A Godly Father

This is the card my mom gave my dad for Father's Day. This verse is now one of my favorites and means a lot to my family. After my grandpa died in November I found out that it was his favorite verse. A couple days after his funeral I stumbled onto this stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs and had to have it. I made picture frames for my mom and myself with my grandpa's photo and this verse. It has been such a comfort to me. To me it describes my grandpa's life and personality perfectly. My mom lucked out, my dad also is a top notch guy and this verse is very fitting for him as well : ) I used Mojo Monday 143 for the sketch. I also used Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge 18, which was a great one. From the FLOWER recipe I have an ODBD stamp, oval, circle embellishments, ribbon, and stitching (I stitched on the ribbon although you can't really see it in the picture).

Paper: CTMH Free Spirit
Stamp: ODBD
misc star and circle buttons, ribbon

Sympathy Lillies

This is a sympathy card I made for my best friend and her family. Her Grandpa died last week and his funeral was Tuesday. We have both moved away so we don't see each other much anymore. I wanted to make a card to let her know I am thinking about her. Her grandpa was a wonderful man, and I pray this card brings her comfort! I used Taylored Expressions Sketch #112.

Scripture: Our Daily Bread Designs

Image: Stampin Up

Paper: CTMH Caprice

Copics: Y000, Y21, G12, G21, B21, B23, N0

Misc ribbon, brown perle stickers from Michaels

Caiti's Graduation

Here's my 2nd graduation card that I made today. It isn't nearly as bright as it looks in the picture thankfully! I used Amy R's Friday Sketch 9. I love her sketches, now if only my cards and pics were as good as hers : ) I added Glimmer Mist to the embossed circle in the background which doesn't show in the pic. The Congratulations is wavy on the card. I got the idea from this card by Jen del Muro, another great blog to follow! This is my second submission for the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge 12.

Scripture: ODBD

Sentiment is a digital stamp from Sweet n Sassy stamps I think!

Prima flowers, CTMH button, misc ribbon, twine

Marshall's Graduation

Last year I started taking orders for graduation cards, it went over really well and many people have asked me to do the same this year.

The local scrapbook store has custom paper with the different schools and I have this paper left over from my cards from last year. I have 2 graduation cards to show you. This one is for a kid I used to babysit! I'm not old enough for him to be graduating, right? : ) His mom was my mentor for confirmation and is one of the sweetest women I know. She keeps the Christmas cards I send her to put in the family scrapbook each year so I'm sure she'll love this card more than him! This is one of my submissions for Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge 12 to make graduation cards.

Image: Scripture is ODBD, diploma is a digital stamp- I could have sworn it was Sweet n Sassy stamps, but now I can't find it on their site....

Paper: custom

Copics: N0, Y08, Y15

Misc ribbon, CTMH brads

My Inspiration

I had a wonderful Mother's day, I hope all the other mothers out there did too! Caleb gave me a

ship made out of Legos, lucky me! I also got a beautiful plant and a piece of cheesecake, my kids know the way to my heart : ) Most of the cards I've had time to make lately have been Mother's day cards. This is the card I made for my grandma. The sentiment says "You have been my inspiration, my confidante, my friend. Because of you I've learned to love, to forgive, and to live a life filled with purpose." This definately describes my relationship with my grandma. I used Card Patterns Sketch 63 for this one. I loved this sketch, and really liked how my card turned out. This is also my submission for The Pink Elephant 66 to use yellow, design paper, and buttons on your card.

Sentiment: Verve

"mother" in background is CTMH

Paper: CTMH Paper Garden

Prima flowers, CTMH button, misc ribbon and twine