An argyle Thinking of you card.

Hey Everyone! I hope you are well!! I'm sorry I haven't been around. I guess I need to accept the fact, that blogging just doesn't fit in my schedule some days. Sad, isn't it?

We do have a few more batches of canning to do and then I can share a picture of the canning cellar with you. It sure is pretty! The end of canning means the end of the garden. We do have a few things still growing, but clean up of the rest of the garden needs to take place. The weather forecast looks good for most of the week!

A friend's friend's fur baby passed away recently. My friend asked if I could make her a card to give to her grieving friend. I told her absolutely. I will say it is much more fun to make happy cards, but I thought it was sweet she cares enough about her friend to send a card. (ok, ok, yes I thought it was cool she asked me to make the card! But you really already knew I thought it was cool)

I came home and was looking through some of my cartridges and consulted Google. I wasn't seeing a whole lot on Google that was inspiring. I didn't care for the cards that had dogs off of the Create A Critter cartridge. They seemed a little too cutesy for this situation. Awhile later I pulled out the Wild Card cartridge and was looking through it and found the PERFECT cut!!! The friend that asked me to make the card LOVES argyle!

The argyle card is the 2nd cut on the Wild Card cartridge and is on page 33.

I cut everything at 6 inches.

I used my Gypsy to make the cuts.

I have read that if you aren't using a Gypsy you should always cut the envelope first and then the other cuts.

This is the blackout feature and BOTH icon cuts!

Blackout card and both icon cuts layered together.

You can see I ran my ribbon behind the cuts.

The ribbon tied and sentiment attached.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up Sincere Salutations

Do you see the frog?? The pointy thing that is holding the card???

I now have two of them. One of my girlfriends went on vacation a month ago.

She was in an antique store in Illinois and saw them and brought them home for me.

The second one is much larger. I will share it soon.

The inside sentiment - I searched Google for quotes about dogs.

I decided on this one. I'm sorry the photo is blurry.

It says

"A good dog never dies. He always stays. He walks beside you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near. His head is within our hand in his old way" by Mary Carolyn Davies

I cut the envelope using the blackout feature.

The paper was onesided, which is perfect for an envelope!

The Created for you is a Stampin' Up stamp as well.

You didn't really think I wouldn't put anything on the envelope did you??

I love how the card turned out.

My girlfriend loved the card and commented on the argyle.

Jim thinks I should make Christmas cards using this cut.

SO, perhaps you will see this cut again.

This is part of why I haven't been around.

I'm making these coffins and selling them.

Some people are giving them to their child's teachers and others are giving them to the kids in their family.

I have an assortment of things to put in them. I have things for adults and kids.

Some people are buying them empty to fill with their own stuff and others like the one stop shop idea.

If you missed the post on these coffins, it is here.

I may need to do another post showing all the different ways they have been decorated. What do you think?

What kind of Halloween projects are you working on??

Thanks so much for stopping in.
Hugs! ~ Jen

Linking up here:

Lots o Cards :)

Hey Everyone! Sorry for the missing in action status this week.

I have a few Valentine's to finish up and then I am done with Valentines.  This post isn't about Valentines though. It is going to be full of pictures though.

I was in Joann's the end of last week with a coupon...dangerous right?  Well it was definitely dangerous! Last week all the things I thought I needed were on sale and the coupon was good on regular and sale price items. A girl's happy place right? I challenged myself. I bought a set of K&Company diecuts and wanted to see how many cards I could make with the set.  Here's one of the sets I bought and the one featured in this post.

Here is what I did.

I didn't use all the pieces as there were some that didn't overly excite me.

The inside of the birthday card

The rest of the cards are blank on the inside.

I really like how this next one turned out. I left the sentiment space blank since I feel this card could be used for a number of things. When the time comes it will stamp it with the appropriate sentiment!

I am going to send the following card to my Grandma.

This last one is a fave too. The hydrangea look like they are tied with similar twine as the card.

I did have a handful of cuts left that no matter what I did with them I didn't like them on a card.

I kept them because they could make scrapbook page additions.

I have purchased a few other sets like this. 

I will share when I do.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT weekend!!

~jen

A Thinking of You Card

Hi Everyone! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and made lots of memories! We had a very busy couple days which led to pure exhaustion, but the memories and the smiles were worth it. I will take some photos of my favorite presents and share them later.

Today  I am sharing a thinking of you card I made a few weeks ago. It was made for a friend and coworker that has recently been diagnosed with Colon cancer. ugh. Such a sweet sweet girl with a wonderful family and such horrible news right in time for the holiday season.

I used the owl frame on page 34 of the Storybook Cricut cartridge. The inside sentiment is from Fiskars "Laugh With Me Quotes"

As I was looking for a cut to use, I learned there are lots of neat cuts on this cartridge. :) I will be looking into it further.  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great rest of the week! I am linking up here:

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

hugs ~Jen