Happy Birthday Denise!

It is a very special day today! It is Denise's birthday over at Whimsy Stamps! 

I weaved up a little card to share in her special day.  A few Whimsy dies and a simple stamp for the sentiment.  

 Wishing her a wonderful happy day!

 

Firemen are Heros

Good morning and happy weekend to you!

I have a new card today using new die sets from Whimsy Stamps called, Firefighter Trio and Fire and Ice.   Die cutting makes for a quick and easy card.  I added a sentiment from the Firefighter Stamp set.  The background paper is from the super cool new collection of papers, Grungy Numbers. A bit of twine was added, and I called it done. :)

So for all of those firefighters out there, thank you for the job you do!

 

A Couple of Hippos Doing Yoga!

Hello friends!

I hope you all had a blessed Easter!

Mine was busy and hectic as usual, but a good one.  Unfortunately, my son is deployed, my DIL and granddaughter are in Georgia.  So Facetime had to suffice this year.  My FIL is back living with us after a 6 week hospital/rehab stay.  He is doing pretty well, but a huge adjustment for all of us. 

It has been difficult to find some "me" time lately.

I did sneak in these two cards using Whimsy Stamp's new Hippo Yoga set.  You may or may not know that I have been doing yoga for the past 13 years.  So yoga is a huge part of my life! But a hippo?  Now that's a new one! ;)

I colored the images with Copics.  I added a "floor" using the Mermaid Scales Stencil.

The second card uses the same stencil and Copics.  I added some fun ribbon from like a million years ago!  

These cards make me smile, which at this point, I could use a lot of! :)

Thank you for stopping by!

At some point, I will get my life together again, and hopefully find more time to craft and post!

 

A Collection of Sweet Gnomes

Hello friends!

I am a bit late posting Whimsy Stamp's new release.... story of my life lately! But hey, better late than never! ;)  This set is called Bee Gnomies.  And who doesn't like an adorable gnome? Again, I couldn't leave any images out, so I colored all of them to make a set of cards.  All colored with Copics and then fussy cut.  The background is from the new Honeycomb Die set.  I stamped additional bees to the background and adhered them to pink paper that was embossed and cut from the die in this set.  

I had so much fun creating these cards! :)

Have a great weekend!

 

Thanks a Brunch!

Hello friends!

First off, thank you to those who reached out and left comments.  It is reassuring to know that I am not alone in this journey and that so many of you have gone through this.  It also makes my heart happy knowing that at least a few of you still visit this little blog of mine. :)

I have a quick card today using Whimsy Stamp's Brunch Buddies stamp set. Every image in this set is adorable and I knew I wanted to use as many of them as I could on my card.  I created a grid using my Scor-Pal so that each character had its own little box.  The images were colored with Copics and cut out.  I added some twine and a fork I found in my stash from like a hundred years ago.  ;)

Enjoy your day friends!

 

Faith & Gratitude

I know my posts have been more scattered and further apart.  I am not even sure how many people actually come here anymore.  But if you are one of the few that still do, I thought I'd give a quick life update.  The last 5 months have been challenging and emotional.  My mom was recently diagnosed with dementia and her husband just lost his ability to drive.  My mother-in-law also has dementia and was recently placed in memory care after leaving the house at 2 AM. It was a wake up call that my father-in-law is unable to care for her any longer.  My husband is an only child, so  it has been just him and me handling everything.  We sold their house, had his dad move in with us, and shortly after he caught CoVid.  He was hospitalized  with pneumonia.   He fortunately beat it and is now in rehab for low blood pressure and weakness.  We think he also depressed with everything that has transpired these last few months.  All the while, we have been trying to work our jobs, bring Cortney home, and fundraising for Misericordia.  Needless to say any free time lately has been sparse.  

When I saw these cards, they spoke to me.

I've had to lean into my faith a lot.

With a heart of gratitude amid the storms swirling around me. 

This set is called Angelic, by Whimsy Stamps.  

They were stamped in a waterproof black ink and water colored.  I distressed the edges with scissors and did a bit of machine stitching.  A gold bow and heart finished them off.  

IF you've hung in here....thank you for visiting, I do appreciate it!

 

Two New Cards!

Hello!

I've got a couple of cards to share today using two new sets from Whimsy Stamps.  The first stamp set is called, Bear Bubbles.  I used a no line coloring technique and Zig Clean Color Markers.  I cut the image out with the Spring Rectangles die  Glossy accents was added to the bubbles and I tied an orange bow to finish off the card. 

My second card uses the new, Don't Mean to Bug Ya set. I colored the images with Copics.  Did a funky machine stitching and added a red bow. Simple, but fun!

Thanks for stopping!