(2011 card#21) Love Love

Card base & Heart frames & light BG are from Core'dinations, white heart vellum & rest of paper from my stash. Boarder punch"Floral Lace" from Martha Stewart.  Love from "Wishes All Around" by Fiskars.  Wonderful beaded ribbon was given to me by my sis-in-law :-)                   





Challenges:                                                               
Stamptv - stvsksp10 sketch                                                                 CES Challenges - #21 Bold & Bright                                                LexisCreations - Valentine                                                                Meljen's Designs - Challenge #43 Put your heart in it               Scrapbookaholic by Abby - SEI Challenges with Abby #2 (All About Love) KaboodleDoodle'sChallenge Blog - Challenge #51 (bling it up)                         A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge #136 (Valentine)

(2011 card#20) Butterfly Blessings

I love this butterfly from GinaK Designs Hope is Faith stampset. I stamped on white cs with Versamark & heat embossed with black EP. Painted between the lines with LuminArte Powdered Pigments mixed with Gum Arabic. Then inked whole image with versamark and heat embossed with clear EP 3 times. Blessings is from Nina's Lovely Labels stampset at GinaK Designs.  Center frames are Labels 6 from Spellbinders. Embossing folder is Scrollwork Frame from Cuttlebug.  Brown paper is from Cor'dinations...I sanded after dry embossing to reveal the turquoise.                                                                              Challenges:
GetSketchy - sketch                                                       StampTV - STVCSP9 (Chocolate brown, turquoise, white)

(2011 card#19) Fairy

Image from Free Weekly Samples  from Dover.  colored with Koi Knor  Water color pencils blended with Odorless Mineral Spirits.  Boarder punch  Double Loups by Martha Stewart. Shear Lavender ribbon for bow.   Card base: Core'dinations


Challenges:                    CardPatterns - CPS99 Sketch
CESChallenges - Challenge #20 Angels & Fairies

(2011 card#18) Love is Blooming

Its that time of year Love is Booming!  Hearts and scallop boarder cut out with Fiskars old style hard template cutting system...almost antique, hehe!  Boarder punch "Eyelet Lace" by Martha Stewart.  Card base: core'dinations, vellum, other paper from my stash. Beads hanging from ribbon was a gift from my sis-in-law from her bag of goodies. Thanks sis!  Buttons from buttonsplus.com  Challenges:                                                 TheHouseThatStampsBuilt - J19 Case Card Challenge       CraftYourDaysAway - CYDA #12 Love                                 FreshBrewedDesigns - Spread Some Love                                     PileItOnChallenge - PIO#4 Love is in the Air                                   Card Ideas - Fabulous Folds Challenge                                      Ooh La La Creations - Challenge #72 (3 of a Kind)

(2011 Card#17) Love is Golden

Love Is Golden!   Papers from DCWV Stack "Once Upon A Time",   Gold Vellum,  Red for gold embossed heart is from my stash, card base "whitewash" from Coredinations.  Stamps: Nina's Fancy Labels at GinaK Designs   &         Bold Damasks at inkadinkado.com        Shapes: Hearts cut with Fiskars Templates cutting system.   Tag is Cuttlebug's  Ornamental tags                                                           Challenges:                                                                    PriscillaStyles - Midnight Maddness Sketch Challenge #87                                                                              FreshBrewed Designs - Challenge#31 "Spread some love"                                                                            CraftYourDaysAway - Challenge#14 "Love"                                         CreativeCardCrew - "For Men"                                             LexisCreations - "Valentines"                                     StampinSistersInChrist - "Vintage Style"                       PileItOnChallenge - PIO#4 "Love Is In The Air"

Tribute to a beautiful lady!

Tribute to a wonderful lady, Kathy Munyon 

Tomorrow there will be a service to mark the final goodbyes to a dear lady who I worked with for the last  several years.  She raised her 3 girls and then went back to college and got her degree & went on for her Medical Laboratory Technologist accreditation.  She did her internship in our laboratory and then passed her boards and then our hospital had the good sense to hire her.  Kathy was such a smart lady, an exemplary Technologist. She was one of the Sweetest people I've known, Kind, Generous, Genuine and quietly Funny. And she exuded Happiness...I don't think I ever saw her without thinking "Kathy is such a Happy person! She was truly a Beautiful Woman!

Here are the fronts of the cards I gave her husband and 3 daughters and the inside of one of the cards.                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                   

(2011 card #15) St. Patrick #3

Another St. Patrick's Day card!  Stamps by Studio G Clear Stamps. Stamped with VersaMark &  Heat embossed with gold EP.

Boarder punch is Arch Lattice by Martha Stewart.
 Challenges:
Get Sketchy - sketch GS#70
Pile It On Challenge - Challenge #3 anything goes
Marks Finest Papers - Use Hearts
Crafting With DeeDee Digis - Use Hearts 
There She Goes Clear Stamps - utilize wet embossing techniques
Wild Orchid Challenge - use a Sentiment