Gonna Need a Lot of These.....

I don't know where to start, so let's just say I'm going to need a lot of thank you cards (more than normal) over the next few weeks and months. My sweet hubby, who has never had surgery or been really sick in his whole life, is having major surgery on Wednesday. If they don't relieve the pressure on his cervical spinal cord, he will end up in a wheel chair. Cervical Laminoplasty is a scary thing, and they have to do it on three (just found out) four vertebrae.

I'm going to need to thank the doctors, nurses, physical therapists, and so on, for the care he will be receiving, so I'm going to need a LOT of thank you cards. The problem is, I'm so worried about him, my mojo is hiding.

I decided I could clean and organize my stamp room while my mind was elsewhere, and whilst straightening I found a few colored Pleasant Poppy images leftover from Convention 2012. (You know, cleaning my stamp room is not unlike an archaeological dig....the deeper I go, the further back in time it goes.) LOL

I also found a bunch of Cherry Cobbler Labels Framelits already cut (what was I planning to do with those?), and some Very Vanilla panels already imbossed.  Well, heck, there's a card almost ready to be put together right there!  Just add some Gold Foil Paper to make it fancy, a Tiny Tags thank you, and there ya go! Okay, one down, a dozen more to go.

I hope you will keep my hubby in your thoughts and prayers on Wednesday. He is the love of my life, my rock, my everything.

If you don't hear from me for a while, you know why.  I'm going to try to schedule some posts in advance, but can't promise anything.

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Tiny Tags (retired)
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Shimmery White, Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations, Gold Foil Paper
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green
Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Framelits, Circles Framelits, Fancy Fan folder, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Ticket Duo Punch, 1/16" Punch, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Blender Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals, gold thread (non-SU)

Small, But Sincere!

I like to tuck a little something into my customers' bags when they place an order, as a token of my appreciation for their business. It might be a ribbon sample, or some buttons, or a card. Some cards are full size, and some are little 3 x 3 "love note" size. This is one of the little cards, and I'm so excited because I made that little matching envelope in the background!

Yep, I received the Diagonal Insert for my Simply Scored scoring tool today, and I whipped out a bunch of little envelopes in no time! It is SO EASY to make envelopes in a variety of sizes. The score lines are precise, so the envelope folds together perfectly. (Unlike my previous attempts at envelope construction.)

Anyhoo, I can see me and my Diagonal Insert are in for a long, happy, and fruitful relationship.

Stamp: Tiny Tags
Cardstock: Blushing Bride Textured, Soft Suede, Blushing Bride DSP (In Colors Pack), Attic Boutique DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic
Accessories: Simply Scored, Diagonal Insert, Mat PAck, Paper piercing Tool, Linen Thread

Another Swap

One of the many swaps I signed up for was for 3x3 cards. They are so quick and easy to make, don't use much material, and are perfect tucked in a gift bag, taped on a wrapped gift, or secreted into a loved one's lunch box or purse. You can get eight of them from one 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock!

Stamps: Gently Falling, Tiny Tags
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Ink: VersaMark, Old Olive Classic, Soft Suede Classic, Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories: Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Linen Thread, Jewelry Tag Punch, 1/16" Handheld Punch, Old Olive 1/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Stamps: Gently Falling, Fabulous Phrases
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait Textured, White Vellum Cardstock, Spice Cake Designer Series Paper

Ink: VersaMark, Peach Parfait and Soft Suede Classic, Cajun Craze Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Finial Press Embossing Folder, In Color Glimmer Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

A Happy Accident

We made several of these shaker cards in the Christmas card class the other day, but I messed up on this one by stamping the images too close to the bottom to allow the greeting (Hope your Christmas is snow much fun) to fit. Plus, the tree is too far to the left. What can I say, I was having an "off" day. It happens a lot more than I admit infrequently. :-D

Anyhoo, there was a small blank space to the right of the tree, and it seemed like having a word bubble coming from the bird would be just the ticket. The bubble is the wing from the Bird Builder Punch.

And the best part? I like this card better than the original!


Stamps: Snow Much Fun, Tiny Tags
Cardstock: Naturals White, Real Red
Ink: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Soft Suede, Basic Gray, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Gold Lame Smooch Accent Ink
Accessories: Small Oval Punch, Shaker Frames, Mica Flakes, Gold Brads, Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Dazzling Details Glitter Glue, Blender Pens, Stampin' Dimensionals, Window Sheet, Stampin' Sponges

4 You

Just goofing around with textures on this one.  The layers of texture appeal to me, even if the color combo in this card didn't make my skirt fly up. ;-)

I stamped off the Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz ink to make the image softer.  Then I spritzed it with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint spray (tiny mist bottle with rubbing alcohol and a few drops of Shimmer Paint mixed in).


Stamps: Flower Fancy, 2-Step Stampin' (111578), Tiny Tags (118592)
Cardstock: Early Espresso (119686), So Saffron (105118), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Poppy Parade (119782), Pear Pizzazz (119784), Basic Black (101179), So Saffron (105213)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439) with Perfect Polka-Dots (117335) and Vintage Wallpaper (120175) embossing folders, twill tape (119970)