Quiet Wedding

Today I want to share a card I made for my sisters-in-law.  My husband's sister and long time partner married in August.  It was a small intimate gathering of some family and friends.  We were not at the ceremony however I wanted to convey our love and congratulations with a beautiful handmade card. The card is monochromatic in Very Vanilla with a touch of gold.  I absolutely love the result.   The texture was created…

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Halloween and Harvest Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Pals Blog Hop where we are celebrating an early Halloween and Harvest season. This month we are sharing Halloween and fall projects using our wonderful Stampin’ Up! supplies. You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from #7 Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog…

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Deepest Sympathy

  Our community lost a philanthropic leader a week ago.  He was a doctor and his wife a nurse.  When they "retired" they created the Neighborhood Health Clinic to treat the working poor in our community.  The medical staff donates their time to serve the patients.  It is a wonderful ongoing non-profit organization and I have had the opportunity to work with his wife on other community boards and projects.  I created this card for…

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Happy World Card Making Day

You may not know but today is World Card Making Day.  I am celebrating this event with other Stampin' Up demonstrators in Atlanta GA.   When demonstrators gather we often have card swaps.  This is where we make multiple copies of the same card to exchange with the other demonstrators.  I did this for the first time when I attended my first Stampin' Up convention in July 2013.  I fretted over the design of my…

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