So Very Hard to See!

So Very is the Stampin' Up! set that I used here... but in this photo the words are very hard to see! I did end up going over the words with a marker in a slightly darker shade than it stamped out with the "Really Rust" stamp pad... and then this baby card was ready for another teacher who is expecting a baby! Yippee!

Funky New Baby Card

I wanted to make a yellow (bright yellow!) card to match a gift bag I was using for a new baby present. I took a look at my Stampin' Up! color wheel and it gave the above suggestions. I wasn't sure about it at first, but then thought it turned out kind of funky and, dare I say, hip! (?)
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I am now loving incorporating patterned papers with my stamping... something that had been out of my comfort zone. How do you think I did? :-)

Another New Set

Inspired by a card my friend made (Hi, Jaimie!) I used another new Stampin' Up! set (Organic Outlines) as soon as I got it delivered to me. I am liking this blue, green, and brown combination, too! Here, this card is used as a "Thinking of You" card, but obviously could be used with a variety of sayings.

Happy Punch Time

These cards were used for sympathy cards, but the outsides are pretty generic to be used for about anything. I was excited to use a "new" punch and churned these two cards out right away.

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(I called the punch "new" as it was new to me, but a retired punch from Stampin' Up! that one of my Stampin' Up! demonstrators found for me to complete me having the stamp set that matched. Did that long, long sentence make sense? Ha ha!!!)

Baby Card # 2

We had to make 28 cards (14 each of 2 styles) for the card swap I mentioned in the previous post. This is my other selection made for a "new baby boy" card.

Here's a little sumthin'...

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Hi! Hopefully I am black to this blog for a while!

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My husband has "commissioned" me to make sympathy cards for him to send to his clients (unfortunately when he gets many of his doggy and kitty patients, they are quite ill). Well, I am not starting off with one of those... but know that they are on their way!

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Rather, I am posting a photo of a card I made for a card swap I participated in. The category I got was "baby boy." So, what do you think?

Good-bye... for a while...

I have really loved blogging.

What I have really enjoyed most is the people I have met through my blogs. What a wonderful bunch! I really cannot think of words to describe how great that has been.

And I really don't come up with the words, photo excitement, cards to share, and posts as easily as I have before... life changes and things move along. My focus is turning a couple of other places now...

Perhaps I will find a passion for all of this again... but for now: a break.

I wish you all peace and happiness... and those words are from my heart.