From the Heart ~ Mojo Monday

Good afternoon!! Today's card may seem a little odd...what with the Cosmo Cricket Christmas paper :) But I needed to go back a season as this card is for the lovely woman who sang at my mom's funeral 2 days ago and at the prayers the night before :) She is an old school friend and we also worked at McDonald's together as teenagers. She does the singing at many masses at my parents' church (formerly the church I grew up in). We found out from the funeral director that she refused payment for singing at mom's services....what a sweet, dear friend :) She also gave me the sweetest hug after prayers Sunday night :) She sang Ave Maria and Gentle Woman (Hail Mary) like an angel. So I wanted to send her a special thank you card from the family...I'm thinking of sending some flowers as well :) I wanted to use some musical note paper as well as some soft holly paper as it was still Christmas-y in the church (the nativity scene was still up and surrounded by poinsettias). AND I made a fun discovery!! When searching for a matte for the holly paper, I discovered that SU's Sage Shadow was the perfect match!! LOL AND PTI's Ocean Tides is the perfect darker shade!! LOL Here I was thinking they were a blue (I had them in my blue scrap bag) but really they are more of a greeny-blue!! I know some of you may be saying, "duhhh!!" LOL I love little discoveries like that :)

And this sketch is for Julee's Mojo Monday challenge. It's contest week, so the top seven entries will get a Verve gc!! This sentiment is from Verve's Thankful Hearts...I just love all the sentiments and fonts in this set :) I hope your week is going well...only 2 more days till the weekend :) Hugs to you all :)

What's in it?
Stamps: Verve Thankful Hearts
Ink: SU choc chip
Paper: PTI vintage cream, ocean tide, SU choc chip, ruby red, sage shadow, Cosmo Cricket dp
Accessories: circle and heart nestabilities, gemstones, MS border punch, PTI ribbon, stitching, cuttlebug ef, distressing tool