for a friend...

Hello friends... I don't normally share personal things on my blog because well... this is a blog about my cards.  But recently a friend died and she died way too soon and this has hit me kinda hard.  I have gone back and forth about whether or not I wanted to blog about Vicki's passing, but finally decided that I needed to do this... for me.   I first learned that Vicki was very ill on January 17th.  I was able to visit her on January 25th and for that I am very grateful because Vicki passed away on January 26th.  Her memorial service was yesterday (Febuary 8th).  I was able to attend along with some other friends.  I made this card for her family... Vicki loved the color purple and so the card had to include that color in a prominent way.

I used my PTI Sweet Life stamp set, as well as a sentiment and a portion of the frame from the Boutique Borders: Sympathy set.  The inside was finished with sentiment from the PTI With Sympathy set.  

Vicki was a wife, a mom, a sister, a photographer, and a business woman.  She had a real gift for photography and was able to turn that gift into a successful business.  She photographed hundreds of weddings (including mine and my sister's) and other special events.  But more important than all of that Vicki was a Jesus girl!  She loved the Lord and served him faithfully.  She will be tremendously missed by everyone who knew her.   A friend sent me this photo of me and Vicki at our class reunion last July.

Thank you to those of you who stop by for a look and to those of you who take the time to leave me a comment... it means a lot to me.

Precious Remembrance Shop New Release Blog Hop!

Hello friends!!!  Today the Precious Remembrance Shop design is having a blog hop to celebrate the release of the newest Precious Remembrance Shop set...Coffee Love!!   This fun set will be perfect for creating projects for your coffee loving friends, but versatile enough for any kind of project.  Below is a list of all the blogs on the hop, as well as all the details about how you can win this set!

Precious Remembrance Blog

Sue Lelli

Kim Bell

Lisa Elton

Rosemary Dennis (you are here)

Deanna Dean

Geri Freeman

 

For your chance to win simple do the following:  

 

Subscribe to the Precious Remembrance blog

Follow our Facebook Page or Pinterest

Share the news with your crafty friends on any social media you are a part of (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

Leave a comment at each blog on the hop

 

One lucky winner will be randomly chosen and the winner will be announced on the Precious Remembrance Shop blog.   The giveaway will end on February 9, 2014.    Now that I have all the details out of the way... here is my card.

 

 

For my card I stamped the coffee cut image on Rustic White cardstock (twice) and some My Mind's Eye patterned paper using kraft colored ink.  I trimmed out the entire image and just the lid from the Rustic White cardstock and then the top and bottom portions of the image from the patterned paper.   The patterned paper was adhered to the coffee cup and then the lid was attached using foam dimensionals  The sentiment was stamped in the center using black ink.  After layering up some additional My Mind's Eye papers I adhered the coffee cup, added the stamped circle, the wood veneer hearts and the rhinestone swirl.

Thanks for stopping by... don't forget to leave a commet for your chance to win!!

CMCC #6... spread your wings

Hello friends!!  Wednesday is here and that means time for a brand new color challenge at Colour Me!  Since it is the first of the month that means you have one color, Wisteria Wonder (or similar color), and neutrals to work with.  We are also joined by a brand new guest designer, Susie!!  She will be joining us all month with her fabulous creations!!  All the challenge details can be found here.  

 

For my card I used my brand new Reverse Confetti set, Paper Crane, and some older Stampin Up! designer paper (sorry I don't remember the name.  To break up all the pale purple and white I added a strip of kraft cardstock that was stamped with the border image.   A honeycomb embossing folder was used on the Wisteria Wonder cardstock piece and the PTI notebook die was used to die cut the white cardstock.  After putting the card together I added a few silver sequins.  The layout is based on the current Reverse Confetti Sketch for You To Try layout.

Thanks for stopping by... please check out the projects created by my fellow teamies Tara, Hayley, Sam, Katie, Brenda and February guest designer, Susie.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; SU! Wisteria Wonder; PP:  SU! DP; Stamps Reverse Confetti; Dies:  PTI; Embossing Folder:  Lifestyle Crafts; Sequins:  Lawn Fawn

hugs & kisses..

Hello friends!  Quick post with a card for a couple of challenges:  CASology & Dynamic Duos.   The cue word at CASology is "and".  When I thought about that word the first thing that came to mind was to use an ampersand.  So I pulled out the only set I have with an ampersand in it... Hero Art's You & Me and got to work.

Making the card made me wish that I had an ampersand die, but I don't so instead I decided to emboss a heart onto my cardstock and place all my stamping within the heart.  First take on the card stamped the ampersand using Island Indigo ink, but noticed that once I stamped the words in red parts of them didn't show up too well.  So I switched the colors and had much better results.  I added some flat sequins and some washi tape.  The sequins are a good match to the Island Indigo ink, but you can't tell that from the photo.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Inks:  Stampin Up!; Jenny Bowlin washi tape; sequins

this year...

Hello friends!!!  It is a GREAT day here in the state of Washington and that is due in no small part to the Seattle Seahawks WINNING the SUPER BOWL!!  I cannot think of a single team more deserving of the win than the Seahawks.  They played an awesome game and crushed the Broncos... YAY!!!   Sorry... just had to step out for a moment and share my excitement!  Now... on to my card.



 This one is for My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch challenge and I used some more of those yummy SU! Fresh Prints papers... told ya I really liked them, lol!!  The sentiment is from the MFT Birthday Sentiments set and I used a Fishtail Flag Stax die, as well as a mini doily circle die.   The rectangles were cut with my Spellbinders large and small rectangle dies.   After completing the card I decided to an some wood veneer stars that I colored by pressing them into my Hero Arts Splash ink pad.  I also finished the interior of the card with the sentiment "happy birthday".  You can just see a peek of the interior in the photo of the card.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, kraft; SU! Cherry Cobbler; PP:  SU! Fresh Prints; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Dies:  My Favorite Things & Spellbinders; Wood stars:  Studio Calico; Ink:  SU! & Hero Arts

love you {lots}...

Hello friends!!  Well... it is Super Bowl Sunday and it is a gorgeous day here in Western Washington.  Everyone is running around in Seahawks gear (except for me!) and confident that the Hawks can pull it off!  Despite all the football excitement I have a card to share that I made for the current Fusion challange and it works for the current Addicted to CAS challenge, as well. 

 

When I saw the new Fusion challenge I was really inspired to play along... especially since I had just received this fun pack of Stampin Up! designer papers called Fresh Prints which are perfect for the challenge. . I am seriously in love with this little pack of papers and I'm pretty sure that I will be ordering a second one very soon!    I went with fusing the sketch with the photo inspiration for my card.  I die cut all the hearts using some Verve dies (Wavey Hearts and Heart Quartet).  While I realize that the papers I used do make the card look a little busy, it really is pretty CAS.  The sentiment is from the Verve set No Matter What.  Finished things off with a couple of wooden hearts and some red sequins.

Thanks for stopping by... GO HAWKS!!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  SU! Fresh Prints; Stamps:  Verve; Dies:  Verve; Wood embellishments:  Studio Calico; Sequins