Love, Paper, Etc.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
March 2024 Friends of Unity Hop, Found in Nature
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Friends of Unity, February 2024 Sketch
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Inspired By Challenge XOXO
Hello there! I feel so bad. I love the Inspired By challenges, but have not played in quite some time. It's a new year and I plan on playing more often. For this challenge I was inspired by the colors. The sketch is pretty cool too! I love this flower cart. This is my first time playing with stamps from The Ton.
Here is my card:
Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!
Dawn
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Friends of Unity January 2024 Blog Hop, Laughter, Giggles, & Smiles
Happy New Year everyone! This hop is going to be so fun! Our cue is laughter, giggles, & smiles:
I LOVE her eyes! Her eyes say that she is living her best life. They also say that she just might know some dirty little secrets. She has so many stories to tell. She has seen so much. She is always looking forward to her next adventure. I have inked this beautiful lady before. She is from the November 2018 SMAK Kit, open your eyes. She has been put in a mini kit. I do not know the name of it, however. The sentiment is from one of us is right. It reads, "it's a beautiful day, think I'll skip my meds and stir things up a bit." Hilarious, right? The mini clip, paper ephemera, and feather are also freebies from the December 2023 Kit of the Month.
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Friends of Unity December 2023 Blog Hop, Furry Friends
Hello there! I wasn't sure if I was going to take part in this hop because of us losing our beautiful girl, my best friend Charlee, a week ago today. She was an amazing girl. She was almost 13 1/2 years old. Boy do I miss her. It is so hard coming home from work and she's not there to greet me. I miss her companionship. I miss her wolf like appearance. I miss our adventures. But most of all, I miss her. She was my ride and die. She was also my crafting buddy. She would always try to get in my pictures as I took photos for our hops. Now, she is. I have included a picture of her in a few photos. These three cards along with her photo will be going to her doggie daycare, the veterinarian who cared for her in her last days, and the staff at the hospital who assisted in making her comfortable while we said good bye. They were so caring. We are so appreciative of their kind, supportive words during one of the most difficult times in our lives.
Here is the graphic for this month's hop. So cute, right?
This first card is going to the staff at her doggie daycare. They loved her. They were always so good to her.
The third and final card is going to the veterinarian who cared for her during her last days. He was so kind and caring. His practice even sent us a sympathy card.
As you can see, I used the same two stamps for all three cards. The adorable cat and dog image is from the January 2019 Kit of the Month, beautiful forever & ever. The background image is peaceful grove. I stamped it on different sheets of pattern paper and inked them with various Tim Holtz Distress Oxides.
George and I are going to bring her ashes home tomorrow. We will give the staff at the hospital their card as we are picking up her ashes. I really LOVE how each of these cards turned out. I think Charlee would approve.
Here is the hop order once again.
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Well that's a wrap! Thank you for your continued support. Wishing you a joyous holiday season! See you in 2024!
Dawn
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Friends of Unity November 2023 Blog Hop Slimline
Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween! It is such a fun and spooky holiday filled with adorable trick or treaters. We have a fun cue for you this month, Slimline. Here is our cool graphic:
I only have one card to share for this month's hop. My youngest son had a medical emergency this past Friday and I have caught a stupid cold. I am happy to say that my son is fine. With regard to this cold, I expect misery for the next day or two. Anywho, here is my slimline creation:
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Friends of Unity October 2023 Blog Hop. Build a Scene
Hey everyone! We are building scenes this month. This is spooky month, so I had to make at least one Halloween card. Check out our cue:
I kind of cheated on my cards because the scene was already provided by the stamps themselves. For the Halloween card, I did add two witches at least.
Let's get to the cards. First up, is the Halloween card:
It's been a minute since I have made a Halloween card. I'm a little rusty, but I do like how this card turned out. The background scene stamp is called R.I.P. I stamped it on heavy weight white card stock. I cut it with an arch die by PhotoPlay. I used metallic pencils and colored pencils. Gamsol was used for blending. This stamp is perfect for Halloween. I love the zombie hands. I stamped the witches from the August 2023 Kit of the Month, phases, and cut them out. I placed one on each side of the card with foam adhesive. The sentiment, sisters of the moon, is also from the same Kit. I found a purple, bat grommet and placed it under the sentiment. I layered a metal bat over the metal grommet. I finished the card with pattern paper, glitter paper, and green bling.
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