Thinking of you

I made this card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

My brother-in-law was in the Navy and was on one of the ships during the Vietnam war.
Sadly, he passed away in September 2019 at the age of 70. He was only 9 days away from his 71st birthday.
When I saw the layout design for this weeks challenge, I instantly thought that this kind of card would be perfect with the layout design.
My husband and I both miss Mario. He used to call us every night around the same time every night just to say hi and see how we are doing. And he would come over to visit at least once a week. We miss the phone calls and the visits. I was thinking about Mario when I made this card, which is why it says "thinking of you". RIP dear brother!! We love you!!

The supplies I used are :
Woodgrain Neutral paper pack
Anchor Stamp and cut Set
Anchor hand punch ( 2 tiny anchors )
Anchor craft ribbon,
Hemp cord
Stitched Circle Die cut

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. I hope you like my card.
I also hope you all are doing well and are staying safe.

Thinking of you

#616-2020-01.

For this week's freshly made sketches challenge, I made this floral thinking of you card. 

As you can see, the printed paper that I used is from a floral paper pad, which I purchased as a clearance item from our local craft store.

As a border, I just used a pastel pink cardstock.

The sentiment is from some clear stamp sentiments that I got as a free gift from scrapbooking.com.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog. Please feel free to visit again.

Thinking of you

#596-2019-02.

Thinking of you

#595-2019-02.
This is for this weeks Color Throwdown challenge.
Stamp sets used are :
Down by the seaside, Coastal, and All Year Greetings.
Versa magic chalk inks used are :
Spring Pansy, Sea Breeze, Mango, and Thatched Straw.
Other supplies used are :
Red watercolor marker and a paper piercing tool.

 For the background, I sponged spring pansy on first, then I sponged on thatched straw with just a hint of sea breeze. I used mango on the sun.

I used a red watercolor marker to color in the lighthouse.

My main goal was to make it look like there was a sunset behind my lighthouse, which is from the Down by the seaside clear stamp set. The bigger birds above the lighthouse are from the Coastal clear stamp set. The sentiment is from All Year Greetings clear stamp set. I used a paper piercing tool on the red border.

I had fun making this card for this weeks challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Just saying Hello...

#584-2019-01.
I thought I would make another card for this weeks Color Throwdown card challenge.
***Cardstocks used are :
Green marbled blank card, black, olive green, and white.
***Other craft items used are :
Scallop border punch, paper butterfly stickers, watercolor markers, brush stroke greetings rubber cling stamp set, and Flora clear stamp set.
The flower is from my Flora clear stamp set. After stamping it using black ink, I used my watercolor markers to color it in before cutting it out and adhering it to the card.
The sentiment is from my Brush stroke greetings rubber cling stamp set.
Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog.

Thinking of you

#568-2018-11.
I thought I would make another card for this weeks FMS362 challenge.
The little green leaves that I used with the flourish thinlet die is from my new multi leaves thinlet dies that I received in the mail.
I chose red for a border. Then I used a scalloped circle die on the woodgrain background to give the white circle die a background. I used black ink for the sentiment, which is from my So Sorry stamp & Cut clear stamp set.
I hope you like my card. Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Thinking of you, sending hugs

# 548-2018-09

Thinking of you

Thinking of you

# 528-2016-06

How've you bean?...

How've you bean?

# 394-2014-11

Supplies used :

Cardstock : Certainly Celery, White, Green

Stamp set : Thanks a latte clear stamp set (sentiment, beans, latte cup)

Other : Honeycomb embossing folder

This weeks Freshly Made Sketches card sketch challenge located at http://www.freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com was the perfect sketch for me to make this particular card. 

Since I don't actually have this stamp set, I found it using google images. I saved the picture of it to a file on my computer and then brought the image up into my Windows Paint program to color it in. Then I printed it up, cut it out, and put it on my card using double-sided adhesive circles.

Then I added the Baker's Twine.

Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog. I hope you will stop by again.

Thinking of You...

Thinking of You

#359-2014-09

Supplies used for this card are : Pastel Yellow cardstock, Yellow pre-folded cardstock, and White cardstock. Other supplies used are : Doodle Flowers clear stamp set, Beary Fun rubber stamp set (sentiment), Stencils, Colored Pencils, Green Brads, Lavender 1/4 inch ribbon, and a butterfly sticker.

Stampin' Up supplies used are : paper piercing tool.

Stampin' Up inks used are : Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy, Sage Green, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, and Violet Dye Ink.

First, I used a stencil and layed it on my paper. Then I took sponges and dabbed them onto the inks and then onto the stencil design. This gave the arrow pattern on the left side. Then I took the lavender 1/4 inch ribbon and adhered one on each side the the arrow pattern. The flowers are from the Doodle Flowers clear stamp set, which I stamped onto white paper and colored them in using colored pencils before cutting them out by hand and adhering them using double-sided adhesives to give them a 3D look. Then I attached 6 green brads. The sentiment is from the Beary Fun rubber stamp set and is stamped onto white paper with Violet dye ink and then cut out by hand and adhered with a double-sided adhesive. Then I used a butterfly sticker for an added touch. I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog and I thank you for stopping by...

Thinking of You

# 359.2-2014-09

This card is the same as the one shown above, except I used blue and white instead of yellow and lavender. I also used light blue brads instead of green. And for the flowers, I used Ballet Blue and Old Olive inks touched up with a Navy Blue colored pencil.