A Little Birdie Told Me - Happy Birthday

This is my first attempt at a pop- up card. I don't think it looks too bad. I did some heat embossing on this card as well. I embossed Trish's name on the banner across the front of the card and the bows at each end. 

When you open the card the sentiment Happy Birthday jumps out at you. It's different,  but in a cool way. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Blessings and inky hugs; 

-§hawnie

Fanciful Sympathy for our Pastor in Flourishing Phrases

We just found out that our Pastor has been diagnosed with Cancer and is at stage 4 in his illness, so I thought I would make him a card to show or love and support. We have a lot of Cancer patients in our congregation and he has been so good to the families,  breaking away to tend to them at a moments notice and leading us to the promise land when it is our turn to join the Lord. 

Little did we know that while he was giving himself unselfishly that he,  too will be walking the familiar path of so many others before him. 

This card was really difficult to photograph because it's not a normal run of the mill card. It has like a book spine. I was trying to capture the black shiny embossed sentiment,  the silver accent in the ribbon,  and the bling gems on the front of the card. 

The next challenge was holding the card just right so you can see the special folds of the card AND the greeting. Anyway,  hope I didn't miss anything...

Thanks for stopping by...

Greetings and inky hugs; 

-§hawnie 

Floral Hello

Greetings!   Today is such a beautiful day!   The sun is shining,  the snow is melting,  and the bullies are happy to sun themselves. 

For this card I rounded up a bunch of generic flower stamps with matching dies. Finished with a bow and some half-back pearls in the corner. 

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Greetings and inky hugs; 

-§hawnie 

Thanks - Secret Garden

Here's a quick card I threw together with the matching Secret Garden stamp and die set. Because I adorned the center of the flowers with SU's Dazzling Diamonds I won't be able to send this card in the bundle that goes over seas for our soldiers. They cannot accept anything that has glitter because the reflection is like a beacon when using night scopes and we don't want our soldiers to be put in a vulnerable position where they could be spotted in the field by an enemy. Even if they are not handling the card it in the field,  the glitter sticks to everything and can be on their face or hands. Anywhere, it's better to just err on the side of caution and not use glitter. 

Thank You in Tempting Turquoise

I had to hold the card and tilt it in the light to get just the right reflection off the bronze embossing I did on the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Blessings and inky hugs;

-§hawnie 

First Frost - Best Wishes

I used the matching items from the Frosted Flotal Suite. This includes the clear stamp set, matching framelits dies, and Frosted Floral DSP (designer paper).

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Blessings and inky hugs;

-§hawnie 

Perfect & Hip Hooray

My grandson Keegan was bored today when he joined me in my craft area and declared he wanted to make a card. We'll,  I slowed down and explained each step as I was going so he could follow along. 

He chose the Pun Fun stamp set from Stampin' Up!  He used the cat and I jumped for the Hippo. He wanted to decorate with a lot of buttons so I dig out my buttons embossing and gave him many buttons in tempting turquoise and Pacific Point. 

And here is our final product! 

Thanks for stopping by; 

Blessings and inky hugs 

-§hawnie and Keegan

Not so Seriously- Best Friend Birthday

I wanted to make a lighthearted Birthday card for my best friend, Tab. On the front of the card it reads:  "I got something fabulous for your Birthday!!!"

Open the card and it says: "And I'm thoroughly enjoying it!"

I'm sure she'll appreciate the humor in that. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Blessings and inky hugs;

-  §hawnie 

Thanks in Butterflies

Thanks in Butterflies. I am so excited and I can't sleep. My long awaited Big Shot Switch Plus (the beautiful sorbet color in light orangish and pink) should be delivered tomorrow. 

Since my wrists and hands have considerably gone down hill an electric version of my Big Shot is going to be the perfect alternative. And since I can use all the cutting pads from my original Big Shot, that's going to be a plus! 

Until later, here's a card in sharing...

Blessings and inky hugs

-§hawnie

Balloon Boquet

This Thank You card has many different aspects to it: embossed lines as the base panel,  half back pearls on the sentiment and base panels, a ribbon tied in a bow to adorn the balloon ties, and buttons to complete the balloons.  I think that's it. 

Until later; 

Blessings and Inky Hugs

~§hawnie 

Especially for you - in Bubbles

I made this card for the girl at my bank. She went above and beyond in helping me with a fraud issue. 

I really appreciated all of her help! 

On the inside I wrote a message on a postie note so she can pay it forward to someone else if she wants. 

Blessings & inky hugs,

~§hawnie 

Snowflakes Thank You

This Thank You card is one of many that will be given to the nurses in the Infusion ward at St. Al's. They were so good to Bill and I when he went in for chemo.  I wanted to show them our appreciation. 

Even though it's long after December /  Christmas, we had a freak snowstorm. I was inspired to play with some snowflakes inside while the snow fell outside.

Until later...

Blessings and Inky Hugs; 

~§hawnie