Sweet Angel Sarah

Hello! I am so loving the long weekend, I have made 4 cards! I made this one today for our dear friends from church. They lost their little Sarah to SIDS before we knew them. Thursday would have been her 5th birthday and I wanted to let them know Patrick and I were thinking about them. Even though we had lost Gabe and they had lost Sarah before we knew each other, we really have bonded over the memory of our children. I know the birthdays are so hard and you start to wonder if anyone other than you even remembers your baby so I hope this card brings them comfort.

Image: Magnolia, Scripture: ODBD, DP: CTMH, Stickles (on her wings, you can't really see it in the pics) CTMH button, misc pearls, gem swirls, ribbon and flower

This card is my submission for Just Magnolia's Special Monthly challenge: anything goes with option of circles and ODBD #75: Dots or Stripes. I also used September's SFYTT and did the panels the right size this time!

Oh Happy Day!

Hello! This is going to be a quick post because I'm headed out to meet my mom and grandma to see The Help. I've heard some great things about it so I'm excited! But I just HAD to post the card I made last night because I JUST LOVE IT! haha I have no idea what it is about the card, it just really makes me smile : ) I was on the ATS Wednesday challenge blog and saw the inspiration picture: I loved the pretty pink with the beautiful teal of the shutters. I decided to use the September SFYTT. My husband was using the computer last night so I was trying to go off of memory, and obviously something didn't transfer because as I was uploading the picture I realized I have the panels mixed up... sorry! Thanks for looking anyways! And have a great holiday tomorrow, I'm so excited to have it off. It still makes me giddy after all the years working holidays in the hospital.... perks of a clinic job!

Image: Sugar Nellie, DP: Echo Park, Prima flower, MME twine, and misc sparkles and pearl

Anniversary Bear

Hello! I finally have my August SFYTT card to share! This was made for my mom to give my dad for their anniversary, but I wasn't able to photograph it before she picked it up. She was finally able to drop it back off at my house yesterday. Then I couldn't get my photo editing program to work, so this has been quite a challenge getting this ready to share! But I did really enjoy making it, this little bear from Stamp Fairy just kept making me smile while I was coloring him. This is also my submission for Crazy 4 Challenges #102: to make a male themed card and Stampin Sisters in Christ's recipe challenge. Thanks for looking!

DP: My Mind's Eye (some of the dots have glitter on them- very cute!)

CTMH button, misc twine, brads

You're the Best

Hello! Did everyone else's week drag by? Oh well it's finally Saturday and I had some stamping time! I made this card for my grandma's birthday on Monday. I used Cute Card Thursday's sketch for this week. It came together really fast and I love it, but holy cow, I stepped out of my comfort zone! I tried really hard to mix colors I wouldn't normally and I really liked it, who would have known pink, yellow and green look so nice together? I also used some embellies I've been hoarding. OK maybe not hoarding as much as scared to use... the flowers and pearl sprigs in the corner. I love it when I see them used on other blogs and think I did a pretty nice job without looking like I over did it! Over at Just Magnolia the challenge was a Bingo card- I used gems, flowers, and ribbons. Flowers were also the challenge at Magnolia Stamp Lovers, lucky me! And lastly since this is a birthday card it is also my submission for A Spoon Full of Sugar. Thanks for looking!

Paper: Echo Park

Image: Magnolia

Ribbon, gems, and sentiment sticker from this month's Key Ingredients Kit, misc flowers, pearl sprigs

Birthday Swing

Hello! My little guy turns **seven** tomorrow! It's been a fast 7 years!

I used the July Key Ingredients kit from Taylored Expressions again to make his birthday card. I am seriously getting a lot of use from this kit : ) I used a cutie from Bugaboo and colored him with Copics. I used Sketchy Thursday #141. This card is also my submission for Stamp Something's August Digi Day. Thanks for looking!

Other supplies: Taylored Expressions ribbon, CTMH button, misc twine, pearls.