Category Archives: Sympathy

Hydrangea Hill – Sneak Peek

Merry post Christmas! It will be a short week and then it’s the New Year! I am so excited and optimistic about this coming year. One of the reasons is the new Mini Catalog. I absolutely love it – especially the Hydrangea Hill Suite! With our Paper Snips, I cut out a floral image from one of the sheets from the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. For the background, I… Read More »

Paper Pumpkin, Prepaid Subscriptions and Sale-a-Bration

If you have been thinking about subscribing to Paper Pumpkin, now’s the perfect time to jump on board. Why? From now through March 31, you can earn FREE Sale-A-Bration item(s) when they purchase a 3-, 6-, and 12-month subscription. So much winning! When you buy a prepaid subscription (Level 1 $50, Level 2 $100), you will get FREE items during Sale-a-Bration Now is the best time to try Paper Pumpkin.… Read More »

Woven Heirloom

  For the happy times and sad times, the hard times and glad times, the Woven Heirlooms Stamp Set from the Woven Heirlooms Product Suite has just what you need. The pattern paper in this suite is simply gorgeous!  I used it for the background on today’s card. I didn’t have the Terracotta Tile Ink nor card stock so I substituted Calypso Coral and I think it is a good… Read More »

Climbing Roses

Everything is Rosy Last Chance Products Happy Birthday to me! In honor of my birthday this month, I would like to offer all my customers 20% off their total purchase (excluded taxes and shipping). To participate you must send your order to me at rachelbrumley@cox.net so I can give you the discount.  Payment can be via cc or paypal. This offer is good until 3 June 2019 Today’s post features… Read More »

Butterfly Basics

  Creativity comes easy when you’ve got amazing coordinating products. We don’t want to brag, but coordination is one of our strong points. The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is a perfect example. Products in this medley are exclusive to this medley and cannot be purchased anywhere else. You’ll love the happy, rosy feeling you get as you create with these fun and flowery products. Available for a limited time.… Read More »

The Sweetest Song

Today’s card is one of the hardest to make.  It is a sympathy card for a dear friend.  The stamp set is called The Sweetest Song by Penny Black and available at Amazon . I colored the image with watercolor markers and then lightly spritzed it.  That created the watercolor look. The greeting was stamped with Black Licorice Ink.  The front panel was adhered to the base card with our… Read More »

Summer Rose

This is really the hardest type of card to make and I making it for a friend and long time customer who died this week. The Summer Rose is a 3 step stamping image.  The first image (solid) was stamped with Pretty Amethyst Ink and the 2nd and 3rd images were stamped with Pretty Pansy Ink. The leaf solid image was stamped with Sweet Pear Ink and the Detailed image… Read More »

A Better Place

One of the hardest cards for me to make is the sympathy card.  Usually you wait until something happens and then you struggle with making the right one.  Having a supply on hand is a good idea and will save you a lot of stress.  Sending a handmade card gives it that special touch and shows the receiver that you care. For today’s card, I chose the A Better Place… Read More »

High Tide Stampin’ Up!

Blog Candy Winner Announced New Host Code & Free Gift 2nd Release of 3 new Sale-a-bration Items   Today I’m sharing the popular new stamp set, High Tide.   It’s one of my favorite sets  because it’s a sea theme – we are ex-sailors and loved to sail the area between Ventura County and the Channel Islands.  When we moved to Northwest Arkansas, we brought our sailboard but lake sailing is… Read More »

Bye Bye Sweetie

Today is the last day to take advance of the 3 for 1 Designer Series Paper Promotion. Click here  for more information.   This card is for a team member who recently lost her dog named Sweetie.  The image is a digital image that I purchased on the internet.  I purchased it about two years ago and can’t remember the name. The background is from the Halloween Night Specialty Designer… Read More »