...tomorrow is Friday! A very quick and easy card to share tonight...off to watch some more of the Olympics!
My title today has nothing to do with my cards...I think today is the day I'm going to purge some supplies I don't use often from my scrapbook room. We only have one basketball game this morning versus the normal two....so we'll pretty much have a free day until we head out to a baseball fundraiser tonight. I'll have to balance Collin coming in the room a lot as I purge...but I know I'll feel better when I'm done! I'm sure I'll also find some things I haven't used in a while too!
Jake, who I wrote about last week, received the news yesterday that he and his parents did not want to hear. After his surgery last Friday, the doctors confirmed that his neuroblastoma has returned and he will start chemotherapy in the next week or so. Pat very rarely asks me to make a card but wanted one for JD, Jake's dad. Pat's request, "Please don't make it sad...I want to send him a message of strength and hope." I thought this message was very appropriate. Please continue to send prayers to Jake and his family. 
It's my niece Madeleine's 17th birthday tomorrow. How in the world she is already 17 is beyond me! She is an amazingly talented junior in high school. I wanted to make her a vintagey looking card as she is very artistic. My new Stampin' Up sets from Sandy were perfect!
Collin has been dying and I mean dying to try the sewing machine...every time he is in the craft room...he says, "I wish I could use that...how does that work?" I decided to stitch a little bit on this card and he was in heaven pushing down the peddle and changing the stitch on the machine!
We just found out that Pat's cousin, Julie, got engaged this weekend! We're so excited for her and her fiancee, Rob. We haven't met Rob yet as they live in the DC area but we're looking forward to meeting him this summer at Pat's family reunion and of course on their big day!
I wanted to make a special thank you for my mum's friend, Barb, who was the main organizer of her shower earlier this week. I loved the flower from this post, so I decided to try another one using some different paper. I love the dimension these flowers give to the cards!
Lynn is so very happy.
A business friend of mine lost his wife this week to early on-set Alzheimer's. She was in her early 50s. An absolutely horrible disease. Although I never met Doug's wife, I remember when he emailed us (I was on his non-profit company's board) to tell us Teri-Ann had been diagnosed. I sat in my hotel room in Seattle trying to read on the Internet what early on-set Alzheimer's was. I had no idea that there was a form of Alzheimer's that is genetic and is very aggressive for younger people. It has been just over three years since Teri-Ann had been diagnosed. My thoughts and prayers have been with Dough and his family for many months and will continue. May Teri-Ann rest in peace.
It is my sweet little niece Shelby's third birthday in two weeks! So time to make her a card. I thought she'd like these bright colors on the card. We'll be celebrating three birthdays together...Shelby, Will and Marcel. Will's card will be coming up soon!
Ingredients: SU Kraft Paper; Yours Truly Scallop Circle from Archiver's, SU Stamps and Ribbon, My Mind's Eye DSP
October is a big birthday month for our family! Marcel's birthday is this month and we have two nieces, a nephew and my mother-in-law's birthday!
Ingredients: SU Paper (all paper!); Ribbon; Bazzill Basics; SU All in the Family Stamps
I'm starting to think about the holidays...yes, crazy I know! Pretty soon I'll have a post of the assembly line of supplies for my Christmas cards...started cutting the paper last night!
My dear cousin, Sandie, has been suffering from very serious health problems related to Epilepsy. Unfortunately, she lives in England so we don't get to see one another very often. I wanted to send her a note so that she knows we are all praying for her. 
Ingredients: SU Kraft, Black, White Pumpkin Pie Paper, Pumpkin Ribbon; Hero Arts Stamp
I had a lot of fun with this sketch. I never turn sentiments (I'm a 90 degree angle girl!) and I love the way this looks. It is getting hotter outside so it doesn't feel like fall yet, but the fall colors are so pretty. I made this card to go along with a set of monogrammed notecards for my co-workers who did a tremendous amount of work on a conference we had this week. Hope they enjoy! Thanks to Mercy for this inspiration - this is almost an exact replica of her card!
Ingredients: SU Paper: Retired In Colors; Bravo Burgundy; Pumpkin Pie; Old Olive; PaperTrey Inks Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages; Fancy Flourishes
Hello - I am absolutely loving the sketch challenges! I created two different cards for Mercy's challenge. I think I like the monochromatic card the best so I'll show it first. I find having cards without a sentiment on them are nice to have in my stash! I'm going to have to make a few more of them! The second card is for our Uncle Chris. He had a bicycle accident and thankfully was wearing a helmet, but the doctors are not sure if his injuries are due to a stroke or the accident. We are certainly sending cards and many prayers his way.
Ingredients: First card: SU paper and stamps; Versamark Ink; PaperTrey Ink ribbon; Making Memories Buttons Second card: All Stampin' Up Product and Making Memories buttons
