I Love This Set...Another Playful Petals Card

Here's another Playful Petals card. There are lots of different designs for the petals, but I chose to stick with the same one for this card. I also used a couple of stamps from a new set called Sensational Seals. There are lots of versatile messages and they're the perfect addition to cards or scrapbook pages. I used a foam square to make the Seal 3-D. The base of this card is Crystal Blue and the background paper is from the Caprice paper pack. I love stripes! I finished it off with some ribbons and brads. Pretty simple, but that's me. I promise I'll put flowers away one of these days and get on to fall.

On another topic...The link that says "Close To My Heart Color Combinations" (in the left bar) is not working right now because the lab that hosts the site got hit with the storms that are raking the Midwest these days and the power is out. It'll be back soon, I'm sure.

You are Close To My Heart,
Yvonne

Another Stacy Card--Thanks friend!

I wish I could get a better picture of this card. Stacy used the Love Flourishes set with the little flower from Celebrate Life. She inked the flourish stamp in a Versamark pad first and then over to sweet leaf. After stamping it she poured clear embossing powder on it and heat set it. The flourishes are shiny in person. The sentiment "friendship" was done the same way using Lilac Mist. The whole thing was stamped on sweet leaf paper and mounted on a chocolate base. Then she made the cute corner using paper from the Life Delights paper pack. The finishing touch was the chocolate bow and glitter in all of the flower centers. If you were to ask Stacy why she got new stuff early, she'd just tell you that she has "people". I keep telling her that she could just sign up and do this with me! What do you guys think? Let's hear it for Stacy!!! Woo Hoo! (She's going to kill me for that, you know LOL). She's way too timid about her artwork.

You are Close To My Heart,

Yvonne

Juggling

This summer my honey was in charge of an event that he called "Kids Klub Live". He booked a wonderfully talented guy to come and do the lesson presentations every night. He did all kinds of things from black light presentations to juggling anything you could imagine . One of the things that stuck out in my mind was that whenever he would drop something he was juggling he had the kids say, "Praise God" because God is perfect and he is not.

This was a week of juggling for me and well, a lot of "Praise God"s too. I mentioned in my profile and in a previous post that I work part time as a lunch clerk at our High School. Going back to school for me means full days for about a week and a half. As much as I love it I'm glad that it's a short season every year and not a long haul. I drop many things during this time and have lots of opportunities to say, "Praise God" in the process.

I want to take this opportunity to say "Praise God" for a friend like Stacy who knew that this was a crazy busy week and stepped in to help. I tend to overbook myself and had done that once again. I booked a workshop at the end of the above mentioned first week of school. What was I thinking? I LOVE doing workshops and normally they come together fairly well. Stacy saw that this time it was a struggle for me. Tonight she came over with two beautiful cards for me to use tomorrow and I'm ever so grateful. I would be up all night trying to get everything ready. (Stacy I know you're reading this and you've already looked at the time stamp and yes, I'm up late, but it would have been soooo much later had you not helped and yes "mom" I'm heading to bed in a minute.) I just couldn't go to bed without saying thank you! Here's a picture of one of her cards and I'll post the other in the near future. You're a true friend, sistah and...

You are Close to My Heart,

Yvonne

Would You Believe...?

The stamps used on this card are from the same set as the two cards in the previous post. Talk about versatility! I'm still using the Playful Petals set and chose to use the Stylin' paper pack for this card. As soon as I get off here I have two more cards to come up with for card workshop this month. If you're signed up, don't worry. I somehow manage to pull it off :0) Life's been very busy lately with me heading back to work. So, if you are coming to workshop this weekend, please don't mind the folded laundry that might be on the couch or the dishes that might be in the sink. LOL

Once I get back into a more normal routine I will be setting up the card swap. I will post all of the details and call for sign-ups so be ready! Well, 4 of the 5 kids are in bed and the house is quiet so I'd better get busy!

Oh, speaking of kids...check this out. It's hilarious. I'm posting this woman's blog as one of my favorites because she's a kick!

You are Close To My Heart,

Yvonne

It's Almost Time!

Here's a peek at some new stuff coming out in the fall/winter catalog. I wasn't sure about this paper pack, but it's really growing on me. The paper pack is called Caprice with a color combination of Bamboo, Chocolate, Crystal Blue and Honey. I can't decide if the card on the right is too busy or not. It doesn't look as busy in person as it does here. The card on the left uses a stamp set called Playful Petals. It's super fun to play with.

I'm back to work at school and so life has gotten quite a bit busier (thank goodness for crock pots!). Not everyone can say they love their day job and their "play" job! My day job is normally 2 1/2 hours a day, but right now I've been helping to process the paperwork that gets kids qualified for free and reduced lunches. I enjoy it.

Is anyone interested in doing a card swap when my schedule gets back to normal (i.e. when I'm not working full days)? This is where you would make up a predetermined number of cards (of the same design). All those that sign up will do the same. They'll be mailed to me and then I'll divide them up so that everyone gets one of everyone else's card. Then I mail them back to you. I will also be making up a set of cards to play too. Go ahead and post if you're interested. Posting is not a committment. I just need to see if there's enough interest. Let me know...

You are Close To My Heart,

Yvonne