Friends

My stamping buddy, Judy, sent me this card. 

One of the first songs my daughter learned in Brownies was the song about friendship . . . "make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold."

As many of you know, this has been a rough couple of months for me, but one of the things that always cheers me up is my friends. I received some very pretty cards, like this one on the left, and really appreciated the calls and emails. I really do have some of the best friends . . . :-)

My first stamp event in months last Saturday provided some good time stamping with my friends and a great way for me to relax and get some creative juices flowing. I stamped with my good friend, Katie, this last Sunday and once again I found myself creating some adorable cards, including this one with my new camping bear stamp called Happy Camper C1457 . . . I also used the new paper kit called Mayberry. I, of course, stamplifted the card idea from the catalog (can you find the card that I stamplifted?)

I also used the Mayberry paper to create the Thank You card below. What I love about my projects that I made is that the stamp sets were not shown with the Mayberry paper . . . when I first saw the Mayberry paper all I could envision was the sets it was shown with (the trees and the little tire swing etc.) but then I decided to try something different and use the stamp set that is shown with the Wings paper. The flowers are called Dreams Come True D1470 and yup, I stamplifted that card too. The only part that's mine is that I changed up the stamps used and the accessories, other than that, I'm just a big copycat. But hey, I made cute cards. The bear one, in particular makes me VERY happy. He just looks so goofy and happy go lucky.

Happy thoughts to all of you! Enjoy my card ideas and I hope your stamping mojo is higher than ever!