An RIC challenge & a Threefer

Haven't been very good about keeping up with the old blog lately. Sorry, we've been doing a little work in the house and it has played havoc with my creative juices. I did manage to come up with 3 cards despite the constant, " Honey, come look at this for a second", though.
Have you ever started a card thinking how great it was going to look and, after some initial stamping, stopped and said, "What was I thinking?". Well, that's how this card for the Runway Inspired challenge began. Thought I was on the right track and somehow got derailed. I blame it on the many interruptions of my process. (It couldn't be me...right?)

So, I'm posting it and entering it into the challenge, anyway. We can't all be perfect, especially  me.

My twofer is a card I always struggle with...Sympathy. Anytime I have to make one, it tears me up. To me, they all should be simple expressions of empathy. Unfortunately, the situation is never simple but this is what I came up with:

The threefer is because I was playing with several newish embossing powders and a NBUS stamp set from Hero Arts. I purchased the set because I'd seen a couple other bloggers use it so successfully. Let me tell you folks, this one is going to be one of my favorites. Easy to use and the outcome is dramatic.

That's is for now. Ciao, to all of you and particularly the one's who leave me lovely comments.