A Stella Thank You

Stella Card

Beautiful bright summery colors? Fun Canvas Stickers? Wonderful patterned papers by Close to My Heart? It must be the vibrantly beautiful Stella collection!  I love how easy this card came together with the help of the coordinating canvas stickers and my AP cricut cartridge.  I added a little faux stitching with a marker and I love the whimsy feel of the sentiment from the 4 My Friend stamp set.

This card is going out to my Mom's friend Siiri.  She and her husband helped me travel with my toddler on a three hour car ride, then a two hour plane ride, followed by another car ride over four hours.  Hmm, now that I type it out I may need to do more than just this card...:)

A Roxy Wedding Card

 This past weekend I had a funeral to go to for a very dear friend.  It was more of a celebration really.  She had been the mother of five grown children, the wife of her high school sweetheart for 63 years, and friend to countless lucky souls.  I knew more about her family from our daily long talks than any of them realized, and she would be so proud of how they handled everything.

Two days later found me in a church for a wedding celebration.  Another dear friend was getting married after losing a life partner and He the lose of his wife of many years.  With their families around them, two special people had found each other and the start of many years of happiness.  All after the young age of 75.

I'm amazed everyday at how God works in our lives.  You never know his plan, but with how he blesses us, do we really ever want to?

This card is from the Roxy collection from Close To My Heart.  I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to create the flower, label, and swirls.  The sentiment is from a retired stamp set.