after glow

I did this LO with memories of my dad who just passed away a few weeks ago. This is the only pic I have of when I was little (1970) with him and I alone. And then on my wedding day (1987). The mass memory card is attached and the back side was the phrase "after glow". How appropriate. Dad I love you.

I was able to complete this Lo with three challenges in mind. 1) MAF - Use black and one other color and bling. 2) At Practical Scrappers we were to use acrylic paints (which is a first for me on a LO!) It was fun. I used a cotton ball and swished it across the glitter black cs. and 3) at Frosted Designs we were to do paper tearing - which I love. I also used black ink on the torn edges. Love how it came out.

Click on the pic for better a view.
The sparkly glitter chip board are from making Memories that I bought to complete this LO at Michael's Craft Store.

TFL!

bliss....LO of my mom and dad

Here is my entry for 10.29 sketchy thursdays sketch challenge

It is a LO of my mom and dad. My dad just passed away and my mom passed a long time ago. As we were reviewing their old wedding album - I copied these pictures and thought it would be a great place for me to start.

Hi all

Sorry I have not posted all week, we had the mass and service for my dad who passed away. It was a beautiful fall day and a wonderful service.

I am back online and will see you soon.
Thanks

Love - LO

I started this LO last night - and wanted just the right colors for the mat of my daughter and my father. You see he passed away yesterday, and this picture was taken this past father's day and this pic is special to me. [Love you dad]

I wanted to enter this in The Practical Scrappers "lace" challenge but I didn't realize the deadline was 5:00 PM today, none the less - I love this layout.

The cuts were: the lace flowers - cut to full page from Wild card Cricut cartridge, LOVE was cut from A Child's Year at 2". Ribbon from Michael's, rhinestones (?? I forget)

Get Well Soon - card inspired by MBer

My dad is not feeling well, and he loves flowers and his garden. I admired a fellow MBer on the cricut web site (dj1952) and how she did her card.

This is one of the main reasons I bought the Walk in My Garden Cricut Cartridge!
So I set out this morning to cut and ink and piece together.

Wheelbarrow cut at 2",flowers 2 1/2 in 2 diff colors

Seed packet cut at three (shift) (The heart is a tiny paper punch)
Sign post (non shift) also cut at 3

INSIDE of card:

Watering can cut at 1 1/4"

Herringbone folder and Cuttlebug Challenge #40

I was blog hopping tonight after making the card below, and came upon Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot and after cleaning my scrap/craft corner this past week I vowed to use my scraps on future cards. Oh my gosh! I have so many scrap pieces. I sorted them by color and boy was there a lot to use on future creations.

To go along with the challenge - we had to use the layout provided - here is what I created using the new Herringbone folder.

The three hearts are a Stampin' Up punch and I ran them through a CB folder and inked them.
The fiber is from Colorbok called sticky stitches.

Stampin' Up ticket punch used in the corner and rhinestones by Recollections as well.
The sentiment is cut from a Cricut cartridge - also in my "scrap pile"

Happy Father's Day - Tri-Shutter Card

This card is for my dad whom I love dearly.

I was poking around the tutorials on Splitcoaststampers web site and came across this rather intriguing card. The main cuts and scores are so easy! What takes a bit of time is the inner paper piecing rectangles... and choosing your coordinating card stock. Fortunately I used a Scrap Pack from Colorbok so they all matched. The phrases and hearts were cut using the Cricut Wild Card cart. Ribbon is from Wal-Mart. Also entered this card in the Cuttlebug Spot Challenge# 35: FathersDay/Masculine projects

What the card looks like when it is fully closed.

Card fully opened

another view fully opened (Center section - I will put a private message to my dad.)

Close up of the cover