"Thank You" Cards

Hello there, hope everyone is doing well. My brother asked me to make some thank you cards....These two are for ladies "of a certain age"; just quick, easy and inexpensive...

"Merci au masculin" Card

OMG, 4 posts in one day; unheard of....Another thank you card for my brother who is an horticulturist; he owns the most beautiful piece of land and has a lot of artists do shows and installations; KIWI GARDENS and is giving thank you cards for people helping him do his show. All will have flowers in one form or another....this one is for a guy, another artist....I am having fun playing with corrugated paper this week, and love applying my gold and buff to it, grungy style...ok, see you next week....My nephew is coming for supper....xoxoxo

"What is in the garden today you ask"

Just a few beauties today; kind of in between period right now....



Daphne Coral Mackee




Geranium



I love this pic...hubby took all of them..he's pretty good, I must say....HeeHee...

 



Allium gigantum



Thank you Lynne....

Hi, I received these gifts from a new ( less than a month) blogger friend as a thank you for the sweet comments I have been leaving her. I met Lynne from Adorn, like most of us do, but with a twist. I had just read through the latest Somerset Studio magazine and had really enjoyed it and had felt especially inspired by a few of the wall hangings.  The theme was  : Be Fearless.  A few days later,  I received a comment on one of my cards, so I went to visit  her blog, and it was the artist from one of the wall hangings; it was Lynne. I fell in love.....I spent about 4 hours over a two day period going through her blog; I cried, I smiled, I was in awe, I marvelled, and simply could not get enough. Her art work touched me to my very core....It was one of those rare instances where I loved just about everything she made. And since then, we have been leaving encouraging comments on each other's creations....

Lynne's style is vintage, she adores and excels in rubber stamping, and focuses on the themes of femmes, travel, Paris, and dressmaking. She delves in tags, cards, mixed media and altered art. She has been  published in Somerset Studio, The Stampers' Sampler, Take Ten and The Stampers' Sampler Catch-up  And she is on the DT for Divas D'Esté .In her own words : "Crafting is all about experimenting, challenging myself and having fun and learning all the time". And she lives in Scotland; oh, I wish I could hear her voice with the lovely Scottish accent !

Here are my gifts that I will treasure... ( I hope the colors are ok, I am outside)...

This is the finest, most delicate lace, and I love that she stamped my Province of Québec !!!

New site "Scrap for Help"

Hi all, There is a new site called :  Scrap for help

Here is their mission:

And be solidarity, is to feel the slightest need to share and to realize that differences exist only because it is easier to manage than distances difficulties ... so we decided to create this blog Scrap For Help to bridge the gap between people and to this end in 14 scrappers come together in national and international efforts to make our blog a difference in the lives of others.


We are supported by the. ONU - Brasil and ONU Nações Unidas

We invite international scrapper to share this idea and we all embraced our cause immediately .... and most importantly of all is that with the help of art that is going to be able to do scrapbooking national campaigns to raise something that will make a difference to other people .

So take advantage and join us create, learn, invent, paint and embroider, but remember always to be supportive!

Here the challenge is you just use your creativity and materials placed on the project ....... mainly be deployed to create and help those in need is ...

And this is their giveaway :

"Belated Thank you"...

Hello there, it's a dark, rainy Sunday here ....I hope the sun is shining on some of you....

A month ago, I received this beautiful tag from the wonderfully talented Cindy Adkins; I completely forgot to post it....Oh well, Better late than never..... Cindy is a mixed media artist, and is extremely generous and encouraging  to all in the artistic community....

Isn't that so pretty...

It came in this little pouch...

I love all the details...

I have it in my craft room to inspire me...Thank you darling Cindy...xoxoox

"Butterfly Bouquet" Card

Hi , my sister in-law asked me to make a pretty and simple congratulation card for her sister.

I am feeling kind of depressed because I was nervous making the card, and did not really enjoy the process.
I was feeling intimidated by the fact that my sister-in-law is a true artist; even though I was telling myself that if she asked ME to make a card, then she wants something Gisèle like...but I could not shake off the feeling..So I am kind of bummed out...

 I am linking to Wee Memories who ask us to use the inspiration on Etsy, Pinerest etc...I saw this on Moxie; two of my favorite things; wedding bouquets and butterflies....

I used stickers and inked and glimmer misted on a piece of fabric, frayed the edges..same for the inside, but on paper....somehow it photographed kind of weird, believe me, it looks better in real life...