So Sorry for your Loss

Hello again!  I have a card to share that I created for a coworker, who's grandmother passed away.  I needed it to be fairly simple and quick, as I wanted to be able to give it to her right away.  Die cuts and a pretty floral set from PTI did the trick.

When I don't have a specific project to work on, I stamp a variety of patterns and colors for backgrounds and keep them in a basket on my craft desk.  The blue polka dot was pretty easy to do, in my Tim Holtz stamp platform.  I have the small MISTI and it works great for smaller things like the flowers, but for background stamping, I like the Platform. 

Yes, I am totally addicted to the Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies, I use them on nearly every card.  Since I don't sew on my cards anymore, these work perfectly!  I stamped the flowers from PTI's Floral Sketches on Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock using PTI Melon Berry and Berry Sorbet, then added a little water to the tops for a softer look.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Autumn Blessings

Hello!  I made these cards a couple weeks ago but needed to wait until the recipient received them before I could share them on my blog.  I love this oldie but goody from PTI called Autumn Abundance.  I pulled out my brush pens and started coloring this darling fall image.  Its been fun experimenting with this new to me medium for coloring  

Another sweet oldie but goody from PTI that is simple and quick to stamp out is Botanical Silhouettes.  The mix and match stems and various flower head options make for a quick card when in need.  

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Garden Party

Hello, and Happy Sunday!  It's few and far between that I blog.  I recently bought some PTI stamps and have been playing around, stamping various flower color combinations.  One of my new favorites is PTI's Garden Party by Dawn McVey.  You can always count on Dawn for beautiful stamp sets.  I used my new i Phone 7 Plus to take my photos, so we will see how well these look on my blog.  I didn't do any kind of touch ups or filters, these are just as they were taken.  Tell me what you think.


For my first card I played along with a sketch from Fusion Card Challenge.  I followed the sketch and somewhat used the color palette provided.

My last cad wasn't using any sketch, just something that I put together.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

May Peace Find You This Day

I am back to share the other sympathy card I was in need of making.  I am on the fence about the navy blue cardstock.  It seemed like a good idea at the time as I was using a color inspiration board from my Pinterst.  Maybe I needed to incorporate the blue again somewhere else on my card.  I am so bad...do you ever do this to yourself too?

I stamped the flowers on the inside and left myself plenty of room to write a personal note.

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I used the MFTWSC #165 sketch.

Here is the color board I used. 

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

I'm Here If You Need Me

It feels like it has been forever since I posted last!  Within a two week time frame I got into an accident on the way to work, my son passed out and got a concussion in P.E, and we had to euthanize our sweet cat who has been a member of our family for ten years.  Why does it always have to come in threes?!

So, on to my post for today.  I have two co-workers who had a parent pass away this last week.  The card I am sharing today is for a male co-worker who's father passed away last Saturday.  The other card, for a female co-worker, will be shared tomorrow. 

I was anxiously awaiting my MFT order because I finally broke down and ordered two of the cover up dies.  I can see that these will be frequently used.  Now I am asking myself why did I wait so long to order these?

I typed up the sympathy quote in Word and printed it out for the inside of my card.  Sometimes I like to hand write on the inside and sometimes I will type something up.

Supplies 

LJD Forget Me Not	Die-namics Forget Me Not	Die-namics Stitched Circle STAX	Die-namics Modern Morocco
Die-namics Blueprints 1	Heavyweight Card Stock Fuse Green	Heavyweight Cardstock Nightshift Blue	Snow Cone Cardstock
Heavyweight Cardstock Sweet Tooth	Hemp Cord

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I used the fabulous sketch at Seize The Sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

You Are in Our thoughts and Prayers

Hello!  First, I wanted to say thank you to all who left me such sweet comments on my Flourishes release week posts last week.  It has been quite the week and I haven't had time to visit blogs or reply to my comments.

Unfortunately I had to make a couple sympathy cards.  My long time neighbor passed away last Saturday morning.  My neighbor and his wife lived next door to us for 6 years before we moved to Alabama.  Now they live just down the road, which feels like several miles sometimes.  He passed away suddenly due to complications of a health problem.  A coworker that I worked with for 6 years passed away in his sleep this week.  He was only 34 years old!  Then on Thursday my father's fiancee's daughter passed away suddenly due to an infection she picked up as well pneumonia.  She was only 23!

I wanted to make a pretty feminine card for my father's finance.  Her daughter was a beautiful young woman and I was inspired to create this for her.  I love the MFT felt!  It makes such pretty flat, flexible flowers that are perfect for mailing.  The leaves were die cut using some paper from DCWV that I picked up at my local JoAnn's craft store.

This one is for my friend and neighbor who's husband passed away.  Not that I couldn't give her a pink card for her husbands passing, but I think she will like the colors of this one better.

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I used the current sketch at MFT for both of my cards.  I SWORE that I ordered the Layered Treat Tag dies when I placed my order the other day.  I guess not because it wasn't on my order sheet.  Sigh.  I had to improvise and use a die that I already had.  I do not own the torn notebook die, so I used the scalloped border die from one of my blueprint die-namics sets.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather