Baby Blues and Honey Bees

July has been a hard month for several friends that have recently lost loved ones.  Sympathy cards are challenging to make to convey comfort and tender hearted support.  I want my design to reflect my heart and if possible, for it to be personal to my friend and the relationship of their lost loved one.

I designed this card for my sweet friend CJ.  She often remarked that her daddy had baby blue eyes so I colored the flowers as a reminder of his stunning eyes.

She is a beekeeper so these honey bees with the pale blue flowers were just the compilation I desired to create.  I hope she sees this and remembers her daddy's eyes fondly and that she is loved and cared about by her friends and family.

These are the supplies I used to make this card:

tams# 14947

Product List

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910]	Watercolor Pencils [141709]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]
Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]	Gold Metallic Thread [138401]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953]
Blender Pens [102845]	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288]	Big Shot [143263]	Touches Of Texture Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143251]
Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141534]

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Bonus Days are back! For every $50 you spend July 1–31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 1–31.  I love earning now to spend in August!

Details:

1. There is no limit to the number of coupons participants can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.
2. There is no limit on the number of coupons participants can use on an order during redemption.
3. An email address is required to participate; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.

Monday is usually my Team Swap Monday series.

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before July 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Dapper Denim Baker's Twine!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Please leave a comment to say "hello" and I will happily reply.  Have a great Wednesday and go enjoy some stamping!

July 24 Team Swap Monday

Welcome to Team Swap Monday!  

I wanted to share some gorgeous swaps today that feature the Fresh Floral Designer Series Paper stack.  This stack has 40 sheets, 4 each of 2 double-sided designs on 12x12 sheets.  This features all 5 of the 2017-2019 In Colors.

This card was made by Karen Johnson and features the coordinating "Floral Phrases" stamp set.

This design was made by Sara Sherlock.  She used the "Just Add Text" stamp set. I love our finely woven ribbon and all of this gold embossing and gold foil look gorgeous with Fresh Fig.

Here is a short video (email subscribers will have to go to the blog to see the video) about our new Designer Paper Stacks.

Bonus Days are back! For every $50 you spend July 1–31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 1–31.  I love earning now to spend in August!

Details:

1. There is no limit to the number of coupons participants can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.
2. There is no limit on the number of coupons participants can use on an order during redemption.
3. An email address is required to participate; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.

Monday is usually my Team Swap Monday series.

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before July 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Dapper Denim Baker's Twine!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Please leave a comment to say "hello" and I will happily reply.  Have a great Monday and go enjoy some stamping!

Friendship Card

We have so many fun new background stamps in our newly released Annual Catalog.  My heart did a pitter-pat for this Post Script background!  I love the post marks, various fonts, and that is covers the entire card front.  I had to create with this stamp, I was so inspired!

The "friend" sentiment is from Touches of Texture and the delicate flower is from Blooms and Wishes.  The product details are listed below to link to my online store - easy peasy to shop and get them yourself.  I can't wait to offer this as a class, it is the perfect friendship card.

tams# 14788

Product List

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]	Soft Sky 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon [144160]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487]	Linen Thread [104199]	Post Script Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143989]
Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139950]	Blooms & Wishes Photopolymer Stamps [141784]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]
Big Shot [143263]

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com

Bonus Days are back! For every $50 you spend July 1–31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 1–31.  I love earning now to spend in August!

Details:

1. There is no limit to the number of coupons participants can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.
2. There is no limit on the number of coupons participants can use on an order during redemption.
3. An email address is required to participate; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.

Monday is usually Team Swap Monday

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before July 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Dapper Denim Baker's Twine!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Have a great Wednesday  and go enjoy some stamping!

~Janey

July 16 Team Swap Monday

Welcome to Team Swap Monday.  I have a spectacular card to share this week!  I think any bike loving guy or gal would be thrilled to get this card.

It was made by Suzie Barnes.  

She used the One Wild Ride stamp set that you can see here.  Our Sparkle embossing folder make a stunning background on silver foil paper.  

Bonus Days are back! For every $50 you spend July 1–31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 1–31.  I love earning now to spend in August!

Details:

1. There is no limit to the number of coupons participants can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.
2. There is no limit on the number of coupons participants can use on an order during redemption.
3. An email address is required to participate; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.

Monday is usually Team Swap Monday

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before July 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Dapper Denim Baker's Twine!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Have a great Monday and go enjoy some stamping!

Anniversary

We celebrated our 22nd Anniversary this month!

My husband and I got acquainted one summer at college over many coffee break trips to the coffee shop just off campus. I drank a lot of Italian Sodas since I disliked coffee.   Friendship bloomed into love!

He is proud that after many years of "coffee dates" I can now enjoy his coffee passion.  I'm picky and only enjoy an iced latte with an extra pump of syrup, whole milk, and a splash of half n half. 

I googled the anniversary gift theme and 22 years is copper.  So I had a perfect combo of copper and our Coffee Break Designer Series paper! Sadly my idea came to me on our anniversary last week and I didn't get it made until later that week. So it was late.  

But it is a great combination and I am so tickled with how it turned out!

We had a fun date night celebrating - here we are at dinner.  The lighting was awful for photos but lovely for dinner.

tams# 14648

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]	Coffee Break Designer Series Paper [144155]
Copper Foil Sheets [142020]	Soft Sky 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon [144160]	Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set [140653]
Large Numbers Framelits Dies [140622]	Big Shot [143263]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636]	Heat Tool [129053]

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com

Bonus Days are back! For every $50 you spend July 1–31 (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 1–31.  I love earning now to spend in August!

Details:

1. There is no limit to the number of coupons participants can receive per order or throughout the duration of the promotion.
2. There is no limit on the number of coupons participants can use on an order during redemption.
3. An email address is required to participate; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.

Monday is usually Team Swap Monday

Wednesday and Friday feature designs made by me.

I hope you like today's post - you can subscribe off to the right to be the first to receive all of my new posts.

My online store is open 24 hours at http://bit.ly/shopwithJaney

If you place order of $75-$149.99 before July 30th, with my hostess code, you will receive a gift from me, the Dapper Denim Baker's Twine!

Orders of $150+ get the free gift and qualify for Stampin' Rewards.

Have a great Monday and go enjoy some stamping!