A Gift Arrived

Look what arrived all the way from the US, one of my cyber friends Julie (Grace) made this beautiful necklace for the last Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

Not just that but I also received a wonderful Card to accompany it. I feel so very honoured that Julie sent this to me the necklace is even more stunning than the photo shows.

Thank you Julie.

Thank You for the Cards

I thought I would show you some of the wonderful cards I received from fellow crafter friends.

They are all beautiful with thought and care put into making them and wonderful words of sympathy.

I have kept the picture size quite large so if you click on the image you will get a closer look at them all.

Giving Thanks - Flourishes

Both my Mam and I thought it was only fitting to send a thank you to all that gave money for the I.C.C.U. at the hospital who were marvelous in Dads final days.

I thought after chatting to Mam last night that I'd better make a start and at least design something ready for the making, I wanted something simple yet elegant and with the right wording.

So this is what I came up with.

As you can see we need a fair few of these, so before I knew where I was I'd made 14.

At the front is the envelopes which are also stamped to match the card

with the flourish stamp by PTI.

Stamps used:

Everyday Blessing by Papertrey Ink

Silent Night by Papertrey Ink

Kinkade meets Floral Craft

A winter scene Thomas Kinkade Stamp inked with black ink and stamped onto white card then layered on top of red card.

I made the Poinsettia with the Mega Giant Dahlia Petals Punch

Added a sentimant ribbon tag and tied the ribbon around the base of the card.

Flippin' Men - Spinner

Just another way of making these.

I added the decoupage made by la Pashe front and back to a smaller oval than the apeture and added a string between the layers I attached the string on the inside of the apeture sticking it down securely with double sided tape then closed the apeture and viola, the image spins.