Thoughts and Prayers gets some ink

It seems like as soon as I think life is going to slow down a little, I actually start getting bogged down even more. I guess I should quit thinking and start doing more stamping! Either that or start lowering my standards at work so I can have more time to myself.

Over the past few weeks a couple of my friends have lost family members, so I had to make some sympathy cards. I love the Thoughts And Prayers set and took the opportunity to put some ink on it. Hopefully I will be using it for more than sympathy cards. This first one, I couldn't decide if I liked better with or without ribbon, so I did one of each. I figured this way I have a spare, since often it seems that you need three within a short span of time. Hopefully I won't need it! I totally CASED it from mfleig on SCS. She used the Parisian Breeze Designer paper, and since I didn't have that, I dug through my non-SU paper and found some that is nearly identical, imagine that!

I liked this one better, but wished I would have used brown ribbon instead of the organdy. But, since my resolution was to use what I have, this is what came out of the box. I used some SU designer papers from Bali breeze and Brocade Backgrounds, working in another resolution; to stop hoarding the paper......

Well, I'd best get busy on the pile of work that's waiting for me. I have a plan for some Easter cards, so hopefully on next post I'll have gotten to that.

Spring break is coming up and I've decided I WILL get busy in my stamping room, no matter what else is on my plate!

Busy

I've been so busy lately, that I have not had time to post. I'll share few things I've done over the past couple weeks, but I only have little time for chatter.

This is a prediction card. I have a cousin-in-law who is pregnant, and she did not share the sex of the baby. I think it's a boy, so this is the card I made for her shower.

I've been dying to use these papers and these stamps, so I did. they are for no particular reason, but I'm sure I'll find someone who will appreciate receiving them.

I want spring! This was one of those days when I just had to have something springy going on.

A card for a colleague....

A gift for another colleague....

A couple of my colleagues gave me a wonderful gift; the Urban Oasis DP, matching ribbon and matching brads. What thoughtful people they are! So, I had to bust into the paper right away to make them a thank you. I just couldn't resist, so I totally CASE'd this from melissa-aggie on scs. Thanks Melissa! I absolutely love the Splitcoast Stampers website. I could spend (and often do) hours there.

I was in such a hurry I didn't even fix this picture before I posted it. Sorry about the tile taking up so much of the photo. This was last fall. A few friends went to the Mission Point Peninsula and did the tour of the wineries. The plan was to do the whole Lelanau (did I spell that right?)Peninsula, but we didn't get past Mission Point. It was a blast!

Go to go do my chores.... ugh!