Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

Quick post with the card I made for DH for Valentine’s Day:

The idea was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest made by Julie Marshall.  It’s been pinned and repinned a bunch of times, and when I tried to follow it all the way to her blog it says “blog not found”, so I’m guessing it’s one of those “private blogs” that people set up to share their stuff with a select group of people.  Guess someone Julie knows pinned it.  LOL

Everything but the stamp is Stampin’ Up! product – Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White.  The hearts were cut with the new Framelits Hearts Collection dies in the Occasions Mini (125599 $26.95 USD) and then the white was layered over DSP, then onto the black mat and finally onto the white card.  Simple and elegant.

The stamp is by Paper Inspirations(who is going out of business, which is too bad – I have several of their sentiment stamps like this one) and is half the image with the rest of the text masked off.

I have another project I’ve been working on, but in the every so miniscule chance that any of my DIS Diva friends read my blog, I’ll be waiting to post that until after our annual get together next week.

Thanks for stopping by!

I don’t like these.

At a certain point in your life, you come to realize that you are sending out sympathy cards on a more “regular” basis.  We reach a point where our friends are losing parents more regularly.  And when people in our own generation start to “disappear” more often.  Doesn’t make it any easier. 

This card was made for someone I’ve never met, but whose story I have a connection to thru a friend.  And a story I feel a distant resonance with because of things in my past as well. 

I don’t know much more about the family other than the “public details”, but I felt compelled to make a card for the family.  Maybe because of the complete senselessness of the whole thing.  Maybe because of a few similarities between them and myself.  Whatever the reason, this is the card I am sending to the family.  I like the simplicity of the layout and the fact that there are three images here is now coincidence.  It’s a trifecta of sadness that I can only hope that God can bring peace and resolution to.

 

the colors are white and Wisteria Wonder.  The ribbon is the 5/8” white organza, dyed with Wisteria Wonder reinker.  The flowers are from the Upsy Daisy set and the sentiment is from my most used set ever, Sincere Salutations.

Peace and God’s love to the C & P families and friends.