Gone to Soon

I have been sitting on this card for a month. It took me a week to sit down and create. I knew exactly how I wanted it to look but just couldn't sit down to do it. You see it was made for a very dear friend and co-worker who lost her husband suddenly.

I embossed onto a piece of colored cardstock. Colored the bird, darkened around the edge, and added the sentiment.

I will be back soon. Our Walmart is getting new craft supplies in and I found alcohol inks. So much fun.

happy crafting
dee

Hoping you Perk up Soon

Evening blogland.  I have managed to finish three cards. I've been playing with my new stamp from My Favorite Things. The Pure Innocence Steeped in Love stamp was so much fun to color. I used my prisma pencils and blended with gamsol.

Card #1

I matched her dress to the card base.  Blew the dust off a border punch, and used it on a piece of patterned paper.  Added a few sequins.

Card #2

This one I used the matching die to cut the image in the front of the card.  Placing the card in my Misti I placed the stamp into the cutout area and stamped with black ink, so that the image is stamped on the inside of the card.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the card front.

 Card #3

The purple pattern paper was embossed with Spellbinders Die D-Lites Create a Flower (which you can't see in the picture).  I added sparkly ribbon that I found at the dollar store, and some dots of liquid pearls.  The card front was added to a white card base.

Next cards in progress are Easter.  Shopping at the Dollar Tree the other day I found some Easter stickers, glitter paper, and glitter ribbon.  These will be used to make cards for our family since I didn't send off the Christmas cards.  I still have the kids school pictures that have to be delivered before they are a year old.

happy crafting

dee ;o)

Need a Little Pick Up

Good afternoon. I know I'm late but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The last couple weeks over Christmas have been really busy. We brought our daughter home from college on December 22nd. Because of the teacher strike in the fall they have to make up for four weeks of not being there.  So her vacation was shortened to one week.  We had alot to do in one week, and fit work in there too. Unfortunately I wasn't able to have vacation like the rest of the family. The downside to working in retail.

No baking was done this year because Sam likes to help with that. And the Christmas tree didn't go up till she got home. We put the final touches to it on Christmas Eve. You just make the best of what you have. We were all together and that's all that matters.

New Years was quiet. My daughter went out with friends. The boy stayed home and played on the computer, and I worked on a diamond dotz. Hubbie played on the computer with a buddy, stopping a 11:55 to roll in the new year, then back to his game.  I hit the bed because it was up early New Years Day to drive Sam back to school.

We are all settling back into day to life. Hubbie is back to work, as well as me, although hours are down so I have a little more time at home to play. The boy has this week off but back to school Monday. He has had a great holiday. They have not worked him much more than the hours he has during school. He's loving it.

Now down to business. Last night hubbie asked for a thinking of you card for a co-worker. He has been off work since before Christmas with a concusion that he got while working.  I always struggle with masculine cards. But this guy has a red pick up so I did a card with a red truck on it.

I used an embossing folder to give it that metal look.  And the image was colored with prisma pencil crayons (my treasured Christmas gift). Before putting it all together I used distress ink tea dye to go around the edges.

Hope everyone has a great New Year. Till next time.

happy crafting

dee ;o)