~~~ With Deepest Sympathy ~~~

Hi Y'all....it seems I am forever needing a sympathy card and this one is for Jean, one of my "swimmin wimmin" Her brother passed away last week and I wanted to let her know I was thinking about her.
I used the Bloom cart for the frame, punched some flowers, a butterfly and the scalloped borders.Lots of inking and popping, using foam dots. I used several embossing folders and I scored the top BG paper, every 1/4 inch. I also scored veins in the leaves with a stylus. I found a small butterfly stamp that I used on the butterfly, it is almost a perfect fit!  Added some Crinkle Ribbon that you can find here .Topped it off with a button, Memory Thread and a cross charm. I hope we never forget this day and how it changed our lives, 10 years ago !! God Bless America !!

~~~ Thinking of You ~~~

Hi Y'all...I have been on a flower making binge ! Some of you have asked how long it takes me to make a card, well this one took the better part of TWO days !!! I can't tell you how many different flowers I made before I settled on these. I almost threw up my hands and trashed it, but I think it ended up kinda purtty.I used Sentimentals for the butterfly, Winter Woodlands for the matting behind the butterfly, Gypsy Wanderings for the scalloped mat and Bloom for the sentiment mat.The flowers were made using a punch and the centers are a small sun punch that work great for centers of flowers..ask me how many lil suns I punched for 2 days ! No...don't ..I can't count that high!! I added some pearls, Memory Thread for the lil curly Q's( you can buy Memory Thread at Michael's and Hobby Lobby, back in the embroidery section) I embossed almost every thing and spritzed it all with Glimmer Mist. Thanks for stopping by !!

~~Congratulations ~~

Hi Y'all! I was digging through some paper I had and ran across some that I thought would make perfect fireworks for a congratulations card. I used Stand and Salute for the fireworks. Lots of layers and I used gel pens to make them a lil glossy, then sprayed them with Glimmer Mist. I used the Martha Stewart Punch All Over The Page punch for the star background. I glossed them up with a gel pen too. Added a few punched borders , a star that I recolored with the same yellow gel pen, that I used on the stars and beautiful Crinkle Ribbon that you can find at http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com Topped it off with some Memory Thread and made the lil congratulations tag on the computer. Thanks for taking a peek !!! xoxo

~~ Hap-BEE Birthday ~~

Hi y'all ! I needed a birthday card for my friend Sally AND the challenge over at My Craft Spot is to make a birthday card and add a tag, so I killed 2 birds with one stone.I used Create a Critter for the bee's and hive,Walk In My Garden for the lil flowers that I attempted to mimic, in the BG paper.I did some punching for edges, added some clear rain drops, a button and some Memory Thread. The ribbon is vintage seam binding that my friend Tim, bid on and won at an auction at the lake Saturday.He was generous enough to let me pick through his treasures and I got seam binding in many colors.I just wet it and crunched it up to make that fussy lil bow. Thanks for taking a peek!! I want to thank all of y'all for leaving me such SWEET comments on my cards...you girls just make my day and keep me inspired !!!

~~~ Shaped Easter Egg ~~~

Hi Y'all !! I made a shaped card !! Wooohoooo! Diane on the Cricut Message Board, inspired me to make one and I don't know if I want to thank her or cuss her ! lol I used Easter 2010 for the chick, grass and eggs, Country Life for her...Sunday go to Meeting hat....and Just Because for her wing. Did lots of inking and popping , added lots of pearls, added the ribbon and cute lil flower button and ran Memory Thread thru it. I'm going to enter this in My Craft Spot's challenge this week.The only requirement is to put a bow on your project! Thanks for stopping by !!!

xoxo Joy

~~~ Never Ending Love ~~~

Hi Y'all!! I made this card using more scraps, from My Minds Eye.The sentiment on this card was part of the paper pack and since swans mate for life, I thought they would be perfect with the sentiment.I cut the swans from Joys of the Season and the large heart was cut using Love Struck...it was a shadow feature. I thought the Nestabilities scalloped heart fit pretty good with it.Used a punch for the border and covered a grunge circle with paper to make the button and I added the Memory Thread ( I'm LOVIN this thread!!) I have had so many of you ask about the Memory Thread. I bought it at Michael's. It's a new product and it's located back with the embroidery thread. 2.99 for 3 yards and they have a nice variety of colors.Thanks for taking a peek!!!! xoxox Joy