sympathy for family

Good morning to all, now let me see if I remember what I am doing to post my cards, it has been a while!
things have been crazy around here for some time now, with my mother having back surgery this summer to them finding a mass on her lung during a routine x-ray and it turning out to be cancer, they removed 40% of her left lung, For everything she has been through this year, she is doing well. She decided not to go with the chemo and radiation, because she is just wore out and the treatments are not guaranteed. She is 84 and we kids respect her decision.
On Nov. 2nd my daughter was in a car accident, we are blessed she is alive, she got severe whip lash, her left should is banged up and her back, the chiropractor did not sugar coat anything when he talked to her, he also said that she could be worse off and be paralized.

this first card is for my husbands cousin who lost his wife yesterday, she was only 64,  Not only are sympathy cards hard for me to make, but it also being winter (no butterflies) so I hope this is fine!

12 Christmas cards made with spellbinders poinsettia

 2 winter birthday cards Heather and Alex

 I must say this snowflake background was a little problem, until I put a new blade in!

a surprise Christmas card....

good morning to all,  You might be wondering how one can have a surprise Christmas card?   I thought I was done with them for this year until a week ago....my adopted daughter found she has a  1/2 brother, a surprise to all! lives maybe 10  miles away,goes to a different school and is only a few months older than her.
My oldest daughter (her birth mother) and his mother did know about the other. The 2 have met and are getting along well, we also have met him and there are definite fetchers that they share.  My husband and I are praying that this is a good thing and that Britt has found something she seems to have been missing in her life. Like I have said, it has only been a week and only time will tell.
this card is a sketch form MJM # 272

 

 

Christmas

 Hi all, I made these Christmas Socks awhile ago and found a sketch to use them with...the paper players.
it is no longer an open challenge but I really like the sketch

 

 

Black cut at 2 5/8 x 1 7/8
print @ 2 1/2 x 1 3/4

Contest time at Mojo Monday # 257

good morning to all, Wow, where did the summer go?   Today is Britt's first full day as a Jr in HS... (yesterday was a quick hello for the upper classes and then they were on their way, the freshman had a full day)
this card had me stumped with all the layers on it. I switched a few things around to my liking and think it turned out well...I put snow flakes from doodle charms instead of a banner, and a star replaced the sentiment banner. Joy is from close to my heart(it came with my Art Philosophy cartridge)

 Verve stamp in the center of card

Action Wobble Challenge # 23

Hi all, I love when I can tell a little something about a card I have made and the memory it brings back..
this is for AWC  

Wobble Wednesday Challenge #23

Welcome to a new Action Wobble Challenge

and today challenge is create a project, card or layout

that show Christmas... any colors just make
sure it Christmas Themed

 this is for my daughter, about 15 years ago she had to have a real Christmas tree instead of the imitation one we always have had, anyway after she was all done decorating it ( we have one picture of her and Britt under the tree, because she was a baby then), before it "Wobbled" and fell over. she put way too many ornaments on one side!
 I will have to write a note and ask her if she remembers.

 I'm not fast enough with the camera to get the wobble in action

 

winter fun

Hi all, I had enough paper for another winter background and thought of these little penguins from JOTS and winter woodland for the wither fun. a fun winter card on a hot day, (I had the fan blowing on me to keep me a little cool)

                                             the inside

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge # 150

Hi all,  I found this challenge over at SSIC, 

CHALLENGE:

use torn paper technique

(just tear paper with your fingers and use it somehow on your card,

but it must be torn, not cut)

 

Behold these lovely torn creations to inspire you this week! 

 

as I read the scripture I was thinking more of the birth of Christ instead of his death

that is the white snow and the shining star in the distance.

 

Christmas in July, Cardztv

Hi all,  over at cardztv Mary has another CIJ challenge,,, I had another sock from yesterday and decided to put it onto a snowflake and make it a shaped card....

Make a Christmas card using a hand stamped, digital stamped or Cricut cut image of a snowman or snowflake, using any colors you'd like! 

Christmas in July

Hi all, over at    Just a Scrappin'      I found this challenge


Our challenge this week is to make a card, layout or 3D project for Christmas.  Use pink, black, white and one other color of your choice.

this is what I came up with, I think the gold  music notes go well with the touch of gold in the sock.

iSpy Sketches #6

Hi to all, I went with a Christmas card for this sketch,
the little angel is on a clear disk, I wanted the see thru effect and it made her a bit more stable when I pop dotted her...inking, layers

more Christmas cards

good morning to all, these cards went together quickly this morning, I had the stocking on my DS and the background I had made yesterday thinking it would be the base for the sleigh I had made, but changed my mind once I saw it was too busy....inking, doodling, flat pearls.....

 I like to finish the inside of my cards, but I only had a small strip of the pattern paper left, so I made a 2 inch header and will write a message in it closer to Christmas....

thanks for looking, Carol<><

Henry Christopher and mojo monday #220

Hi all,   My girlfriend had her little boy....and a beautiful little boy he is!!! (can I call a boy beautiful?)
it has been a long and bumpy road for the 2 of them, with her getting liver cancer while PG, but they have both made it through, like Laura would say,  "she is truly blessed!"