Father's Day and Sympathy

I have been slacking lately with my blog posts and I will be gone all next week for my son's baseball tournament in Orlando so this might be my last post for a while. 

I was really pleased with the blog hop I was in this past weekend.  I received a ton of comments and added a few new followers.  If you didn't get a chance to check it out just go to the previous blog post to get started.....

Father's Day is this weekend and I wanted to make sure I got a card off to my dad so he gets it on time.  The mail from Georgia to Ohio tends to be a little slow.  I had seen this card design and really liked the way it looked.  I used the Botanical Garden DSP....I like how punching a circle out with the 2 1/2" circle punch gives a little depth to the card.  I love using the new blossom bouquet triple layer punch....I used the 3rd level of the punch and cut the flower images in half to make the border.  The circles adorning the big circle are made with the 1 inch circle punch.  A little seam binding ribbon and antique brad tops off the card.  I hope he likes it.....

This next card was made for a friend of mine whose father just passed away.  I don't think to make alot of sympathy cards but I really like how it turned out.  The flower garden impressions embossing folder is the focal point of this card.  I then sponged the raised flower image with bashful blue ink to make the image stand out more.  I stamped pocket silhouettes two times...once in bashful blue ink and another with basic gray ink.  I bordered the silhouettes with bashful blue circles. I need to use this stamp set more often....