Memories

 

I have used a mix of products on this sympathy card including several different stamp sets.  For the background I chose Timeless Textures and I used 2 different images from that set with some Crumb Cake ink.

 

Then I added some leaves from the Butterfly Basics stamp set and stamped them both on the Wild Wasabi layer and the card base.

 

Finally, I used the Blessings from Heaven set for the sentiment and the Butterfly Basics flower for my accented piece.

 

Supplies:

Blessings from Heaven, Butterfly Basics, Timeless Textures

Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi ink

Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi card stock

Ovals collection framelits

Note tag punch

Basic pearls

Linen thread

 

Memories

 

 I always seem to run out of sympathy cards either for my own use or for my sister's store.  This one is simple but I like the combination of colors and images.

 

I chose to use the background stamp from You've Got this in Mint Macaron and then over the top I added the flower from Butterfly Basics in Soft Suede.  The sentiment is retired from the Blessings from Heaven stamp set but it is one I like to keep using and it is stamped on a Deco labels framelit.

 

Supplies:

Blessings from Heaven, Butterfly Basics, You've Got This

Mint Macaron, Soft Suede ink

Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky, Whisper White card stock

Deco labels framelits

 

Praying for You

I recently read an article in the paper about a 13 year old boy who has had 55 surgeries in his short life and has many more scheduled.  The article had an address for him so cards could be sent to encourage him during his journey.  This card is made with him in mind and is the one I sent to him last week...

 

The card combines Everything Eleanor, Springtime Hello and Blessings from Heaven stamp sets and pieces cut from Chalk Talk framelits and Little Leaves sizzlit.

 

Sometimes cards don't end up as we envision them because we change our minds midway through and that happened here...I had just placed the stamped and cut out image from Everything Eleanor on the card front when I realized I wanted to stamp the flower image from Springtime Hello on it.  Instead of trying to take it off, I stamped it while it was on the card front (with dimensionals behind it) and the image did not look good.  So...I went through the scrap pile and found a Chalk Talk framelits cutout that would fit over the bad image and stamped and sponged that before I covered up the mistake...

 

Supplies:

Springtime Hello, Everything Eleanor, Blessings from Heaven

Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Coastal Cabana card stock

Coastal Cabana and Soft Suede ink

sponges

Little Leaves sizzlit

Chalk Talk framelits

taffeta ribbon

 

 

 

 

Silhouette Sympathy

It seems like I always run out of sympathy cards so I have been stocking up on them again and this is one of the cards I came up with.  I love to use the Serene Silhouettes stamp set for these type of cards.

 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes

Blessings from Heaven

Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Coastal Cabana card stock

Soft Suede and Coastal Cabana ink

Natural composition specialty paper

Honeycomb folder

Decorative label punch

 

Peace

 

Purple is probably my favorite colors so I decided to use 3 of our shades on this sympathy card.  The flower is stamped with Elegant eggplant and Perfect Plum and the card stock is Wisteria Wonder.

 

Supplies:

Blessings from Heaven, Too Kind

Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant ink

Old Olive, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder card stock

Stylish Stripes folder

 

 

Cast Thy Burden

 

This card is a simpler version of one I entered into the Artisan Contest last summer and you can find the original here. 

 



 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes, Blessings from Heaven

Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse card stock

Early Espresso ink

Modern Medley dsp

 

Harvest Sympathy

 

I put together a few sympathy cards using the Truly Grateful stamp set and paired it with Loving Thoughts and Blessings From Heaven. 

 



 

Supplies:

Truly Grateful

Loving Thoughts

Blessings from Heaven

Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla and More Mustard card stock

Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso ink

1 1/4" burlap ribbon

 

 

 

Magnificent Maple Sympathy

I have seen a few different card ideas using the Magnificent Maple and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets - this is what I decided to do with the two of them...

 

I added sentiments from Love and Sympathy and Blessings from Heaven and used Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar inks.

 

Non Winning Artisan Project #2

 

This is the second card I entered, I tried to go with a simpler look and this is more my style than what I shared yesterday.

 

 

I added another silhouette to the inside of the card.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes, Nature's Pace and Blessings from Heaven stamp sets

First Edition dsp

Crumb Cake, Basic Black and Very Vanilla card stock

Versamark, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso ink

Black embossing powder

Memories

 

I really love using the Distressed Dots background stamp for all kinds of things, scrapbook backgrounds, cards, tags, etc.  It is retiring, but I know it is one stamp I won't let go of for awhile.

 

 

On this card, I used Wisteria Wonder ink with it for the background on Very Vanilla card stock.  The tree comes from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set and the sentiment from Blessings from Heaven.

 

I paired Soft Suede with the Very Vanilla and Wisteria Wonder and added some Artisan Embellishment Kit lace. The tree image is stamped over faux mother of pearl background that I used the champagne shimmer paint to create.

TSSC252

 

For Mary Jo's sketch this week, I used the Blessings from Heaven stamp set along with the Mixed Bunch set.

 

 

I embossed my Cherry Cobbler layer with the Lacy Brocade folder and added some Parker's Patterns dsp over it.

 

 

Supplies:

Blessings from Heaven, Mixed bunch

Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler ink

Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stock

Basic Pearls

2 1/2" circle punch

Blossom punch

Apothecary framelits

oval punch

Peaceful Memories

 

 

I have been in need of lots of sympathy cards lately so in the next little while I plan to show you a few new ones that I have made to restock my card stash.

 

 

For this one, I used some Tea for Two dsp as my background and stamped my sentiment right on it since it is light enough to show the ink.

 

Supplies:

Blessings From Heaven, Serene Silhouettes

Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake card stock

Tea for Two dsp

Crumb Cake ink

Victoria crochet trim

Vintage trinkets