Peace

 

I have needed a few sympathy cards again lately and my stash has run pretty low.  This is one that I put together recently using the Love and Sympathy stamp set and an image from the Gorgeous Grunge set behind the flower.

 

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy

Gorgeous Grunge

Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla card stock

Hello Honey, Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow ink

Chalk Talk framelits

Decorative dots folder

 

 

More of Winnie the Pooh

 

Here are the last three variations of the wooden pieces I shared with you yesterday.  The customer wanted to make sure I used the same saying on all of them "...if there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever..."

 

Again, I used some retired items, but on the masculine ones I decided to use the Wetlands stamp set.

 

Again, lots of sponging (I actually used the reinker and put it directly on my sponge for the edges of the wood instead of tapping it into my ink pad).

 

Hope you enjoy them (and my customer too does too)!

 

Winnie the Pooh

 

At a craft show recently, I had a wooden plaque on display that I made and it had a picture of my kids on it so it wasn't for sale obviously, just a sample.  A lady asked me to make up 5 more for her with the same saying, but vary them a little.  I couldn't get the exact wooden piece that I had used on the first one, but really like the ones I did use.

 

Each one is a little different and I have used some retired stamp sets that I still have laying around too...

 

Lots of sponging and thankfully I still had a pack of the retired specialty paper I used in the background for them.

 

I will share the others with you tomorrow! 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Cheese Box to Card Holder

 

I had been hanging on to this wooden box for several months since we received some cheese in it as a gift from a potato customer of ours.  While I didn't want to throw it away, I wasn't quite sure what to do with it so I just let it sit there and sit there and sit there...

 

During the retreat I attended awhile ago, I felt a little burnout from just making cards and thought I would mix it up a little and decorate the box.  (Good thing I brought it along with me that weekend!)

 

I covered it with Baked Brown Sugar card stock and Retro Fresh designer series paper first and then added some fun elements to the top.  Next, the question of what to put inside...and I thought since I had the Envelope Punch Board sitting right next to me, why not make some fun cards that would be just the right size to fit inside and then whip out some quick envelopes as well.

 

So the result was some fun, quick and colorful cards that measure 7" x 3 1/2" and I just used Very Vanilla card stock to make the envelopes.

 

Instead of matching the Coastal Cabana color in the Retro Fresh designer series paper, I went a shade darker with the Bermuda Bay card stock (although I did use Coastal Cabana ink).  For the Bermuda Bay pieces behind the sentiments, I placed three stamps on one block and just stamped randomly.

 

Supplies:

Hello Lovely, Chalk Talk

Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay card stock

Coastal Cabana ink

Retro Fresh dsp

Chalk Talk framelits

Apothecary Accents framelits

Brights buttons

On Film framelits

Decorative Dots folder

Envelope Punch Board

Essentials Wooden Elements

 

December Stamp Club pojects

Well, the weather didn't cooperate with us on our meeting night, but I will still share the projects for the month! 

 

 

Supplies:

Tag It, Love and Joy, Endless Wishes

Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Early Espresso

Pop n Cuts Base

Chalk Talk framelits

Ovals framelits

Champagne Glimmer paper

Bakers twine

 



Coffee and Friends

 

As you might have noticed, I have been sharing some of my Stamp A Stack cards lately.  I am slowly getting back into my stamp room after harvest to do some creating, but it is nice to have a few things  I can show you still in my creative stash! 

 



 

Supplies:

Perfect Blend, Gorgeous Grunge

Coastal Cabana, Basic Gray and Strawberry Slush ink

Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stock

Modern Medley dsp

Chalk Talk framelits

Deco label framelits

Holly Jolly Christmas

 

I saw a cute card that Mary Fish had created using a layer of card stock with a Chalk Talk label cut out of the middle  and wanted to play with that idea a little bit.  The result is the card below that uses the Season of Style designer series paper and the Tags 4 You stamp set.

 



 

Supplies:

Tags 4 you

Positively Chevron

Baked Brown Sugar, Chery Cobbler, Whisper White card stock

Season of Style designer series paper

Baked Brown Sugar and Soft Suede ink

Cherry Cobbler bakers twine

Chalk talk framelits

Label Bracket punch

 

Dahlias for you

 

Still playing with the Regarding Dahlias stamp set :)  This card pairs it with the Chalk Talk stamp set and framelits.

 



 

Supplies:

Chalk Talk

Regarding Dahlias

Quatrefancy specialty paper

Marina Mist, Whisper White card stock

Strawberry Slush and Marina Mist ink

Chalk Talk framelits

1 3/8" circle punch

 

Circle background

Awhile ago I made some circle flip cards for a UStamp with Dawn and Friends project and I had some leftover circles that  wanted to use in another way. 



 

I added them to the corners of some Crisp Cantaloupe card stock and trimmed them off.  I maybe covered a little bit more than I should have with the Coastal Cabana strip...

 

Supplies:

Chalk Talk

Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana ink

Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla card stock

Modern Medley dsp

Chalk Talk Framelits

retired black rhinestones

 

 

 

You Make Me Happy

Isn't the new Chevron border punch fun?  On this card, I used Smoky Slate card stock with it and popped the piece up with Stampin' dimensionals to give it a little more depth.

 



 

The Alphabet Press folder went behind the Chevron punched card stock and I used Coastal Cabana for that.  I added a die cut from the Chalk Talk set, some bakers twine and a simply pressed clay flower to complete the accents.

 

Supplies:

Hello Lovely

Smoky Slate, Whisper White and Coastal Cabana card stock

Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate and Raspberry Ripple classic ink

baker's twine

simply pressed clay and molds

Chalk Talk Framelits

Alphabet Press folder

Chevron border punch

snail adhesive

Stampin' dimensionals

 

Off the Grid

 

I was playing with the Off the Grid stamp on my Basic Gray background on this card and I like the look it gave although I might try a darker ink next time.



 

There is some Epic Day this and that designer series paper and more Chalk Talk images and framelits in the layout.

 

Supplies:

Chalk Talk

Off the Grid

Epic Day this and that dsp

Gumball Green and Pool Party classic ink

Very Vanilla, Basic Gray and Daffodil Delight card stock

Chalk Talk framelits

1 3/8" circle punch

1 1/4" circle punch

Very Vintage buttons

linen thread

 

There's You

 

This card is one I used for a swap at convention, it was pretty simple to put together, the slowest thing was probably cutting out the image behind the sentiment.

 



 

Supplies:

Chalk Talk

I Am Me dsp

So Saffron, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Real Red card stock

Calypso Coral and Real Red ink

Chalk Talk framelits

Chevron folder

Extra large oval punch

Coffee and Friends

 

I had some leftover pieces from one set of swaps I made for convention and thought I would make up a few more cards that are slightly different.

 



 

I just love the Perfect Blend stamp set!  I paired it with the Chalk Talk framelits and some 2012-2014 In color Designer series paper.

 

Supplies:

Perfect Blend

Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Pool Party and Pistachio Pudding card stock

Baked Brown Sugar classic ink

Modern Mosaic folder

2012 - 2014 In Color DSP

Chalk Talk framelits

2 1/2" circle punch