Happy Mother's Day/Timeless Tuesday

Hello there!  I am back today to share a card I made for this weeks Timeless Tuesday at Flourishes.  This week Silke is our challenge hostess and she has asked us to use the color pink as the main color in our creation.

I used the new set called Love and Lace.    My friend and neighbor needed 4 Mother's Day cards and this makes #4.  Her son and his long time GF just had a new baby girl.  So this was the perfect set to use for her 1st Mother's Day card.

Supplies:
Spellbinders:  Classic Edges Two,
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White

Here are the links to the rest of the design team for additional inspiration.

Silke

Cindy 
Makiko
Amanda
Beate
Mona 
Marie (May Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Sending Prayers / Crafty Friends

**** I have 2 posts today.  For my CR84FN post please scroll down***

It is time for the new Crafty Friends Challenge.  This week Charmaine is the hostess and she has a beautiful inspiration photo.  You can use all or as many of the colors as you like in the photo.

I used a mix of MME paper and PTI stamps and dies.  As a matter of fact...everything on this card is from PTI except for the patterned paper.  Ha!  Can you tell I am a sucker for butterflies?  I think that is my favorite thing to use on my projects.  I can never get sick of them.  In the 80's butterflies were my mom's favorite too.  That meant that every birthday,  Mother's Day, and Christmas she got something with a butterfly.  Until she got sick of them.  LOL

Unfortunately Sympathy cards have been a necessity A LOT the last couple months.  So I decided to make one to have on hand, just in case.  I am hoping since I am prepared, that I will NOT need it at all.  

Make sure you stop by the rest of the fabulous design team to see what they have created.

Design Team:
Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Linda Lucus
Nina Brackett


Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

CR84FN 53 /Happy Mother's Day

Hello there!  I hope you are having a wonderful week.  We have had some of the best weather and I have not felt much like being cooped up in my craft room.  I did however get some  time in to make another card for the second week at CR84FN.

I stopped in Archivers on Friday to see if they had anything new.  Guess what?  They sure did, I found all 3 new MME Indie packs of paper.  Score!  Needless to say I HAD to get all 3.  For this card I used the pink and grey striped from "Saffron" and the turquoise from "Nutmeg".  the stamps are from PTI and the ink is also from PTI in Smokey Shadow.  Dies are all also from PTI, Cardstock is PTI in Lavender Moon and Rustic White.  The lavender moon is a pinky purple color that is so pretty.  To me the napkin in the middle picture is very much a pinky purple color.

Mona
Suzanne
Deborah
Sue
Andrea

Shannon

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Timeless Tuesday / Butterfly Thank You

I am back!  It is the beginning of a new week and time for another Timeless Tuesday at Flourishes.  This week Cindy is our hostess and she is asking that we use a butterfly.

I used Butterflies & Blossoms for the sweet butterfly and With Gratitude for the sentiment.  I also used Flourishes Classic White Card Stock.  Inks are Memento Tuxedo Black and Tim Holtz Old paper.

Here are the links to the rest of the design team for additional inspiration.

Silke

Cindy 
Makiko
Amanda
Beate
Mona 
Marie (May Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

Hope Your Birthday is Simply Wonderful

Hello again!  Are you having a great weekend?  Mine is going by too quickly.  I made all the pit stops to the local craft stores and struck out big time!  Nobody had the items I wanted and I was told to come back on Tuesday.  I guess everyone gets shipment on Tuesday!  Oh well.  I am back to share with you the card I created for the new CR84FN colors.  We have more pretty pastels...my favorite!

***I have a question.  Do you like the pictures bigger like I have been posting them or smaller like this?  Picasa did an update and things have changed.  I am not happy with they way they look when they are so big.  There is no happy medium unless I find/figure out another photo editing program.  You can click on them and you are able to view them in the lager format as they are right now on this post.  I want honest opinions please.  :)

One thing I did find was more of this BEAUTIFUL MME paper at Hobby Lobby.  I have been hoarding the last few pieces and figured I needed to stock up on some more.

I used my MFT Die-namics Always Time for Tea die and stamp set along with the Botanical Beauty flower dies and Decorative Doily duo.

I also used the newest MFTWSC sketch for my sample this week.

Mona
Suzanne
Deborah
Sue
Andrea
Lisa

Shannon
Pauline

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

We don't know how strong we are...

Hello!  Are you having a great week so far?  I have been busy working and had to take some time last night to make a couple cards for 2 coworkers.  A lady that I work directly with had her mother pass away 3 weeks ago, then a week and a half later her sister passed away.  Then the man in HR had his father pass away the day before Easter, then his grandfather (dad's father) passed away a week after that!  They were in need of a little pick me up, so I made these using some MFT goodies.

HERS

Die-namics: Faux Crochet border, Fringed Perennial flower die,  Botanical Beauty flower die, Vertical Gettings stamp and die set, 

I used the new Echo Park This & That paper for both cards.  When I found the set used on his card I was so happy.  It is not easy to find masculine paper.  It is very retro!  I had a hard time getting the bolder words to stamp evenly.  I tried Memento Rich Brown on his and Versamark Jumbo Java on hers.  Maybe I need to find an eraser see if that will help the stamp to stamp better.

HIS

 Die Namics: Postage Stamp Edge


I used a sketch from a couple weeks ago.  The good thing about MFTWSC is that it is never too late to play.  This sketch worked perfectly for the set that I wanted to use.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

Timeless Tuesday 166/ #1 Mom

Hello again!  Sorry I have been so absent this last week.  I have been so busy working.  I do have a card to share with you for this week's Timeless Tuesday at Flourishes.  I am the challenge hostess and I have chosen BINGO!  My friend that I made all the Easter cards for, has told me she would like 4 Mother's Day cards as well, so this one will be for her.

***My card from last week's FTTC made the Friday Featured Fan over at CPS***

I used Flourishes Classic White Cardstock and Tailor Made Classic Tag Die set.  The stamp set used here is Botanical Bookplates Vol. 2.  Two inks used are Tim Holtz Old Paper and Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Brown.  I also used Copic Collection: Green Grass.

I chose the bottom across...blue, flowers, emboss.  ***You do NOT have to use an actual embossing folder.  A Spellbinder die embosses as well, so they count as emboss.

Here are the links to the rest of the design team for additional inspiration.

Silke

Cindy 
Makiko
Amanda
Beate
Mona 
Gerry    (April Guest Designer)
Kazan   (April Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather