. Since I live alone and Maggie was the last of my furry babies, it has been quite an adjustment for me. I'll get better, a little bit at a time, so please bear with me. I hope to start posting stamping stuff soon. I have a hostess club that will meet next weekend, so will have to get something ready for them to do! :) In the meantime, I would like to share with you this quote that my sister found and sent me that expresses so beautifully what is in my heart -


"It is not just that animals make the world more scenic or picturesque. The lives of animals are woven into our very being - closer than our own breathing - and our soul will suffer when they are gone."
- Gary Kowalski, Author of The Souls of Animals

In Loving Memory

Maggie

1995 - 2008

My dear, sweet Maggie girl is gone. She is no longer in pain and can rest peacefully; play and run with Hannah, Jessie, Rexy Man and Shiloh. I will miss her even more desperately than I have words to express. I truly am lost without her, but I couldn't let her suffer any more. She was a beautiful, loving, wondrous joy in my life and she will live in my memories always.

yup - another Seestor card

This is one my sister made for Mom's card tin and she made it to be all matchy-matchy with the tin. How cool is that?! She is so very clever, that seestor of mine! Cute, easy - I don't even have to tell ya what stuff she used since I know you are all waaaayyy smart enough to figure it out. :) OK - I'll give you a clue: the paper is SU's LeJardin d/p. For the other colors, you can look back to the post (January 9th) with the lunchbox tin we made.