Friend

Friends are very important in our lives.  It wasn't until I lost one this week that I realized how important.  No, no one died, but a friendship died - for a very trivial reason (I think anyway- but the other person didn't seem to think so).  This was a long standing friendship - 45 years - but this person decided I wasn't a good enough friend to her to her to maintain our relationship any longer.  I feel very sad and heartbroken, but I must admit to hanging the phone up in her ear to stop the ranting and raving.  A sad situation, and I can't see resuming her friendship.  One has to be very careful what words one speaks, because once spoken they cannot be forgotten.

This card is a friendship card - for all the friends I still do have - and I appreciate all of them.
To my friends:

Markers were used on the stamp from the You Are Loved stamp set and the image was stamped in the upper right hand part of a Whisper White layer.  Some dazzling diamonds were put in the middle of the flowers.
The left hand side of the cardstock was embossed with the hearts from the Adorning Accents Folder.
For the sentiment, I stamped the decorative label image in Real Red on a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock and punched it out.  I stamped a second one without reinking as I wanted to oval inner part, but the unstamped side.  It was cut out by hand and the word " friend" was stamped in the middle.  It was attached to the punched decorative label with dimensionals, and attached to the card where a gumball green banner had been placed across the card.  Some rhinestones were placed under the sentiment, because friends are like diamonds.

Stamp: You Are Loved
Inks: Real Red, SU markers
Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Gumball Green
Accessories: Decorative Label punch, Dazzling diamonds, Adorning Accents folder, rhinestones, dimensionals

Season's Greetings with the Open Sleigh - Just Add Ink 127

 The weather has cooled down significantly here and it's actually enjoyable to be outdoors.  If only I could make cards on my back deck - but it's been too windy.  We're actually in dire need of rain - haven't had any for a couple of weeks and the farmers are beginning to get worried.  Forest fires are also popping up in northern Ontario and campers in Algonquin park were put on notice to be ready to evaculate.
Yesterday I made a card using the Open Sleigh, and experimented with various color combinations including black and white.  I did not use the black and white one on yesterday's card, but decided to use it on the card for the color challenge with Just Add Ink here
The color challenge:  black , whisper white and any other colour I wanted.  I chose to use the Red Glimmer paper.

 

StampThe Open Sleigh

Ink: Versa Mark

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Red Glimmer paper, Basic Black designer paper

Accessories: White embossing powder, Cherry cobbler dazzling details, Tasteful Trim die, Decorative Label punch, Chevron embossing folder

Chickadee Season's Greetings - Sketch Frenzy Friday

It's been an eventful week.  First a large beetle in the house scared my son half to death as it landed on him when he was watching television.  My cat saved the day by locating it so that I could get rid of it.
Then a bat in the living room (see earlier post) - and again my cat saved the day.
Yesterday I finally found a home for my abandoned outdoor kitten.  She was so sweet and lovable I hated to see her go, but I feared a pregnancy for her and the heat has been something else.
Today it's Friday, and time for another mini blog hop with Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Hope you can join us.
Today's sketch is mine.

 

I started by cutting a large paper doily using Whisper White card stock and painting it with Champagne shimmer paint.  While it was drying, the image of the chickadee was stamped with Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla card stock, and punched with the 2 1/2" punch.  It was matted with a 3" Early Espresso circle, but before matting, the new paper piercing pack was used to paper pierce the image circle.  This matted image was attached to the doily.
The rest of the card was prepared as in the picture above.

Stamps: Beautiful Season, More Merry Messages
Inks: Early Espresso
Papers: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Candlelight Christmas designer paper
Accessories: 2 1/2" punch, Large Paper doily die, Decorative label punch, 1/4" Early espresso grosgrain ribbon, Fancy fan embossing folder, neutrals brads, Cherry cobbler dazzling details, Champagne shimmer paint, Paper piercing pack, pearls.

Now its your turn to create something using my sketch.  When finished upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday home page here
Don't forget, because this is a mini blog hop, to visit the blogs of the other team members to see their interpretation of the sketch - and don't forget to leave comments.
Your next stop is Patrice's blog: here

Stay well, keep cool, and I'll see you next week.

Old Friends - Try Stampin' on Tuesday # 67

Today is a hot, humid, lazy Sunday afternoon, and I thought I would tackle the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday here
Again, I used a stamp set and paper that is retiring in a matter on days now.  Sigh!!!

Stamp: Timeless Treasures
Inks: Soft Suede
Papers: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Morning Mocha designer series paper, Whisper White
Accessories: Antique Wallpaper embossing folder, Decorative Label Punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" Oval Punch, Pinking Hearts border punch, Neutrals button, Linen thread, dimensionals,

Making a small label from Decorative Label punch - a video

Patty Bennett just made a video on how to make a small label using the Decorative Label punch.