Sympathy cards

I haven't made any sympathy cards in a while - I will have to make a pile of them, because I really dislike making them when I need them.  I'd much rather just have a stash ready. 

I made these ones last night using my brand new Hero Arts cling stamp, Leafy Vines, which I clear embossed for an elegant, subtle background.  I also pulled out my gold embossing powder for the sentiment, which has been gathering dust for a while. The sentiment is a VERY old stamp from "Stamps Happen Inc".

 (sorry about this photo looking a bit grey - the shiny embossing powder made the light balance go a bit off- centre)

I made 2 cards while I had the supplies out (do you do this too?), but I made the 2nd one in landscape orientation. I'm not sure which orientation I prefer.....

I hope you're having a lovely day and a great week - thanks for visiting :)

Buttons!

For the last few months, I've been filling in for a couple of design team members at A Blog Named Hero while they took breaks - and I've been having a ball!  Well, I can now tell you that Linda and Mary Dawn have asked me to be a permanent Design Team member!  (I wonder if you could hear my excited woot-woots when they asked me!!) So, here's my first post as an OFFICIAL ABNH DT member!! Woo hoo!!!

The challenge at A Blog Named Hero today is BUTTONS!  I love buttons, but I have a tendency to hoard them instead of using them (who else does this? I know you're out there, fellow button hoarders!)

Anyway, I wanted to go with a really simple card design - kind of innocent and child-like.  This is what I came up with:

 So, what are you waiting for?  Get in on all the buttony goodness, and link up your creations at A Blog Named Hero!  Remember, there's a voucher from Simon Says Stamp up for grabs! 

Thanks for visiting - have a great day :)

The "Linda's Popped Blog Hop!"

Hi, all!  I hope you've been following along with our fun blog hop to celebrate the arrival of Linda's baby, Olivia! 

You should have arrived via the blog of Cristina Martinez . I love how Cristina can switch from CAS style, to elegant, to fun and cute - she does every style so well!!

Anyway, here's my card for today's hop for Linda:

Wishing you all the best, Linda - I'm looking forward to meeting baby Olivia sometime soon!!

Next stop on the hop is the amazing Tina Basa - I can't wait to see what she has in store - she always has such cool ideas!!

If you get lost along the way, here's the complete list of blog-hoppers:

Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Chari Moss

Danielle Walls

Leslie Hanna

Sue McRae

Melissa Shea

Stephanie Britt

Kelly Latevola

Lisa Spangler

Lucy Newton

Cristina Martinez 

Michelle Lupton

Tina Basa

Michelle Liimatainen

Cheiron Brandon

Libby Hickson

Wanda Guess

Jennifer McGuire

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com

As well as these supplies, I also used some discontinued Hero Arts stamps ("Dot circle", "Little dot circle" and "Small dot circle"), as well as a Papertrey Ink baby die and some Stampin' Up silver glimmer paper.

Have a great day - thanks for visiting, and have fun with the rest of the hop!

Fathers' day

It is Fathers' Day tomorrow, so I made this card for my Dad - who is a car enthusiast - although the word "enthusiast" doesn't really go far enough!  ;)

By the way, the red banner looks crooked in the photo, but it isn't, I promise - I used my T-square ruler and everything - the tilted banner just makes it look crooked!!

Hapyy Fathers' Day to all the wonderful fathers in my life :)

Hello again, Sky blossom!

Back in February last year, I was desolate about the discontinuation of one of my favourite patterned papers from Cristina Re, Sky Blossom.  I actually ordered some over the internet (can't remember the name of the shop), but they contacted me to say, nope, the computer had made a mistake and they didn't actually have any.  Bugger.  I searched high and low for months, but could not find any shops that still had some.

Until today!

I went to the Paperific show with my lovely friends, Stella and Debbie (and met some new lovely friends during the day!), and there was a teeny tiny stand called The Ruby Cat - they had some old stock, amongst which I found 12 whole sheets of Sky Blossom!!  Needless to say, I bought them all :)

Here is the last card I made with Sky blossom in February last year:

I will have to make sure I actually use my new stash, because I am tempted to just keep it in a locked cupboard, and take it out once in a while to admire it and call it my precious!! LOL!!

Thank you to the people at The Ruby Cat - you made my day!!