Cozy, cozy.

Brrrr. It has been too cold to even go out; which in a way is perfect so I get to spend time in my craft room and also getting some purging done. Other than the children regular activities, I choose to stay indoors as the cold does not do me well and the wind has been too unfriendly for me.

Of course we need some warmth, even if only in my wishful thinking. Valentines come to mind when thinking of warmth, coziness, and togetherness. The inspiration from Dostamper Stars 213 got me jump started on Valentines ideas and I pulled out one of my favorites framelits and stamp sets, the Bloomon' Hearts. This time I cut the flowers in Pink Pirouette after stamping them in Real Red. The little "branch" when the birds sit was cut from the new Oh So Succulent framelits and the sentiment is from its matching stamp set The birds from the Thoughtful Branches bundle and add a nice touch of coziness to this card.

Thank you so much for your continuous support, encouragement, nice words, and love. Be well

Miriam





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Yarns, colors, and branches.

I guess I am reaching a point of acquire the normalcy of life back. These past month has been very busy, but summer in general has been busier than normal. I enjoyed every moment, but I am glad to get settled again, do our schooling, learn, grow together, and work on other projects.

And I took advantage of the normal routine and spent some time in my craft room. I was able to clean and put things back in order and of course, do some cards. Oh, how I missed that. I made this card for the Pals Paper Players 137, and funny enough, I am working on some hats using a yarn on a very similar color. I am still in love with the Thoughtful Branches and it was my choice for today's card. I was not sure what sentiment to use on this one, and in the end, I figure an all occasion card it shall be. Now, the front Vanilla panel was cut out a circle, which was added to the back of the branches. The front panel was treated with the Square Lattice TIEF, and the panel was adhered to the base with Stampin' Up! dimensional. The flowers/leaves, was stamped on a piece of Crushed Curry and then I cut the edge to add to the top of the branches. I added the Linen Thread to the side to give a bit more of texture.

I am hoping to have more posts this week, and I am simply happy to share my projects with you. Thank you for your visit and please do come again. Be well

Miriam


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Appreciated.

Do these colors remind you of summer? They do for me. As I peruse in my garden and look at the plants happily growing, there are so many shades of all colors that washes my eyes with beauty. I love summer and all the glory it brings forth.

As you know, we were in an intensive violin summer camp all last week, and seeing all the teacher put so many hours teaching violin to such wide age group, makes me wonder how many of us really appreciate what they do. I decided to prepare some cards to send out to the teachers that taught us this past week. The Dostamper Stars 192 gave me a good color combo and I played with that for the cards. The new and fantastically beautiful Beautiful Branches got to get its first use in my craft room. I love it. The sentiment and image are all from the same set and the thinlit that is part of the bundle. I did apply texture to the back layer with the Lovely Lace TIEF, to add a bit of interest. Picture not always tells everything and in this case the very small pearls that I added to the flowers are not showing well. But in person added such a delicate detail. This card is being sent out along with a photo of the teacher with my child. It will be a lovely memento from the hectic week and I hope she will know that she is appreciated indeed.

Thank you for visiting today. I hope you have enjoyed it and I hope you will take a moment to visit the other Dostamper Starts that participated in today's challenge. Be well.

Miriam

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