I wish you comfort

I made this card as a sympathy card.  This past week, my best friend's step-son died in a car accident so I will be attending a wake with another friend later today.  Unfortunately, he leaves behind a wife along with two daughters age 3 and 8.  The family is in shock.

Cardstock:  Recollections
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - I wish you comfort
Embossing Folders:  Cuttlebug & Sizzix
Pearls:  Recollection
Ribbon:  Offray
Spellbinders:  Splendid Circle; Pennant;
Ink: Memento - London Fog

Challenges
Crazy for Challenges - C4C203 - White on White
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Ch. 19 Use ribbon
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Ch. 61 Pure White
Just Inspirational - Die Cuts or punched shapes

You would lose your head

My wonderful son is 17 years old and is a senior this year. Now, I love the kids unconditionally, but there are times he drives me crazy.  He has a habit of misplacing things and then when you are in a hurry he can't find it so it is a panic.  For instance, his senior pictures he couldn't find his purple tie that I know he wore for our Christmas picture.  So he ended up wearing my husband's tie.  For his pictures he wore quite a few different outfits and has 189 proofs to choose from.  Naturally the one, that I am interested in is the one in which he is wearing the purple tie.  Now since my husband is in hospice care, I don't think that my son thinks about the fact that the kids pictures are on the wall and that I will always know it is Jeff's tie and that does bother me.  In a way it is special, but I also find it sad.  When my son does this I have said to him, "It is lucky that your head is attached or you would lose that."  Now Torico just came out with this new image and I couldn't resist getting it to make a card for guess who?  I asked Paulette at TLC to make the perfect sentiment and she was so kind to do so.  Now I have the PERFECT Halloween card for Trevor.

 

picture by Barry Lewis of Lewis Photography

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Woodland Papers

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Birdie Brown - Mr. Skeleton 02

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Lose Your Head

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Flourish:  Sizzix

Accrylic Paint:  

Photo Corner:  Momenta

Ribbon:  May Arts

Raffia:  Unknown

Challenges

Friday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 52

Craft your Passion - Ch. 180 Fall colors

Eureka - Ch. 57 Fall Colors

Sentimental Sundays - Ch. 172 Humerous

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 286 - Hip to be Square

Bearly Mine - Ch. 103 Fall Colors

Pollycraft - Ch. 7 Harvest Colors

Harvest of memories

On Thursday we went to visit my Mother-in Law.  She lives alone, but is very independent.  One thing that we do for her is some of her laundry because we don't want her going downstairs in her house.  So when we got home the other day I just through it in the washer right away and before I knew it I set her laundry basket down and our male cat claimed it.  I had to laugh since he thought he found a new home.  So I called my MIL and told her that she may have lost her laundry basket since Casio runs things in our house.  She laughed, but he did give it back so I could put her towels and sheets in it.  He was my model for my card.  So my husband said to me while I was coloring, "Where is Casio now?" (wondering if he was still in the basket) and I held up my picture.  He said I did it too dark - more like the other two Siamese cats we have.

Casio in laundry basket

Jazzy in bucket

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Slendiferous
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  From the Heart - Pumpkin and Cat
Sentiment:  TLC, Create (see above for direct link)
Spellbinder:  Label #4
Ribbon:  May Arts

Challenges

Delightful Inspiration - Sketch 33

Bearly Mine - Ch. 103 Fall Colors

 

Pollycraft - Ch. 7 Harvest Colors

Crafty Sentiments Design - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack- Ch. 17 Autumn

Catch the Bug - Indian Summer

Creative Corner Challenges - the Leaves are Falling
Sisterhood of Crafters - Devine Digis

Nutcracker

Here is a Christmas card that I made using an image from Bugaboo. And a wonderful sentiment from TLC.  I used the sketch from Mojo and the requirements for a Christmas card from Merry Monday for this week.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Nutcracker 1
Sentiment:  TLC, Create (see above for direct link)
Button:  Dress it Up
Twine:  Natural Fibers
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges
Mojo - Sketch 310
Merry Monday - Ch. 74

PTT - Ch. 137 Button It Up
Simon Wednesday Challenge - Emboss
CRAFT - Ch. 224 Paper Piecing
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Ch. 142 Cut it out
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - September
Polkadoodles - Wk 37 One for the boys

Birthday cake

It was my best friend's birthday on Tuesday and she has been away at a conference so we haven't had a chance to celebrate yet.  I had a card that I was planning to give her, but since I had time, I decided to make another.  I used a birthday cake from Bugaboo and the inside sentiment is from TLC.  I put Glossy Accents on the pink frosting layers and Stickles on the candle tip.  I also put some Liquid Pearl on the die cut.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Jady Day
Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo -
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Birthday Be Special
Spellbinders:  Large Circle; Exquisite Circle; Label #8
Die Cut:  My Favorite Things - Washi Tape
Liquid Pearls
Stickles
Glossy Accents


Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketch - Sketch 215
ColourQ - Ch. 206

There She Goes - Ch. 224 Cakes, cupcakes and birthday treats
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 184 Sweet Treats
Craft your passion - Ch. 179 Glitter and Gloss (Glossy Accents & Stickles)

A big BOO to you

Here is another Halloween card that I made using items from Paulette's wonderful club at TLC.  For this card I distressed the papers. The black paper for the die cut and the sentiment are Core-dinations papers in which the top is black and the back is grey so when I sanded it the color came through.  I embossed the circle for the backing of the sentiment and lightly sanded it, I rubbed ink around the white paper.

 

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Bewitching; My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollection
Stamp:  Vintage Dapper Pumpkin
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - A big Boo to you
Circle Punches:  EK Success
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Distressing Tool:  Tonic
Ink:  Memento, tuxedo black
Spellbinder:  Fleur de Lis Square

Challenges
Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch 173
Paper Pretties - PWC275 Distressing
One Stitch at a Time - Ch. 180
Haunted Design House - Ch. 175

All you need is love and...

Paulette has a wonderful club going right now with great sentiments and images at TLC.  Hopefully she will include these in the store since I think they are adorable. (She has included both, in the same set so I have the link below.)  The background paper is also from TLC.  Now with this sentiment, who doesn't love Halloween candy and go through the stash before the holiday?

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Happy Halloween Confetti 2
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamp:  TLC, Create - Children and Jack o Lantern Vintage
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - All you need is love and Halloween Candy
Pumpkins - Sizzix
Lace:  Wrights
RicRac:  May Arts

Challenges
Papertake Weekly - Child's Play
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 286 Hip to be Square
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 164 Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Ch. 157