Thoughtful thanks

I am being drawn to the vintage style lately. I went shopping for old fabric today for some crafting projects and found some neat stuff. I'm not sure what I will end up with, but...my mind is racing! I'll be sure to share what I make. Being in this kind of mood pulled me towards my HUGE stash of patterned paper. I have loads of yummy paper. The paper I used for this card is from ScrapWorks and BasicGrey. I love the textured look and the aged feel these papers have.

I can't wait to get my next Stampin' Up! order because the new patterned paper in the Occasions mini is just like this! Totally yummy!

I started with a 5-1/2 square card base in Creamy Caramel. I cut a piece of the floral Basicgrey paper to fit and then put the strip of Scrapworks over that. I used my Stampin' Up! crafters kit to pierce a faux stitch line along the edge of the red to compliment the fabric look of the papers. The yellow ribbon is from a little packet of samples that came with a kit from JoAnns. The scallop oval is from a Nestabilities die. I actually punched out a bunch of different scallop shapes the other day while I had my Cuttlebug out. Now I have a stack on my desk that I can just grab from. Saves me loads of time! I pulled out the retired Thankful Thoughts stamp set from Stampin' Up! I always liked this set. It reminds me of the silhouette pictures my grandma used to have up on her wall. Perfect for a vintage type card, don't you think? I stamped the image with close to cocoa ink and rubbed the edges with my sponge dauber and some rust chalk.

Yesterday was a great day. My boys played outside all together. It is one of my favorite things! The big boys used cardboard boxes to make a 'working' airplane and gocart for the little boys. It was the coolest thing! There is not much that is better than your kids getting along!!

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Bradley

Sunday, my best friend died. My sweetheart of 20 years died suddenly from diabetes. We didn't know he had diabetes. It came quick and took him from me. Brad was more than just my husband, he was my best friend. I relied so very much on his strength to guide me and my children through this life. I admit I feel a bit lost without him, already. I had planned on much, much more time with him. Brad and I met on January 28th, 1989. We were both at a nightclub for under age night with our friends that had dragged us there. We were both ready to leave when we were talked into one more dance. That dance changed our lives. We hit it off right away and danced the rest of the night. In face, we were together from then on. I remember that after that night, I waited all day for his call. It was love right away for me. I felt something I had never felt before and knew that he was the one for me. We dated for six months before Brad went to Texas to go to school. We talked a lot on the phone, and I

Bloggers challenge and candy

I know I said I would post some blog candy yesterday but I didn't even get near my computer! What a crazy day! I had planned on doing it the night before but...I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and I was so dog tired that I laid my head down on the counter for a minute. My son came into the room and said, "go to bed mom, dad and I will do the dishes." Now, who in thier right mind would turn down that offer? My boys HATE to do anything in the kitchen that doesn't involve eating. I immediately turned off my water(boiling for herb tea) and skedaddled upstairs and went to bed. I'm no dummy! The kitchen was not cleaned to my standards, but I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth! Speaking of gifts, I have a little blog candy offer today. In honor of my 8000 hits, I am offering the following: A simply scrappin kit "Just Delightful", a stamp set "Delight in Life", three mini spools of ribbon, some acrylic tiles AND a copy of the latest

Doubles with candy!!

Today is another fun summer day at my house. The kids are running here and there and I'm just trying to keep up. I realized I hadn't sent out Father's day cards yet, so that is what I worked on today. I tried to keep these nice and clean and manly. I remember going to a demonstration at a Stampin' Up! convention years ago where Kevin Theeson and another guy(I forget his name....) talked about 'manly' cards. One of the things they stressed was that guys don't like cards made with pastel cards. They prefer bold bright and earth element colors. I'm not sure if they suggested we stay away from florals too, but I kind of figured that was a safe idea. ;o) For this card I started with some textured Wild Wasabi cardstock cut to 10-1/2 x 5-1/4. That gave me a 5-1/4" card when folded. The striped paper across the center is from a retired SU simply scrappin kit...primary colors I think it was called. I added a strip of Real Red to each side of the stripes for

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