Hopelessly lost in love

My darling husband has a compass in his car and one on his watchband, so he always knows which direction is North!  When I first spied this stamp set, I immediately thought of Steve!  The card is very straight-forward.  I used the wood-design paper from CTMH Dakota, and the stamps were from Market Street Stamps.  I colored the center of the compass with the new alcohol markers from CTMH.  

My beloved went back North yesterday (to his summer home) for a few more weeks of work up there.  I have been so worn out with the knee aggravating me and a tiresome cold!  My plans are to baby myself and feel better soon!  

Just for fun - I'm going to brag a little about his artistic abilities!  Steve created this tile floor pattern in his house in Mesa (that he's renting).

 AND here's the close up view . . .

Awesome - Possum!

Hugs!

Welcome Sweet Baby Kennadie

 

Some of my friends watched the "creative process" for this card during Open Stamping.  It was rather painful, huh!  LOL  Well, I had a vision and it took me some searching to figure out how to execute the plan. 

In my humble opinion, nothing is sweeter than a baby girl, all perfect from her head to toes and smiling as she sleeps.  I loved the recessed circles created by the punched, lifted panel.  The assortment of parent and baby images are all from a retired CTMH set - and they were so fun to color with my water brush and a few touches of alcohol markers.  On the owls, I used the Signo white pen.  After photographing the card, Steve and I both wrote our love into it and mailed it off to Minnesota. 

 

The baby girl is Steve's new foster Granddaughter, Kennadie.  Love and congratulations to Mike and Deb!  

Hugs!! 

Just a couple more . . .

This ribbon treatment is pretty cool in real life - I wasn't as happy with the candle - I used the white pigment ink on the black doily but it wasn't bright enough to suit me.  After it was good and dry I went over it with the Signo white pen.  What you can't see is that the flame is sparkly.  

This one has NO stamping at all, just a little ink on the edges of things . . . no wonder these cards were so fast to create! 

Steve and I are enjoying the time together - we've made progress on the barn door and have enjoyed loads of football and baseball games.  Steve is working on getting his house ready to rent out this winter . . . I'm hoping he'll have a photo of the tile floor when it's done.  Here's a  shot of the barn door just before the 3rd section was added . . .

Golly, I'm ready to see this thing hanging up!
Hugs!

Halloween continues . . .

Yes, another Halloween card!  I spied this orange burlap at Joanne's and immediately thought of Halloween . . . then as I wandered through the store (do you do that, too?) I saw a pack of BLACK doilies in the baking section!  WOW - how fun!!  They aren't perfectly symmetrical but I love that, too.  The bat is one of the velvety items I was yacking about on my last post . . . the frame was another one of the velvety pieces with adhesive backing that came with the kit. 

Steve comes home tomorrow!!!!  I hope I can sleep tonight - I am so excited to see him!  He has THE sweetest kisses!  {blushing}

Since I may not post tomorrow or over the weekend, I'll put up one more to hold you *wink*

    Hugs!!

A dark, haunted mansion . . .

What you can't tell from the photo is that the candlestick is velvety.  Also the cat and some other objects (a bat, a witchy hat, and maybe there was a spider, too) on that patterned paper - wish I could remember who made that pack!  It was from 2010, I'm pretty sure.  2011 was a blur of wedding preparations - so Halloween was pretty much non-existent for me last year!  LOL

Only 2 sleeps until my darling is here!  I am excited to see him . . .

Hugs! 
 

What a cute monster!

I received this card in a consultant swap last year (someone else made it but they failed to sign it!).  I modified it just a little bit . . . I do believe I have a package of these cute monsters tucked away - that might be just the thing this year for some fun (and quick) Halloween cards!  

Did I mention that I got an I-Pad?  I'm a "PC" girl - so I've got a lot to learn (everything works differently!).  But it's fun, and I've already downloaded a book to read (that's w-a-a-a-y cool!) and my shoulders are already feeling the relief just thinking about my next plane trip!  ;-)

Hugs!

It's October!!

Time for some fun and spooky cards!  I was on a roll the other night so you will be seeing some Halloween cards this week ;-)

I used all sorts of different things - papers, scraps, cardstock, some Close-to-My-Heart but some not.  I was just grabbing and going!  I have had a punch to make slots for ribbon but I don't think I've ever used it - so finally I gave it some love!  The effect is very neat - especially with the ribbon having horizontal lines that are uneven!  Houndstooth and Damask - the rage - but together, Ghastly!!  Boo!

Happy Monday, dear friends!