Memories........FMS20

Not your usual sympathy card I know but it works for a lady who loved her gardens and lived a full life into her 90's.  Her family and friends have wonderful memories of her - you can't ask for much more than that!


                              


I stayed true to the Freshly Made Sketch this week and made a longer narrower card - 3 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches.

A Heart Full of Thanks! FMS19

Jen Mitchell drew up this sweet sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  She loves square cards and so do I.  And I also love this new Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! called Attic Boutique.  It has such beautiful designs and colors!  But I must take exception to the name..........Attic Boutique?  Sounds like an oxymoron to me - especially when I think about my attic.  Not much of a Boutique atmosphere on the third floor of my old colonial.............definitely more of a BOO-tique!


                                        

All Tied Up.........PPA127

This card is all tied up with pleated ribbon, ruffled ribbon, sheer organza ribbon and linen thread!  Definitely one Valentine that's not going to get away!


                                                    Pals Paper Arts has a great sketch challenge this week.
                                                                  We'd love to have you join us!
        
                                                                 

Pool Party is the New Black....FMS18

That Pool Party is the life of the party wherever it goes!  It arrived last July and made a big splash looking cool in the summer designs.Then it showed up on fall cards looking gorgeous with rusty browns, yellows and oranges.  Next it made a fabulous appearance for the holiday season in wintry scenes and Christmas greetings.  It's a new year and look who's still around!  Pool Party has gone vintage and is a featured color in two new sets of designer series paper, Attic Boutique and Everyday Enchantment (pictured above).  I like a clean, crisp look and somehow that vintage Pool Party adapted beautifully.  Pool Party is definitely the new black......

Jump in the pool this week at Freshly Made Sketches and play along!