Post office delay

I sent a birthday card to a dear friend on July 14th. She didn't receive it and it didn't come back to me although I put a return address on it. I got an email on August 22nd saying she received the birthday card! I'm so glad it got there, even if late.

I used my Bees and Butterflies paper from Paper Rose. Then using a blast from the past product, I added gems from The Robin's Nest. They are acrylic flat bottom jewels in different colors. I have lots of them and lots of products I don't use and that is a shame and wasteful. So, I plan to include things I've purchased in the past on the cards I make now. It's a mesh of old and new. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from another dear friend. I missed getting it when it was offered and she was nice enough to send hers to me. 

This is week four on 

and it's anything goes so I'm adding this card.

How many times do you have to check on "I accept cookies" before they send them?

Be kind to one another.

Purple Haze

This card uses some of my new Purple Haze 6x6 paper from Paper Rose. I used a cover plate over it from Kat Scrappiness in white cardstock and a cut apart from the paper pack. I like the soft look it gives. 

Born to be wild . . . until nine p.m.

Be kind to one another.

Last one

This is just a quick card made with the same daisy paper. I cut it diagonally and used the reverse side along with the daisy side. Very simple and easy.

Never ask a woman who is drinking wine straight from the bottle how she's doing.

Be kind to one another.

One more daisy

I have another daisy card if you can stand it! I got a bit carried away with them. This paper is from Delightful Daisies from Crafter's Companion  It has 36 sheets so I know there will probably be more cards in the future! This is a new technique I learned from a YouTube video. In a moment that I thought was brilliant, I changed the view to alpha on crafters I've saved and now I can't find her. I knew where she was on my list but when the list changed, she is no longer in the same place and of course, I don't remember her name. I'll let you know when I find her. Anyway, the front flap opens on the card front, as does the card front. I used the same daisy die from Poppy Stamps.

I'm not a fan of four letter words and avoid them all the time. Words like dust, iron, cook, mend, work and diet. I'm a big fan of five letter words like stamp, craft, lunch and sleep. 

Edit...Sunny Day Stamping, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uPRgVTkUIo&t=229s

Be kind to one another.

Daisy Delight

We are having nasty storms about to hit this morning so I'll make this quick. More pattern paper with daisies in it so that made it easy for me. I added a yellow strip of card stock to bring out the color and added a Poppy Stamps daisy die cut. The sentiment is Avery Elle.

This is the fourth week of I.D.E.A.S. and Anything Goes so I'll pop this card over.

Never blame others for the road you're on. It's your own asphalt.

Be kind to one another.

The heat is on

My part of the country is in another heat wave this week, so I'll get more cards made. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are going to be in the 100's heat index and I'm just not up for that.

Quick update on Daisy. The meds worked and she isn't in pain anymore. She isn't suppose to jump on things but she is so fast I'm having a hard time keeping up with her to lift her onto things. I hope an inflammation was all it was and it's over with.

This card was made with one of my new paper pads called Autumn Flowers Scrapbook paper from Amazon. I just cut a piece into four parts and added a sentiment. I know these cards are simple but they are designs that I've never made before so I feel like I'm branching out.

I hate when the cashier feels the need to see if my money is real. If I could counterfeit money I wouldn't be at the Dollar Store!

Be kind to one another.

Just when I think

things are going back to normal, I find this is normal. I missed last week altogether when life happened. Sunday night last week found Daisy unable to jump on the furniture. She would try and yelp. Monday I took her to the vet and they think she has a nerve in her neck in her spinal cord that is inflamed. She is on pain meds and an anti-inflammatory. They said don't let her jump on things. Of course she feels better and wants to jump, so I've been following her around all week so she won't.  

That's what's going on around here.

This is a card I was so happy to make. I used pattern paper from a pack called Heart of Home by Jen Hadfield. Some papers have gold foil and are so beautiful. I was delighted to find the paper had Chloe Stems on it and I was able to cut a Memory Box Chloe stem die from gold mirror cardstock to embellish it with. The card was sent to a dear friend and the sentiment was given to me by another dear friend that I embossed with gold. I embossed the die cut, not the friend.  Friends are the most wonderful people life blesses us with.

I will post this card to 

since this is the second Monday of the month and I used a die.

"Yes, officer, I did see the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you".

Be kind to one another.