Sponged Sympathy

Sometimes I find it difficult to come up with new ideas for sympathy cards and I had recently seen a few sponged cards using the High Tide stamp set so I thought I would put something together using that.

I cut a circle out with the Layering circles framelits on scrap paper and used it for my mask, then sponged Soft Sky, Marina Mist and Dapper Denim ink inside the circle before adding some stamped elements.

Supplies:

Trust God, Better Together, High Tide

Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist ink

Early Espresso, Whisper White card stock

sponges

God Bless

I shared a card with you a little while ago using the "God Bless You" from the Trust God (retired) stamp set and today I have another one to share using brighter colors and some patterns.  

My base is Peekaboo Peach card stock and I added some Naturally Eclectic designer series paper along with some stamped images from the coordinating Oh So Eclectic stamp set.  There is a lace doily folded over behind the sentiment and I added an embossed layer of Berry Burst card stock in the background.

Supplies:

Trust God, Oh So Eclectic 

Peekaboo Peach, Berry Burst ink

Peekaboo Peach, Soft Sky, Berry Burst, Whisper White card stock

Naturally Eclectic dsp

Lace doily

Ruched ribbon

Oh My Stars folder

Starburst punch

God Bless You

This card is one with few layers, but it has lots of stamping using the Oh So Eclectic stamp set.  I chose to use the colors Tranquil Tide, Pool Party, So Saffron and Basic Black.

The sentiment is from the retired set called Trust God and I punched it out with the 2" circle punch and then added a layer with the Starburst punch and popped it up with Stampin' dimensionals.

Supplies:

Oh So Eclectic, Trust God

Tranquil Tide, So Saffron, Pool Party, Basic Black ink

Whisper White, Pool Party card stock

Starburst punch

2" circle punch

May Stamp Club

Time for stamp club projects again!  I used several of the 2013-2015 In Colors this time around since I knew they would be available when the new catalog comes out.  May is sometimes hard to plan projects for - before the catalog retires, but also before I have new product to create samples.

 

 

The layout uses the Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar along with the coordinating dsp stack.

 

I chose the Lovely as a Tree stamp set for the background on this card and Trust God for my sentiment, throwing in some Soho Subway dsp and the Honeycomb folder.

 

The final project uses the Blessed Easter stamp set and is sentiment free.

 

Supplies:

Blessed Easter, Trust God, Lovely As a Tree

Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding ink

Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla card stock

In Color 2013-2015 dsp stack

Decorative Label punch

Honeycomb folder

Lovely as a Tree

Our Late Night Stampers challenge is a color combination this time using Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango.  The last two colors are rarely used in my stamp room so that makes the challenge a little tougher for me. 

 

I decided to sponge all of the colors on Very Vanilla card stock, but when I sponged the Early Espresso, I placed a scrap over to the top of a portion of it so that there was some card stock showing with only the lighter colors and that is where I placed my images.

 

I stamped the single tree image on the inside on Crushed Curry matted with Early Espresso.

 

For the sentiment, I altered the Decorative Label punch and then layered the same punch behind it.

 

Supplies:

Lovely as a Tree, Trust God

Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry card stock and ink

Very Vanilla card stock

Decorative label punch

linen thread

sponges

TSSC261

 

Since we have had some rain delaying some potato shipping, I found a little time to play along with Mary Jo's sketch challenge for the week.

 

 

I flipped her sketch and used a different shape as  the focus. 

 

There is a little bit of Tea for Two dsp and another sentiment stamped on the inside.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Trust God

Calypso Coral, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron and Very Vanilla card stock

Lucky Limeade ink

Designer frames folder

Honeycomb folder

Tea for Two dsp

dimensionals

 

Two Hands

This week our challenge at Late Night Stampers is a Clean and Simple card with lots of white space.  I  have a terrible time with those, I always want to add...but this is what I came up with.

 

 

I sponged some Wild Wasabi in the corner and then added some Bashful Blue over the top.  The image from Serene Silhouettes is stamped in Early Espresso and the sentiment from Trust God is also stamped with Early Espresso.

 

With all the white on the card, my camera didn't like to focus when I used my white backdrop so I tried this instead today.

 

God is Love

 

 

 

I made a few bookmarks for the Sunday School children in my church that received their Bibles  this fall.  They are very simple ones using the Trust God stamp set and Orchard Harvest designer series paper.

 

 

I added some stitched satin Raspberry Ripple ribbon (this is the kind you can get FREE this month with a $40 purchase!!) and linen thread to the top along with a shrink plastic charm.

 

For the charm, I used Black Stazon ink and on the bookmark, I used Crumb Cake.

Special Work of Art

I guess I am on a roll this week with Quick and Easy cards!  This one uses some scraps of Polka Dot Parade DSP.

I added a label from the Apothecard accents framelits and embossed it with the Chevron folder.  The sentiment also is one of the framelits from that collection and I used the stamp set Trust God.

Polka Dots and Layers

This card fits into our Late Night Stampers challenge this week even though I hadn't intended it to.  I used the Subtles Designer Series paper stack along with some Baja Breeze and Whisper White.

There are 3 layers of the large scallop edgelit that I also embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder.  I used a retired Baja Breeze button and some from the Naturals collection as well as some bakers twine and the Trust God stamp set.

Another Reason to Smile

I have another sample for you using the Reason to Smile stamp set today which is our July promotion set.  (If you purchase $50 in products, you can also purchase this set for only $5!)

Our Late Night Stampers challenge this week is to use LOTS of layers so I think this card probably qualifies for that as well :)

In addition to the Reason to Smile set, I also used the Trust God stamp set for my sentiment.

Supplies:

Reason to Smile

Trust God

Early Espresso, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade classic ink and markers

Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Rose Red, Wisteria Wonder card stock

Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon

Finial Press impressions folder

Delicate Designs Folder

Large Scallop Edgelit