Thank You

Hi everyone,

 I need to explain my absence the last few days my father passed away Saturday June 11, it has been a very stressful time, I was able to keep him at home with the help of hospice for which I am very grateful.

I made Thank You notes for a few special people.

I started with this lavender card using the Brush Thank You  and gold embossing powder. Then I felt it was to feminine.

So I switched to the teal. The background is die cuts and a embossing folders.

A very sweet friend wrote this poem in honer of my dad and I wanted to share it with you.

Life Well Lived

Nearly a 100 years of history he stored beneath his hat,

his hair was white as snow... he was 94 to be exact.

His eyes could tell a story if only one man could dream,

they told about the olden days and how simple life seemed.

His hands with scars of cotton and from plowing with a mule.

he saw many changes and these are just a few.

But I can tell you all I know and it should never be the same,

his heart was lined with pure sweet gold and

Pa paw

was his name.

By: Tracy Hernandez

Have a wonderful day,

Janett 

Spring is Coming

Hello, this home remolding is a lot of work and very exciting. The painter are finished and the new carpet is coming on the 25th and I can't wait.I'm taking this opportunity to clean out closets and sending a lot of stuff to Good Will. I do miss having my craft stuff were I can play, I'm starting to have coloring with drawl. It's been 2 weeks! And it's going be about 2 more before I can get everything back in place.

I did mange to make this very simple card.

I started by stamping the Spring is Coming Greeting  and the Birdhouse Tree Branch over the top. The butterfly's are a MS punch. 

Have a wonderful day

Janett 

Golden Anniversary

I everyone, today I have a golden anniversary card.

I had these leafing flakes in my stash that I wanted to use. I cut a oval from cream card stock then cut the center. Extra stick tape was applied to the back then I added the flakes This was attached to gold paper then a cream card. The Medium Happy Anniversary was gold embossed on cream card then cut with a oval die. This was layered onto gold paper. I stamped the Calla Lily Sympathy Frame in black ink and colored with Copic markers. I wanted it to be gold embossed so I used a stamp positioner and Veramark ink then gold embossing powder. The lily's were fussy cut.

Thanks for looking.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Spend Less Get More

Hello friends, I have been stamping my little fingers to the bone these last few days. I want to get far enough a head so I can post more cards, I'll see how that goes. I went to Michaels the other day looking for some new supply's mostly paper for my Christmas cards. There was not a lot to chose from but I all most fell over when I saw the prices one single sheet of 12x12 paper was .79 cents I thought that was high. I don't want to have $5.00 in one card. So I came home on a mission to learn how to get the most from what I have. Explicitly all these dies, I feel my cards are getting kind of same old same old thing. Stamp, mat, layer. 

I think I may need to explain something,  I'm not cheep if I see something I want to craft with I have always  bought it or gotten it as a gift. But last fall my dad had a heart attack he is 93 and living with us. I quit my job to take care of him. This has been a whole new experiences taking card of a elderly parent.

Back to the crafting thing for my card today I used cheep Georgia Pacific white paper and a really ugly green.

 I start with a sheet of 8.5 x 11 G.P. white card stock cut in half  scored and folded at 4.25. Then I used the Largest die in the Matting Basic A, I kept the fold inside the cutting edge and ran it though the machine then I used the embossing mats this made a very nice edge on the card. Then using a smaller die from the B set I cut a white mat and embossed that one to. This extra step really makes a world of differences. I used another die to cut the green mat. Back to the white mat I took it out of the die and rubbed Perfect medium a round the edge that will be showing then added some Perfect Pearls in Perfect pearl. I have had this stuff a long time and just quit using because it fell out of style. For the green layer I rubbed the Perfect Medium over the recessed side of a embossing folder closed it up and ran it through the machine. Then I added a little Gold Perfect Pearls this really made a difference to the ugly green paper. For the buckle across the front I used the GP paper and the three smalls dies from the Floral Ovals. I rubbed the Perfect Medium  over the frames and added a little Perfect Pearls. It gives them the look of a pearl paper.  The strip across the center is half inch wide I gold embossed the DRS designs Happy Birthday and wove through  the ovals. The bows are made from seam Binding. I think this is the best investment I have ever made from a consumable craft supply. There is 100 yards on this roll and the price sticker is 14.99 I have had this for several years and still have a lot left on the roll. You can die it any color. I have used my Copic reinkers, markers, stamp pads and they all work great.

      

Well that is my cheep card. I hope I have given you some ideals on how to save a little but still get pretty cards.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett