Leaves of Sympathy

 

There are so many great designer series paper options in the Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs!  It is hard to pick one pattern when I am ready to make a project :)  The paper in the card below is from the Going places designer series paper pack.

 

I stamped the leaves behind the sentiment using the Number of years stamp set and my sentiments are from Love and Sympathy.

 

I added a little bit of Lost Lagoon stitched satin ribbon as well.

 

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy, Number of Years

Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz ink

Early Espresso, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White card stock

Going Places dsp

decorative label punch

Lost Lagoon stitched satin ribbon

 

 

Everything Eleanor

 

While restocking the sympathy card selection in my stash, I decided to use the background swirl image from Everything Eleanor along with the sentiments from Love and Sympathy.  

 

The die cut piece is from Apothecary Accents.

 

Supplies:

Love and sympathy, Everything Eleanor

Whisper White, Basic Gray card stock

Coastal Cabana, Basic Gray ink

Apothecary Accents framelits

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

 

 

Wooden Elements

Again, I have run out of sympathy cards and wanted to make something with the Lovely as a Tree stamp set, but a little different that using the tree images.  I chose to use the leaf image behind the sentiment from Love and Sympathy.

There is a strip of Color Me Autumn designer series paper and a Autumn wooden element added as well to keep the look simple, but add a little extra.

Supplies:

Lovely as a Tree, Love and Sympathy

Mossy Meadow, Baked Brown Sugar ink

Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow card stock

Color me autumn dsp

Autumn wooden elements

Those Whom We Have Loved...

 

This is a card that can be put together very quickly if you are in need of a sympathy card and realize you don't have one made already.  I just took some Soft Sky and Midnight Muse scraps and layered them onto a base of Pistachio Pudding. 

 

The sentiment is stamped with Midnight Muse and when I inked my flower image with Soft Sky and Pistachio Pudding markers, I stamped it off on my grid paper before I stamped on my card stock.

 

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy

Soft Sky, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding card stock

Midnight Muse, Pistachio Pudding, Soft Sky ink

Naturals composition specialty paper

Simple Sympathy

 

As I have mentioned in the past, I have some trouble with Clean and Simple cards, I always tend to think they need a little something more... 

 

This card is about as Clean and Simple as I get and I do love the way it turned out.  I realized I hadn't used my Serene Silhouettes stamp set in awhile and came up with this card this afternoon (it might just show up in my stamp a stacks soon as well!).

 

I used Soft Suede ink on Very Vanilla card stock and really like the combination of the colors and stamps. 

 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes, Love and Sympathy

Soft Suede ink

Very Vanilla card stock

 

 

Note Cards day 2

 

I have a couple more cards to share today that I created with the Watercolor Wonder note cards.  For the first one, I used the Love and Sympathy and Springtime Hello stamp sets.

 



 

On the second one, I used the Petal Parade stamp set, some Watercolor Wonder dsp and candy dots.

 

Supplies:

Watercolor Wonder note cards

Love and Sympathy

Springtime Hello

Petal Parade

Whisper White, Daffodil Delight Card stock

Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo ink

Brights candy dots

Watercolor Wonder

 

This is another sympathy card design I put together recently, it is really very simple with the Watercolor wonder designer series paper as a background.



 

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy

Pistachio Pudding, Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue and Crisp Cantaloupe card stock

Crisp Cantaloupe, Wild Wasabi and Soft Suede ink

Labels collection framelits

Watercolor wonder dsp

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.

 

Modern Medley Sympathy

More of the sheet music portion of the Modern Medley dsp for you today!  This time on a sympathy card using the Gifts of Kindness and Love and Sympathy stamp sets. 

 

 

I used Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding and Very Vanilla card stock and Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar ink to complete the card.

 

Don't forget to check out the Virtual Stamp Club! 

 

 

June Stamp Club projects

This month, I focused on some Gingham Garden dsp and Gingham Garden washi tape for the layout and one of the cards.

