Serene Silhouettes Sympathy Card

I was in a black and white mood yesterday, so 

I designed this card. 

Designer paper Mocha Morning. Love this paper

I wish it had not been retired. 

Stamp set Serene Silhouettes, and Simply Sketched. 

The 2 1/2 circle layer of black fit perfectly into the 4" doily space. 

Suppose to be warmer today, and in the 40's. Hoping it will

melt the snow and hoping more that we have seen the last of the snow

till next Winter. Wishful thinking I know as its been know to snow here

in April. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Butterfly Sympathy Card

I needed to add some sympathy cards to my card supply. Don't like to think about needing any but life happens. 

Base card white. Basic gray layer was embossed with square lattice folder. 

4 inch doily was folded in half and glued together before adding the basic gray butterfly and pear pizzazz leaves. Flower trim piece was sponged with daffodil delight.

Word stamp is from a new hostess set Simply Sketched. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Loss

The family suffered a loss on Saturday. My husband's sister Kathy lost her oldest child Michael. He was 21 years old and had been battling cancer. The wake is today with the funeral on Thursday.

This card I made for mom in law Kate. She has 9 grandchildren is very proud and loves all of them just the same. I'm going over to pick her up this afternoon to take her to the wake. Going to be a very difficult day, but I know we will make it through it. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Feeling Blue

I've been making cards using Thought and Prayers stamp set. I borrowed the set from Kat. Thanks Kat!

This card uses Early Espresso, River Rock, and Paisley Prints designer paper. I carried the designer paper to the inside card.

So why am I feeling blue? Jonathan Frid died yesterday at the age of 87. He was Barnabas Collins on Dark Shadows. I remember running home from school to watch the show as a kid. My brother knew I was afraid of vampires and use to tease me about it. So now I'm missing both of them. Hubby said now we know he wasn't a vampire. What do I think? I think Jonathan couldn't bear the that that Johnny Depp made a joke out of Barnabas Collins in his new movie. I wish they would leave some of childhood memories alone.

Stamping trails
Karen

Fixing Goofs

One of the main reasons why I like to stamp is being able to "fix" any goofs I make. You know the ones....smudging ink where you don't want it to be, not stamping clear images and so on. This is how I wanted the card to look. When stamped the focal image on the second one that is where I goofed!

On the top right I smudged some ink. I must have had inky fingers and touched the white cardstock. So to cover that up I added a small flower with a brad in the center. Now notice on this one I have "with sympathy" layered on Baja Breeze cardstock. When I went to stamp the word on the white it slipped out of my hand and smeared the word.

I like both the cards...but what I really like is being able to correct a problem without starting over!

I was at Aldi's on Saturday and found these bars. What a great find! Only 14 calories each, 0 fat, and 1 fiber. Which means point wise for WW it works out to a big "0" per each bar! Pure delight, and they taste great!