A lady in our church fell on one of her daily walks and broke her hip, she had just retired from working in the nursery of our church for 43 years. I had to let her know that she was in my prayers and I had just been given this stamped sentiment a few days earlier.
I am starting off using goodies from my friends very good this month so far, lets hope I can keep that up all year :)
This image and paper was given to me from a cardmaking friend many years ago. I colored it with markers. I think my great nephew will think this is funny.
My nephew is quite the outdoorsman, he bow hunts and fishes. In my cardmaking group one of the girls posted an image of a hunter and I said Oh that would be perfect for my nephew. Well guess what I got in the mail a little later, I have waited until his birthday this month to make the card but with the extra pieces of paper she sent with two images I may be able to get a couple cards made for him so I am all set for a couple years :) Here is the one he will get this year.
When I saw the new Sisterhjood of Crafters Challenge to use something new, I thought what great timing I had just finished using a new die I had gotten.
I will have to say I am not that thrilled with how it turned out though, the other sets I have bought in the series I have liked but this one gave me some challenges. The set comes with two dies and the first one I tried well let's just say I haven't seen anything so ugly, usually I keep trying and not give up but this one went right in the trash, believe me there was no saving it. So I thought I would try the other die in the set and it wasn't horrible so I used it but I think this is one of those dies I may pass on to a fellow cardmaker and see if they have better luck with it.
Who doesn't love receiving flowers in winter time, it just perks you up and makes you think of spring that will be arriving soon, and what better time to feel good then on your birthday. I have been gifted with some lovely items from fellow cardmakers and I am going to try and use them at least once a month if not more in my cards this year. These flowers and buttons were given to me. The top left flower I added a paper flower I had left over from another project between the felt flower and button.
