Serenity Encouragement Card

Happy Monday, Friends!

Sorry for the absence lately. My Mom had some physical problems and we needed to be on hand to help. She is 96 now, so things can get serious in a hurry. Glad to say, she's home again and doing pretty well. 

I was able to get one card made for a friend at church who is also having some difficulties. I gave it a Fall theme since those are the papers I have laying on my desk right now, along with a stack of stamped sentiments I created when I first bought my TH Stamp Platform. I had made a pile of Thinlits Fall Foliage die-cut leaves, too, and added a few of those for some color.

I topped it off with granddaughter Katie's acorns.

Hope this the the beginning of a great week for you!

Thanks for stopping by!

More Than Words Card

Hi, everyone! I, seriously, have been trying to write this post for three days. What is it about summer that makes everything speed up to an unbelievable pace? The grandchildren all seem to be in hyper mode, while I'm somewhere in slow motion (at least it feels that way). We celebrated The Penmaker's birthday with the whole family in attendance except for SIL, JD, who had to work. In between that big event, we had three library screenings to attend and that ballgame that our son was to throw out the first pitch (which ended up being rained out and now switched to August). I feel the need for a vacation. LOL!

I haven't slowed down on the card making though. I did this one with Bo Bunny Juliet and some bits of fussy cut papers from my scrap pile on my desk.

My yellow flowers are from I Am Roses.

For something different, I added a Tim Holtz swivel clasp and a pretty antique bronze heart charm from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

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Stand By Me Card

Awhile back I wanted to try making a card with the less is more theory. I think my cards are more noted for having layer upon layer of stuff, but for this one I felt the wood pattern paper needed to stand out.

The few layers I did add are mostly scrap pieces... those beauties you just can't bear to throw away that will work on something at sometime. (You all know what I mean.)

The little bit of lace was another treasure on the pile on my desk awaiting a home in my art  journal or on a card. The Noted is a wood icon from Prima.

My Stand By Me sticker is from the Bo Bunny Juliet collection, as are some of these other papers.

The ticket is a Tim Holtz ephemera piece, the wood clip is by Darice...

and the tiny stained heart is from my favorite wood shop in the Smoky Mountains.

Even with cutting down on layers, I just have to add flowers... these being an assortment of Prima and I Am Roses.

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God Bless You ATC Pocket Card

Last year two of our granddaughters and I made ATC's. Trying to hold onto things does me no good, so I used my ATC as the focal point of this pocket card.

My base is Webster's Pages Yacht Club "Captain's Notes". I nearly broke down and bought more of this in Gettysburg at Forevermore Scrapbooks. They have a few sheets, and I almost gave in and picked some up. Thankfully I opted for some new papers I haven't had before. Sorry to be such a wimp about letting go of older collections. I'm addicted to paper.

A pretty Prima Ceramic tile and a Petaloo Velvet Hydrangea.

Prima Lifetime kraft paper doilies cut with the new Alterations Thinlits Doily, a Webster's Pages tiny, navy cameo, and a strip of Prima Crystal Sheet in gold.

The flowers are by I Am Roses (navy and green roses and rosebuds), Prima (large green bloom), and Petaloo (Velvet Hydrangea). The velvet leaves are Petaloo and the chipboard die-cut leaves are Bo Bunny. 

Be Happy Encouragement Card

Sorry for the absence

from my blog. The Penmaker and I have been taking advantage of the beautiful fall coloring and driving everywhere we can find a hill ablaze with autumn leaves. It's really late this year in our area, but oh, so pretty.

The Cottage Chic mini album 

is nearly finished. It's certainly taken a good deal of time, and well worth it, I'm thinking! Hopefully, I'll have that up this week yet. I did take a pause and make an encouragement card using the My Mind's Eye Be Happy 6" x 6" paper pad.

I did some stamping

with Stampscapes Lakeside Cabin set. Just a bit of distressing and a couple Queen & Company pearls.

Very simple!

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda