Retirement................................

As of last Friday I am a retired lady ready for a new phase of my life.  I am excited to find what this part of my journey will bring my way.  One of the activities I am planning to pursue more consistently is creating, posting and selling my paper creations.  To that end here is an addition to my Etsy shop.  I created this set of cards over several days and they came together in phases.  I decided to do a "one-sheet-wonder" series of cards using the Close To My Heart paper.  I cut the pieces with particular designs in mind but some of the designs got revamped before the resulting cards were finished.  Once I had the backgrounds completed I decided that each card needed something more so I added the flowers which then led to the flourishes in black.  I really like the look of the black against the lagoon blue and wood-grain paper.  I decided to keep the sentiments simple. As I usually do, the cards are blank so the a personal note can be written by the giver.

So here they are.  I hope you like them.  I would love to know you stopped by, so please take a minute to write a comment. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CelebrateMemories?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Finished Bride's book..................................

          On July 13th of last year I posted pictures of a Bride's book I was working on and said I would post the rest of the album when it was done...............Well, two weeks shy of a year and here is the completed album!  

          Somehow it got put on the "back-burner" and I didn't pull it out again until three days ago!  I am, however, pretty happy with the results.  So better late, then never, here is my latest Bride's book.

This is the inside of the front cover.  It is a note card that can be used by the giver or by the bride to put important dates, notes....

The facing page has an accordion folder holding 8 - 2 X 4.5 " tags. Cont. Page 2

February 27th, 2014

Here is a new video from Close To My Heart that showcases the newest line of papers in the Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book.  It offers some beautiful and unique ways to use these quality papers.  ENJOY!