Thank you

Supplies used are :

Daisies printed cardstock

Yellow plaid cardstock

Clouds and Grass cardstock

Green Cardstock for the grass

Clouds dies

Grass die cut

Flowers die cuts

Ribbon messages for the ribbon and sentiment

Woodframe dies

Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

Fossilized Amber Distress Ink

Mustard Seed Distressed Ink

I haven't made any cards in quite a long time, so I thought I would try making one again. It's been really hard for me to be able to stand up long enough to make cards. I have a degenerative disc and Facet Arthropathy in my lumbar spine which causes me great pain. Facet Arthropathy is arthritis of the Facet joints which causes disc degeneration in the spine. 

And then last year in April, my mom became very ill and her health started declining. She just recently passed away on February 17th this year. It's been a very difficult time for my sister's and I dealing with the death of our mother.

Anyway, on to my card. Pretty much all of it is self-explanatory. What I do want to say about it is that for the flowers, after using the die cuts with white cardstock, I sponged on the distress inks to give them some color. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you like my card, which is a 4.25"x 5.5" card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thank you

Our local Joann's craft store still has a bunch of stuff on clearance, so I bought a pack of embellishments for $2.97, which is where this flower embellishment came from.

The patterned paper that I used is from Dots and Stripes paper pad.

The sentiment is from Flowers stamp and cut by Hero Arts.

The butterfly is a hand punch. I added the pearls and sequins to give this card a little bit of integrity and texture. 

This is card #2 for this week's freshly made sketches challenge. I hope you like it.

Thanks so much for checking out my blog. I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Thanks for stopping by.

Laugh, Believe, Hope

#637-2020-03.

Supplies used are :

Banner embossing folder,

Embellishments,

Cloth flowers,

Multi leaves dies.

I used the banner embossing folder as the background.

The sentiment words are from some embellishments that I've had for quite some time now. I haven't been able to figure out what kind of a card to make to use them until I saw the layout design for this week's freshly made sketches challenge. 

I added some cloth flowers that I've had in my stash of stuff I haven't used in quite awhile. The leaves are from my multi leaves dies set.
While making this card, I was thinking Laugh often, Believe in yourself and in Jesus Christ, and Hope for a brighter and better tomorrow!
There's not really anything else I can say about my card, so I'll just simply say...

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog..

And thanks in advance for your comments.

Enjoy Everyday

#636-2020-03.

The second picture is a few of the supplies that I used for making this card.

The butterfly is a hand punch. I glued some super tiny gems on it. 

I also added the pink pearls with the sentiment.

I used a banner embossing folder.

I used Rich Razzleberry stampin' up ink (pictured above) for both parts of the sentiment.

For the Iris and its stems, I used ink from StudioG.

The stamp and cut set that I used for the sentiment is called "Conforms to" by Hampton Arts.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. Comments are appreciated and welcomed.

Thanks for being you...

#632-2020-02.

This is a 5.25 x 5.25 inch card.

Supplies used are :

Spring Pansy VersaMagic chalk ink,

Pink Grapefruit VersaMagic chalk ink,

Flowers clear stamp,

Essential Sayings clear stamps,

Lavender craft ribbon,

Butterflies,

Pearls,

Scalloped square stencil,

Scalloped border punch,

Purple cardstock,

White cardstock.

I made my own scalloped square stencil and layed it over my card base. Then I sponged on the 2 colors of chalk inks and then stamped on the flower's.

Then I glued the corners of the scalloped border together before using adhesive tape to adhere it to the card base. 

Then I added the craft ribbon, sentiment, and butterflies to complete my card.

Please feel free to follow my blog to get updates when I post future cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hello

#615-2020-01.
Here's another card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

For the background, I used a Valentine printed paper that I printed up from paper craft inspirations.

The scalloped circle is a die cut along with the regular circle.

After cutting out the circle, I ran it through my bigkick using a hearts embossing folder.

The sentiment and the ribbon is from a stamp and cut set that I purchased at our local craft store.

The stem of roses are just one of the embellishments that I got from the dollar store in my area. I added the leaf dies to it to give it a little more so it wouldn't look so plain.

I hope you like my card. Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Just a little note

#610-2019-06

You will have to forgive me if I don't say too much about my card! I have been dealing with a few health issues that have been preventing me from being able to make any cards for the last few weeks.

I am hoping and praying that the good Lord will help me to find out what exactly is going on with my body and that He will heal me, so I can get back to my normal life again.

With that being said, I was at Joann's the other day to see what kind of new craft supplies they may have and I came across these little paper packs that I thought the paper in them were really pretty. The background paper on this card is from one of those paper packs. 

The flower and leaves are from a pack of embellishments that I found at the Dollar Tree.

The sentiment is a stamp that came with a stamp & cut set I found at Joann's. 

The banner is a die cut that I have had in my own personal stock for quite some time now.

I decided to make this card a 5x7 inch card instead of the usual 4.25 x 5.5 inches.
Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope you like my card.

Congratulations

# 545-2017-04
I made this card for a friend who is retiring from her job on April 28th.