5 Everyday Things I Love

1. I love to cuddle with my husband at the end of the day

2. I love the feel of a soft, warm sweater on a cold winter's day

3. I love sitting down and surfing the internet with a cup of coffee in hand

4. I love a warm embrace

5. I love a good laugh (usually from a silly joke my husband tells me)

These are the little things in life that helps to make everyday to feel worthwhile......

Vintage image from  a wonderful Etsy shop called Over the Rainebeau.

This shop has a delightful amount of vintage collages for $2.50. 

Flower is from "Prima", Stamp and distress ink is from "Tim Holtz", and pattern paper is from "My Mind's Eye" and "Crate Paper". 

I hope you will be able to spend some time today doing the things that you love most in life....

Love

Elizabeth

This past week I experienced fear.  I woke up to the sound of my husband vomiting blood in the bathroom.  The doctors had forewarned me about this and the possibility of my husband bleeding to death from a massive blood vessel bursting. I felt faint and weak like the whole world was crashing down around me. I dialed 911 and could barely remember my name let alone my address. I was not thinking rationally; fear had gripped me. Was this the moment when it would all come to an end? Two years of a happy marriage to be cut short by an illness that we barely understand? Luckily it was not the end. It was only an ulcer and just a false alarm.  My husband was given a blood transfusion and was released from the hospital after only a few  days.  Tomorrow we fly back to Las Cruces, New Mexico, for more experimental treatments to help us fight this disease. We are taking IV alpha lipoic acid in hopes of regenerating my husband's liver and we are also trying Low Dose Naltrexone to try and eliminate the cancer. I can only pray that this will be the treatment that God uses to heal my husband.  We met a lot of people in New Mexico who have lived a long time with cancer solely using this treatment protocol. So I am hoping that we will be a success story as well :) 

With all of that having been said, I have a few cards to share with you today.....

I stamped a flower border along the bottom of the tag by using different shades of pink ink.  I also tried to use up some of my button stash on this one and of course I had to shabby this one up by using some lacy trim. 

I also used some martha stewart felt border strips along the bottom of the card to create a softer feel.

I fell in love with this adorable silhouette image of these two little girls with their kitty cat. I just had to use it on a card.  You can find this image for free at Graphics Fairy.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Elizabeth

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a relaxing weekend and are ready to get back to good old Monday again. I have a fun birthday card to share with all of you today.

When I first came across this vintage birthday image from "Graphics Fairy", I fell in love.  The beautiful illustrations with the song birds and wild flowers were simply breathtaking. If you haven't checked out this website before, I recommend that you do because they have awesome free vintage graphics to use for your paper crafting purposes. I added some "October Afternoon" and "Melissa Frances" pattern paper to compliment the image. The lacy border punch is from "Martha Stewart" and the canvas flower is from "Prima".

One more thing before I sign off for the day, Digital Doodles is having an open call for new Design Team members.  Kathy is fabulous to work with and her digi images are very cute.  If you want more info on how to apply. You can head on over to her website HERE.

Thanks for dropping by today

Elizabeth

Little Notecards

Hi Everyone,
Things have finally slowed down a little around here. All of my guests have gone home and now it is just me and my craft room until the next round of guests arrive in two weeks. It is always nice to have family and friends around and I miss all the laughter and the companionship but it is also nice to have a little quiet space for just me and my husband.......
For some reason, I have been wanting to make my cards in little miniature sizes lately instead of the standard size cards. I guess it could be the challenge of how to decorate such a small space. I also love that I can attach them to gift bags and use them as tags instead. Whatever reason, I decided to go with a mini size for these cards, they measure 3.5"X 4.25".  I used a vintage "Simplicity" pattern for the little girls images and added some martha stewart doilies, distress ink, and ribbon.

I fell in love with these vintage images when I saw them. I knew I had to use them on a card.

I used lots of the same types of pattern paper on all of the cards and just varied the placement up a little bit to make each card unique.

Pattern paper is from "Melissa Frances", "Girl's Paperie", and "My Mind's Eye".