a little smile makes everything better

how true this sentiment is - whether in giving a smile or receiving a smile - this simple act makes the world seem like a much friendlier place, and the day just that tad nicer!

card design was inspired by retrosketches #109

and also by the choice of colours in this week's Dynamic Duos #97, which are so great together

the sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts - A Little stamp set, which has such a beautiful frame on which the key words can be interchanged and switched around to fit the card

in fact, the whole card just makes me SMILE .... and I sure hope it does that for you too!

Post Note: and how cool it is to be selected as one of the 'Shout-Outs' for retrosketches #109

you're purrfect

you're purrfect, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

a 'purr-fect' card to tell someone that they are just great the way they are....

the card design was inspired by this week's Paper Smooches - Aug 26-Sep 1 Picture Perfect Challenge - which show-cased lots and lots of frames!

* frames are die-cuts from Paper Smooches wise dies range - Duo Die 1 and Duo Die 2

* the little kitten and puppy - Paper Smooches : woofers and tweeters stamp set

* 'you're purr-fect' sentiment - Paper Smooches : Chubby Chums stamp set

Smile

Smile, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

Another b'day card made for my 'co-sec kaki' friend.

Loved the paper background from Basic Grey's Plumeria Collection - and as you can see, with paper so pretty, one doesn't really need to embellish too much - just an embossed "smile" sentiment stamp from Impression Obsession (IO) and embossed 'girl on bicycle' stamp from Penny Black's A Little Bird Collection, with dabs of Liquid Pearl added to the flowers in her basket and her scarf, and some lovely rows of coordinating ribbons.