Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Blast From the Past May Hop

Hi guys. Long time, no blog. To be perfectly honest, my family has been through hell this past month. But we need a little normalcy, so I'm going to try to get back to blogging and card making. Thank goodness for my dear friend, Ashley (HeartHugs Designs), who pretty much held my hand while I took baby steps in figuring out how to make a card all over again.

Since the theme of this hop is masculine cards and the spousal unit's birthday is coming up next week, I decided to make him a card from all of the kids. I used the birthday sentiment from Pet's Place. I kept it super simple, using Sketch #69 from OWH Stars & Stamps in shades of blue. The dp is Basic Grey Granola.Thanks for stopping by and thank you again for all of your support this past month.


14 comments:

carole said...

Daughter,

Way to hop back on life's merry-go-round. Proud to be ...

Your Mom

jennyk said...

It's good to see you posting again! I'm sure the "spousal unit" will be pleased with it - very suitable for a guy (or a female "clean and simple" fan like me).

Jodi Collins said...

Great card! LOVE the layout with the three vertical panels! Glad you were able to get some stampy time in :)

Crafty Math Chick said...

Nice layout and masculine color scheme!

Natalie said...

Wonderful card, love those simple lines with the panels!
Saying a prayer for you and your family today.

Wanda Guess said...

Very nice! great layout! Hope all is well with you and your family soon.

Wayne said...

It is a fantastic card and the colors are perfect. And I completely agree that it's time to get back to "normal" (although the kids will tell you that is boring).

Thank you,
TSU

Taylor said...

Perfectly masculine and simple! Great card, Carole! I hope life starts getting back to normal for you soon and hopefully being creative brings some comfort.

Julia Aston said...

Great design and sentiment! love the colors!

Nancy Jensen said...

It's good to see you stamping and blogging again. I'll try to catch you in chat - hopefully later tonight. (((hugs)))

Michelle Single said...

LOVE how simple and elegant this is!

Lorie a.k.a.The Peddler said...

Terrific male card and so great to know your back online.

Julie said...

Beautiful card, Carole! Perfect masculine design. Sorry to hear about your troubles! Hope things are looking up. Thanks for joining us in this week's OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge.

Paula S. said...

Very classy, sophisticated card. Nice job with the OWH sketch challenge. I hope that getting back to creating can supply some enjoyment and therapy for your stresses as it does for mine.