Heartfelt Sympathy

Happy Friday!

I really really hate making sympathy cards.  So much so that I don't make them to keep them on hand.  I make them as needed.

My husband's best friend passed away on January 2nd after battling with a brain tumor for a few years.  He decided to quit with radiation and chemotherapy and a couple months later he went Home.  He left behind a wife and 2 sons (10 and 14).  He will be missed.

The stamps I used:
Unity:  Everything Wonderful (sentiment), Donna Downey's Insightful Meadows, and Donna Downey's Imagine It.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp multiple flowers and leaves to make the "bouquet" fuller.  I just love my Stamp-a-ma-jig  :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

Mushy Love

Happy Happy Friday

So a few weeks ago I told you all that I was totally redoing my craft room and been so busy with it.  Before I show you my card I made...here are some before and after pics of my room.

BEFORE:  This is actually during teardown of my mess of a room...so it really didn't start out THIS bad.  HEY!  Believe what you want LOL.

AFTER:  The section where my Sizzix machine is will go away once I remove the desk that is behind me.  And my shelves have been cleaned up since this picture was taken.  Those binders are just temporarily holding my Unity KOMs.

These are my binders all full with my KOM's and the smaller binders hold loose stamps from winnings or grab bags.  One is for phrases and the other is just images.  Then there are misc boxes holding things.  Even my Phyllis Harris :)

NOW...On to my card!

I just love this stamp and the matching background.  You Make Me...Mushy and {mush.room}.  Each one was stamped on a glitter pink, silver, and red cardstock and then assembled and lifted with foam tape.  The background was stamped with VersaMark Dazzle and embossed with pink glitter embossing powder (which ended up "flinging" all over my desk when I went to put the excess back in the jar...grrr.)  Then the edges were embossed with glitter embossing powder with matching colors to the mushrooms as well as the background color in chalk.  The floating hearts are punches in glitter card stock.

So that's it....hope you enjoyed it.  Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome weekend.  I have to tackle the walk-in closet (EEWW).

Plain Christmas Greetings

Happy Friday!!  It's been awhile since I made a post for FWF.  I posted this on the Show & Tell...but I'm posting here too.  I have been sooo busy with cleaning and organizing my craft room.  I will post pictures next week.  It looks so amazing so far.  Anyway...here are my cards I made when I took a break.  Hope you like them.  They were made using the {just plain} Christmas Greetings.

Christmas Stampin' Up

For these cards I am doing something different for a change.  I am using a different stamp other than Unity.  These cards were created using Stampin' Up stamps, embossing folders, and die cuts.

Die cuts are all Memory Box and the backgrounds are from Darice, Sizzix, and Cuttlebug.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful week!!!

A Busy Teddy Christmas

Happy Friday!!  It's FREEZING here in Colorado.  With a -4°...ouch.  Anyway, here is a card I made using Tags, Glorious Tags and the Christmas Wishes Teddy from Unity.

I know it's a little busy...but there is a lot to look at and quite festive.

Enjoy your Friday and have a great weekend.  STAY WARM!!

Feel the Joy

This card was made using Unity's Stamp of the Week "Simple Snowman Joy".  The snowflake is from Obsession Impression.  And the papers I used is from DCWV the Winter matstack.  The hat trim is Flower Soft Polar White.  Joy was embossed with Zing blue glitter embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week ahead.

Current Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Blog Challenge
upcoming Friday
Unity's Friends with Flair

Freezin' my Snowballs Off

I couldn't wait to use this stamp in a GREAT way....

And here it is:

The stamps used were Unity's "Freezin' My Snowballs" and "One of a Kind Winter". 

My inspiration for the fireplace with the kitty cats came from the AWESOME Kittie Caracciolo.

I hope you enjoyed my comical card.  Thanks for visiting and have a GREAT week!