Day 40 - Happiness Shared

My post is late tonight as I had to make today's card in shifts.  I had a very busy day beginning with Bible Study this morning and ending this evening with a date with my husband.  We drove into town and went to a movie.  We are not movie people, so this was a very special date. Bill did a relay run in Oregon called "Hood to the Coast" in 2007.  Twelve people make up a team and they run a total of 197 miles from Mount Hood to the Oregon Coast.  The movie we saw was "Hood to the Coast" which showed much of the run and featured four teams.  It was really fun and a little bit familiar to me as we attended a wedding out there last summer and Bill took me on a scenic tour of the course.  The best part was just going out for an evening and enjoying our time together - I loved listening to him reminiscing about the time they had - but he ended with once was enough for him!

Now all of this fun caused me to make part of my card in the afternoon and finish the rest up when we got home!  So before it gets any later, here's today's card.  I haven't added a sentiment to the front because I'm not exactly sure if it's going to be a birthday card or not, so you can look at it and just imagine how it should be used.  I used the Happiness Shared stamp set.  The paper is Pirouette Pink and Rich Razzleberry and watercolor paper.  I colored the stamps with markers and filled in with watercolor brush and lighter color inks.  The colors I used are Rich Razzleberry, Pirouette Pink, Pear Pizzaz and River Rock.  I embossed the Rich Razzlebery textured paper with  Elegant Bouquet embossing folder.  I think it's a very elegant card.

Now, I'm headed off to bed.  Doctor's appointment in the morning to determine treatment plan.  Please keep us in your prayers as we take the next step in this journey of healing.

Happy Stamping, see you tomorrow!

Day 39 - Valentine Heart

Yesterday my Valentine was very glitzy!  I used the new glitter paper and filled the heart with candy!  Today, I used one of our corner punches and made a very decorative card and filled the heart with little hearts.  A very simple card, but makes quite an impact.  No need to make a trap opening as the little paper hearts don't need to come out.

A simple and easy card, for a very cold day.  I just don't deal with cold very well and today was cold.  Cold makes me tired and shuts down my creative juices. I know warm weather is just around the corner, like this weekend, but I want it now!!!!!

Hopefully my creative urges will come flying back tomorrow when I come home from Bible Study and I'll really get into my craft room and make some fun new cards.  On the other hand, my creation tomorrow may just be a really clean and neat craft room.  Tune in tomorrow to see my post and see whether creating or cleaning wins! Pictures will be posted no matter which wins.

Stay warm, see you tomorrow!

His, Bev

Day 38 - Happy Valentine's Day

Hello and Happy Tuesday, Day 38 of my 100 day blog challenge! 

This has been an amazing day for me, last week I told you that I had a biopsy following a mammogram that showed something suspicious.  I received the news last night that it was in fact cancer and I must begin a time of planning and treatment. The good news is that it's caught very, very early and I'm surrounded by an amazing group of Godly friends.  Prayers are flying upwards and my husband and I feel the peace that can only come from God.  We have never felt the love of God more than we are feeling it right now.  We know that He is going before us and we will see Him in every step along this journey.  Miracles are already happening and I know they will continue. I will periodically catch you up on my progress and I'm planning on keeping up my blog challenge.  Now, that's enough about me and my "stuff" so let's move on to " a day focusing on love"!

Valentine's Day - a time filled with words of love and the color red!  My card today is made with the Movers and Shapers and the heart die.  I also used the Top Note die to cut the red glitter paper featured in our Mini Occasions Catalog.  The fun part is that the red glitter brads are an exact match.  I used the heart shaped sweet centers cup filled with M&Ms.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched with the modern label. 

I used the brads to allow the inside to open and let the candy out!  The top brads on the front are glued down, but the ones on the bottom go all of the way through and can be opened to lift the inside paper up to release those little goodies.  I cut a piece of decorative paper and made a crease across the top.  I glued that down with red line tape and hen closed the brads at the bottom.  I've tried a variety of ways to open and close the back so the card doesn't have to be destroyed and I think I may just like this way the best.

And, so for now, I am going to close and spend some time with my sweet hubby. I wish each of you a Happy Valentine's Day and hope you'll pull out some paper and make a card for your friends and loved ones.

Keep us in your prayers,

His,

Day 37 - Thinking of You

Today's post will again be short and sweet.  I'm working on a number of projects right now and so I scurried in and made a card with one of my favorite sets.   I embossed the front of the card and then added the two other layers, plus the sentiment.  I used Sincere Salutations and punched it out with the scallop oval.  I sponged all of the layers with Pear Pizzaz.  Paper is Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzaz and Whisper White.  The flower is fron Because I Care.

I hope you enjoy the card and I'll see you tomorow.

Happy Stamping,

Birthday Wishes

Well it's Super Bowl Sunday and so I'm headed to the craft room.  That doesn't mean I won't watch the game as I have a TV in there and I wouldn't want to miss the commercials. I'm rooting for the Packers, but I learned a long time ago that whoever wins it will not change my life!  So on to creating a card.

I've been using Awash with Flowers a lot lately, but I just love this set.  It's funny because I owned it for a very, very long time before I ever opened the case, but I'm sure you've done that too.  More times than I can count I've ordered sets thinking I couldn't wait for them to get here, only to find they just don't fit into my current style or something, so they wait their turn in the cabinet!  I finally got this one out because one of my customers sent me a card and I really liked it, so out came the set!  Thanks Jeannette for the inspiration!

I also pulled out an old set I haven't used in a long time, Inspired by Nature.  I used the grasses to create my background and the largest flower from Awash with Flowers.  The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations.  I raised up two of the flowers with dimensionals, but although I had cut out all three flowers, I decided to adhere one flat on the paper.  I punched out the sentiment with the Decorative Label Punch and raised it with dimensionals.  I colored the flowers with Rose Red, Melon Mambo and Regal Rose markers.  I colored the grass with a wide variety of green markers.  All of this could be altered to change the look of your card and in fact no two cards will ever be exactly alike.

I'm really pleased with this look and this is an easy card to make a stack of so you have them ready to go.  Just stamp your sentiment and punch it out when you know which one you need.  I usually leave mine blank otherwise I  have birthday cards when I need thank yous etc. etc.  I also save the inside to either stamp or write a note.

May your favorite team win and I'll see you tomorrow!