 

On the layout, I used the Morning Meadow hostess stamp set for some Daffodil Delight flowers as an accent.

 

On the first card, the stamp set used is Happy Day and I put some washi tape on a scrap and then punched out my butterfly and added some basic rhinestones to it.

 

The last project was a sympathy card using some new colors (Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantaloupe) and the Simply Sketched and Love and Sympathy stamp sets. 

 

Have a wonderful day!

Honeycomb Happiness

 

This is really a quick card to put together and you could easily use a scrap of designer series paper  as well.

 

Always Artichoke is not a color I pull out too often, but I did use it on the stem of the flowers on this card, the flower is Cherry Cobbler.

 

 

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy, Pursuit of Happiness

Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke ink and markers

Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla card stock

Labels collection framelits

Honeycomb folder

Parker's Patterns dsp

 

Needlepoint Border

 

I have a little trouble using the Parker's Patterns dsp, but I think it looks nice on this card.  The Baja Breeze background layer has some embossing on the side using the Needlepoint border folder - I just love these!

 

 

Supplies:

Serene Silhouettes, Love and Sympathy

Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze ink

Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla card stock

Parker's Patterns dsp

Naturals 7/16" ribbon

vintage trinkets

labels collection framelits

Needlepoint border folder

 

Image

Today is the last day to get the items on the retiring list! You can click on the picture below if you need to shop :)

I just love this flower from the Love and Sympathy stamp set and I am a purple girl so I had to use some Perfect Plum :)

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy

Nature's Pace

Loving Thoughts

Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi and Early Espresso card stock

Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi and Early Espresso classic ink and markers

Espresso bakers twine

large oval punch

scallop oval punch

Vintage Wallpaper impressions folder

More Stamp A Stack cards

These are the final two cards I used in my Stamp A Stack last week.  The first uses the upcoming Sale-a-bration designer series paper called Everyday Enchantment along with the Love and Sympathy stamp set.  It is a Z fold card and was actually very quick and simple to make.

The last card is one I CASED from Maureen Merritt and altered slightly.  I just love her cards!!

The stamp sets used on this one are Just Believe and Friendly Phrases.

One layer

I have a quick one layer card for you today using clear block stamping.  The stamp set I used is Love and Sympathy and I combined it with Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso and Wild Wasabi inks and markers.

There is a second sentiment added on the inside of the card as well.

Sometimes I find it difficult to create one layer and clean and simple cards, but I like the way this one turned out.

Simple Frame Idea

On this project, I decided to give a frame that I have been using for a picture a new purpose.  I took a 5" x 7" piece of Soft Suede Card stock to use as my base and then decorated with Beau Chateau designer series paper and the Love and Sympathy stamp set. 

A few punches, some ribbon and layers and I have a quick little decorative frame.

Field Flowers Sympathy

On this card, I combined Field Flowers and Love and Sympathy for a brightly colored sympathy card. 

Supplies:

Field Flowers

Love and sympathy

Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White card stock

Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie classic ink and markers

brights buttons

Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder

dimenstionals

glue dots

Simple Sympathy

This card was used for a designer swap for one of our UStamp with Dawn and Friends events.  I have some torn Beau Chateau and First Edition papers layered on a Perfect Plum base. 

I really love the flower image on the stamp set Love and Sympathy and use it quite often, this time with Perfect Plum and Pear Pizazz. 

I added the same flower image on the inside as well.

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy

Beau Chateau DSP

First Edition specialty paper

Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Pear Pizazz, Very Vanilla card stock

Perfect Plum, Pear Pizazz, Marina Mist classic ink and markers

clips assortment

CASE of Robin Messenheimer

Another CASE for the Late Night Stampers challenge this week, this time from another Robin,

Robin Messenheimer. 

I used some different colors and a different stamp set on mine. 

Supplies:

Love and Sympathy stamp set

Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Whisper White card stock

Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue classic ink

neutrals button

linen thread

5/8" white grosgrain ribbon

decorative label punch

sponges

dimensionals

framed tulips impressions folder