With Sympathy

Hi, thanks for stopping by and visiting me again today.

A friend, Jane, in my office, lost her Brother-in-Law at the beginning of this week. The news of his death was a big shock as he seemed fine over the Christmas and New Year period, and to make matters worse, he died on the 1 year Anniversary of their father's death!!!

So I made a little card from myself and the other staff in my office to give her, so that she would know that we were thinking of her and her family at this sad time. 

Also, Wendy, also from my office, has had to go to Great Yarmouth, as her mother took ill on Thursday morning and got the call to go up there to be with her. She has been ill for a while and has been in hospital on a number of occasions during the past year, but fortunately, has pulled through and recovered each time. We are thinking of you Wendy and wish your mother a speedy recovery and hope that she will be back home soon.

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Water Your Soul

I made this card for the box using my Lavinia stamps and 'pesto' Adirondack ink. The base card was embossed with my BigShot and Sizzix embossing plates. I then mounted both the image and the sentiment onto back cardstock and added some glitter and the ribbon.

A simple one to keep in the box.

Faerie Dreams

I recently purchased this fairy stamp from a seller on ebay so I don't know who makes it but I really liked it (and it was cheap). I stamped the image with Lightning Black 'Brilliance' ink and then cut the image out with my circle spellbinder. I then stamped around the edge with the same ink, using my Lavinia leaves stamp that came with my tree. The basecard was stamped with flowers from a set that I believe was Hero Arts. The flowers and ribbons were then added to co-ordinate the colours. In case you were wondering, the blue flowers co-ordinate with the blue dots on the brown ribbon, although the blue doesn't really show up true on the picture.

O' Christmas Tree

More from Lavinia Stamps. This christmas card was made using Acetate. I stamped the snowflakes onto the Acetate using White Stayzon and then added a black border to the tree which was stamped onto silver card. I then added the Penny Black greeting and then some glitter to finish the card off.

Old Oak Tree

Another card made with my Lavinia stamps. OMG I love these so much. I used quite a lot of glitter on this one and think I may have overdone it a little, but for once, it does look better in real life rather than in the photograph.

Deepest Sympathies

I don't usually make many of these cards, but I thought I should keep a spare one in my little stash, given that one of my neighbours recently passed away. So I made this one with my new Lavina stamps, they're perfect and look great with the glitter on them.

Autumn is here...

These are my new Lavinia stamps. I love them. Sarn introduced me to them as she knows I like anything faerie like and I just love this little 'tree house' and the leaves. Wish I'd bought some of the faeries too now though, although I can go to her website and have a look when I eventually get paid. Maybe not this month though as I have already been a very naughty girl this month.

I love this autumnal theme. I used two different shades of brown from my Adirondack ink pads and stamped the tree just in black and the greeting was a gift from Sarn, many moons ago.

This one was using my PESTO Adirondack stamp pad. Another fab autumnal themed card. Just perfect for the sudden change in the weather.