CC Designs - Thinking of your Card

i sat down tonight and created some cards for another round in the More than Paper Shoes forum swap that is ending soon.  I wanted something that was sweet and had the "thinking of you" look to it, so I pulled out my Swiss Pixies stamp "Heidi Among the Flowers".  She looked so innocent and had the look I was going for.

The paper and cardstock is from Close to My Heart, ribbon and flowers are from my stash and I added some dew drops to the centers of the flowers.  The sentiment is stamped on the inside of the card

Critter Sketch Challenge #35

Today is Monday which means a new sketch challenge over at the Critter Sketch challenge blog.  For the whole month of October, Critter Sketch is being sponsored by Meijen Designs which can be found at the Whimsy Stamp Store.


Today's sketch is:

and here is my take on the sketch.

Birthday card

Another card for the swap on the More Paper than Shoes forum.  I pulled out my Magic Moments paper pack from Close to My Heart and created this simple card.  I really liked how it turned out :)

A sad day in our household

Today is a very sad day at our house.  We had to put our 9 year old bichon down tonight.  Gus was always very sickly and today we found he had some more issues wrong with him, that financially we just couldn't afford.  In the end the Vet said it was best for him to do this :(   We will miss him very much and the house already feels so different without him.

Here is a picture of Abby with Gus last Christmas

Love Card

Over on the More Paper Than Shoes Forum, there is a handmade card swap that I joined in.  One of the categories was "love".  I had fun creating this card because I was able to use one of my Close to My Heart stamps that I haven't used in awhile.  The stamp set was from the Key to My Heart Promotion that they had last year.

if you look closely you can see that there is some glitter on some parts of the flourish and there is string to hang the hearts off of it.   Here is what the sentiment on inside of the card says:

The Greeting Farm - Pirate kind of love

I've been wanting to use of the stamps that I have in my stash that have never been used and believe me when I say that is a bunch :/  So for today's card I pulled out "Matey" from The Greeting Farm.  I originally only had Ian colored in but little Miss Anya was calling to me as well :)

Here is the outcome of  it:

The card is a zig-zag card and was pretty easy to make.  I found the template here.

Victorine Originals - Precious Moments

like these are so special and need to be cherished forever.   I made for no particular occasion so I left the sentiment off so that way I could customize it when needed (I tend to do this a lot).  The image used was Children Playing and can be found here in the Victorine Originals store.

Happy Halloween

Today is my first post for Victorine Originals.  When I got my package in the mail I couldn't wait to get home and start using them :)  There is something for every occasion and for any style that I'm sure you will be able to find something in the store :)

Today's card uses "Witch with Cauldron" and can be found here...the best part, if you hurry now you can get her for 50% off!!!  That's right for as low as $2.25 she could be yours!

I don't know what the papers because they were something I pull out of my scraps. :)