Day Dream

The past four months have been hectic with very little time to craft, but this past weekend I decided that in order to stay sane until the end of this deployment, I have to make time for myself too, and take a break to stamp and just relax at least a few times each week. And I do need to make more cards to send to Vaughn, and Christmas cards need to be made too....  Made this little card to send to Vaughn in a care package this week, love all the stamps in this set, but "day dream" really fit, since I do a lot of that thinking about having our family together again.

The paper and butterfly are from DCWV and the stamp is from Unity.

Christmas Cards

Guess it is time to really start working on Christmas cards, I am finding it really difficult to get in the mood for the holidays this year, the prospect of celebrating without Vaughn is really making me sad, and I am sad for Vaughn that he has to be so far away from us during the holidays. Eight more months left of this deployment, and then hopefully he will be home for a while before the next one.  Here are a few of the Christmas cards I made this weekend.

This one does have a border of white glitter (difficult to see in the pic), and the stamp is from Unity.

Love this little penguin Itty Bitty from Unity that I just got, and I am sure that there will be many more cards using it.  I added glitter to the tinsel, but it is not showing up well in the picture.

November 18 FWF

This week I managed to finish two cards for FWF Friday, after a week with sick kids and trips to the ER it was nice to finally spend a little time stamping, and since it is the middle of November, I should probably get started on some Christmas cards soon too.

 The stamp is from "Merry Merry Merry" and paper is from Crate Paper.

This super cute owl is from Bella Blvd. "Finally Fall" and the sentiment is from Amuse.

TFL!

FWF Friday

Friends with Flair Friday again, and here is the card I made for this week.

The stamp is from the Be Mine set and the paper is from Kaiser. And yes it is yet another love card to send to my husband, who will not be home for another 9 months, and I am constantly running out of cards to send him.

TFL!

FWF

Finally had a little time to stamp today, and here is my card for FWF this week.

Paper is from Echo Park Apothecary Emporium and the stamp is from the Halloween Traditions kit.

TFL!

World Card Making Day 2011

It has been a while since the last time I made anything crafty at all, but since it is WCMD I decided to spend naptime making some cards today, besides I am running out of cards to send to Vaughn in Iraq, so it is definitely time to make some more...

Papers are from Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends mini deck, the stamp is from Unity and the ribbon doilis is from Basic Grey.

Love my Nestabilities and used two different ones for this, the stamp is from Mint Motif and the pearls are from zva.

TFL!

FWF Friday

Made some cards to share for FWF Friday, they are both CAS which I love to make, and lately that seem to be the only ones I have the time for while keeping up with 3 kids on my own.

Other than making two cards, today was super busy, spent the morning going on the "Freedom Walk" with the kids and their schools. This was so amazing to see all the kids in the field waving their flags, it is so important that we all remember 9/11 and that we all honor those who lost their lives and all the heroes of that day.

"We must remember this . . . FREEDOM IS NOT FREE! It has been won by the blood, sweat, and toil of those before us who were willing to give their life for their country. Do not let their deeds be forgotten by those who take freedom for granted!" ~ VDS ~