So Lucky / Enjoy Life

I am so enamored with the new Lucky papers and the Enjoy Life stamp set set.  I needed some masculine-ish cards so it was lucky for me, I had the paper and stamps :)  (corny, I know...)

I purposely left some of these without a sentiment so I would have masculine cards on hand for Get Well or Thank You cards. 

I like to add some texture without too much bulk.  Paper folding like on this card is one way to accomplish that.

another way to add texture is simple score lines like in the (awful) photo above :)

I have two male friends (husbands of two of my best friends) who have birthdays on March 23.  I love using my Moments in Time, with its mini calendars (D1339 - available only until sold out - which may already have occured) to personalize cards.

These last two cards actually use the Wings Creative Paper rather than the Lucky.  

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Marie with a :)

This is My Story LO 3 using Wings paper

Has it really been 2 weeks since I have posted?
Life has been a bit crazy around here.

Lots of stuff going on...some really exciting and some rather sad.  My mother-in-law is in hospice with not much time left.  The HH, kids and I have been reflecting on some of our favorite times with her and realizing that her love language was most likely giving, and that her grandchildren were the apples of her eye.  The reminiscing has left me even more determined to complete my "Story of Me" album  - not just for my kids but for my grandkids as well (should the Lord ever bless me with any!) My friend Sandra and I created our third layouts more than a week ago but I simply have not had time to post.  Here's mine:

The large flower above was created using a square punch and a corner rounder.  For the larger inner circle, I used the new CTMH spiral circle punch.  I am so excited about all the things you can do with a spiral circle punch!!

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Marie with a :)

Unscripted 94

My craft room is clean!
The HH helped me do some rearranging today and though A LOT of work, I ended up with a clean craft room...couldn't very well leave it that way could I?
So I started with the Unscripted Sketch and plan on spending a couple more hours making a mess cards.

 I mentioned that I have recently started embossing a whole lot more.  I purchased my first embossing powders from Close To My Heart to see how "we" compared to the rest of the powders.  I'm happy to report: WE ROCK THE EMBOSSING POWDERS!

I used the new Wings paper and the Wings Creative Basic paper, the Celebrate Life SS (recently retired I think :(  ) and For Every Occasion SS.

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Marie with a :)