Filling up my Stash

Today I spent most of the day getting ready for the fall where I sell my cards at bible study.

You can guess that the most purchased cards are 

 sympathy

  praying for you

 thinking of you

then all the others..birthday, get well, anniversary, baby cards etc.

I selected one design and decided to make four or 5 of each kind...I had to mass produce in order to get the numbers I am needing and not spend so much time on each individual card.

Here are the cards I have so far:

I made four of these cards using PTI Forget me Not stamp set

 and a sentiment from Verve: Beautiful Things

I must admit to getting a little bored making the same card, so I changed up the 5th card with some extra stamping behind the die cut flower and turning the card with the fold at the top.

This is one of a kind, inspired by one of the MIM's where you stamp the image in a lighter color for the background.  The flower is from PTI: Stemmed Sentiments

Another  PTI: Stemmed Sentiments flower colored with copics, dry embossed with the Shape Shifter Circle I

Next I pulled out an Altenew stamp called:  Best Mom, I made four of them and had to color each one differently.  I used a technique I learned from the Altenew class by Kelly Lavetola (ONe Layer Wonders) when stamping a sentiment over a colored portion of the image.

I changed up the sentiments to a PTI set called Happy Hydrangea

Same Altenew stamp set, but white embossed on water color paper and colored with Zigs.  The sentiment is an SSS die cut.

Next I used a WPlus 9 stamp called Sympathy Lillies

I stamped it on PTI weathervane paper and white embossed it, then colored it with prismacolor pencils.  I have two cards with this same stamp, but I watercolored them.  I haven't put a sentiment on them yet, so I will post those tomorrow.  I think it is now time to get into comfy clothes and put my feet up for the night!

Thanks for taking the time to look at all these cards I made...I feel good about my progress, but it only takes one person to buy 10 at a time and I can be wiped out pretty quickly!

I still need more praying for you cards too!

Heart Hugs, friends!

Mail it Monday and a Sympathy

These cards are going out in the mail for Mail it Monday in time for the 4th of July!

I have a couple of aunts who are 95 and 93 and I send them cards often, couldn't let the 4th go by without a little card telling them I am thinking of them!

 PTI: Celebrate with a Bang
Li'l Inkers Stitched Stars
MFT Peek a Boo Square window

And about 6 months ago I met a lady in an assisted living facility.  I visited her every Wednesday and brought her communion and the Word...she would have been 95 this August.

She was a sweet and wise woman, she raised 5 children by herself and served in the military too!

You have heard the saying about people coming into your life for a reason, for a season or for a lifetime?  Well, she was in my life for a very short season, but she made an impact on my life.  She was full of wisdom and listened to my story and then provided me with thoughts in dealing with family issues.  She will be missed, but I am better for having known her!

 WPlus9 Sympathy Lillies
PTI Foret Me Not (sentiment)
vellum
copics

Heart Hugs, friends!