Our Daily Bread Sympathy Card

We just found out last night that our neighbor of MANY years had passed away and I was REALLY shocked when my husband asked me to make the family a card. He thinks I just "play" with all these rubber stamps and never do anything with them. I think he will be shocked when he sees what I have done. I'm pretty proud of it. I think it turned out pretty well. I used my favorite "Our Daily Bread Designs" stamps from the "Flourished Christian Symbols" set. I find that is really my 'go to' set for happy times and sad. It is such a PRETTY set.

Recipe: SU pink pirouette cardstock, ww cardstock, Pixie pink cardstock, Fiskars edge punch, SU scallop edge punch, self adhesive pearls, Michaels ribbon, Pirouette pink ink, clear embossing powder, regal rose sponged over the cross and Color Box Orchid used for the Sentiment.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!! Welcome 2009!!!!!!!!!!

OK - one of my resolutions this year is to post more to my blog and to be more creative so hopefully I can keep this up at least weekly. Anything would be better than what I did last year.
Course I was gone for almost a month in November and early December to Arizona - I want to go back!!!!!!!!!!! The weather down there was SOOOOOO nice - did not have to worry about all this below zero stuff we have - oof!!!! Nuff of that!!!!

I have been somewhat creative lately - I made a card for our pastor for Christmas - she does so much and still does not take a full salary so I decided she really needed some recognition for this. So I did it with a card. I follow "Amazing Paper Grace" and got a lot of inspiration from her for this card (the ribbon) I knew she would add a ribbon to it - she probably would have added more, but I'm just a beginner, really.

Just wanted to wish you all a very happy and blessed new year!!!!!!

Card Recipe: SU whisper white card stock, Big Shot dies, ODBD flourished cross, SU gold embossing powder, SU vellum, ODBD cs, SU ribbon (retired)