Stampers Dozen In-Color Blog Hop

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's been a hot minute (or more a whole month) since I have posted. Life has been super busy this past month, but now I'm on summer break from school and I hope I can be back here more often sharing great ideas with my friends.

Tonight is the monthly Stampers Dozen Blog Hop. We are focusing on the great new in-colors this month. I have to say I love, love, love these new colors. My favorite colors are pink and green, so this set is perfect with two of each.

I used the Unbounded Beauty 12x12 Designer series paper pack for my card. I used my sentiment as my focal point and let the paper do the work of bringing it together. I made this a sympathy card, but you can easily change the greeting to make it a card for any occasion you need. The In-color shimmer gems are another nice little touch.  I used the summer splash ribbon and scrunched it along the bottom of the designer series paper.

The white background was also embossed with the eyelet 3D embossing folder. Not a lot of stamping on this card, but there is a lot of texture to add interest. 

Don't forget to keep hopping by clicking the links below. You will love the projects the other stampers share. 

Contact me to place your order for the supplies used above or other supplies you may need. 

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

Sunday Fun Day with Sisters in Stamping

Hello Stamping Friends,

Welcome to another Sunday Fun Day with the Sisters in Stamping. This week we are sharing cards that we all need, but don't enjoy having to use: Sympathy cards. Have you ever been caught without one when you needed one?  We're here to help inspire you to make a few cards and have them on-hand when you need them most. 

I used the daisy designer series paper as my starting point. Well, I picked the greeting first and then went to get the paper, but anyway....

I looked at the colors used in the paper pack and chose my colors from that. I wanted to bring out the crushed curry centers, but didn't want it to be bold and solid, so I picked the background stamp in order to still have more white showing.

I felt the finished card needed just a little something extra and settled on using the wink of stella brush on the daisy petals. That little extra shimmer and shine is the perfect touch. Not too much. Now it looks like it could have been a specialty designer series paper pack that has glitter or metallic details. 

I must admit, I tend to lean towards daisies a lot because they were my mom's favorite flower. I even planted daisies in my yard so I can enjoy them and think of her every summer. 

Remember to head over to Sisters in Stamping for more sympathy card ideas. 

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

Sympathy Cards with Sisters in Stamping

Hello Stamping Friends,

Time for another great challenge with Sisters in Stamping. This week we are sharing Sympathy cards. Cards we all need from time to time, but most of us don't enjoy making them because of the reason we need them. Am I right?

This is a super simple card and crazy, quick and easy to make. I used the birch background stamp on very vanilla cardstock. The stamp was inked with Sahara sand ink. Then that is layered on a piece of Sahara sand cardstock. Finally, it added to a base card of thick very vanilla cardstock. 

I used a Thinking of you greeting, but you can easily change that out to a Sympathy greeting. I just thought it was still a good greeting to let someone know you are thinking of them during their difficult time.

I punched out the greeting and then layered that on another piece of punched Sahara sand cardstock. Oh, and don't forget, it is attached with my favorite: dimensionals.

Don't forget to head over to Sisters in Stamping to see more ideas for Sympathy cards. I pray you won't need to use a sympathy card for a very long time though.

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

Product List

Birch Cling Stamp [149256] $16.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $7.50	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $8.75
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237] $8.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Stamping Sponges [141337] $4.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00
Everyday Label Punch [144668] $18.00

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A Card We Hope We Don't Need

Remember to Create!

Hello Stamping Friends,

Happy Friday.  I just love Fridays. They are the last day of the school week and we get to share with you some great stamping ideas.  This week with the Sisters in Stamping we are focusing on a card most of us need, but one we don't really enjoy making: a sympathy card.  For obvious reasons, these are not the most fun cards to make. I mean honestly, it's the one card we always hope we don't need.

This is a great subtle card that I feel shows a lot of emotion. And that's all thanks to the great designer series paper, Perennial Essence. It's such a soft-looking paper thanks to the hand-painted impressionistic imagery on it. I believe this card is saying I care the best way a sympathy card can.

I never make enough of these and that point makes me sad. Sad because I need more than I make.  

Don't forget to head over to the Sisters in Stamping blog for more sympathy card ideas.

Thanks for stopping by. Come back soon.

Product List

Woven Heirlooms Cling Stamp Set [149306] $24.00	Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper [149100] $11.50	Wild Rose Dies [149547] $34.00
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $8.75	Rococo Rose 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150882] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $7.00

Rose Wonder for a Beautiful Sympathy Card

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's that time again. Fabulous Friday is here and the Sisters in Stamping have another challenge ready and waiting for you. This week is a more somber theme, one many of us like to avoid, but unfortunately we all need these cards from time to time whether we like it or not. We all need sympathy cards. I can admit, I really don't like making these cards because I know it means someone lost a loved one. However, I do know that these cards are important to these people because they need words of hope, love and encouragement. A story about their loved one is just the icing on the cake, making the card a treasured gift for years to come.

This sympathy card is a super quick and easy card to make but a beautiful card to receive. I kept it simple. Using the Rose Wonder stamp set I stamped the large rose in Crushed Curry ink on whisper white cardstock. I then stamped the "With Sympathy" in night of navy ink on vellum cardstock. The vellum is cut longer than the night of navy cardstock so it could be tucked behind to be secured.(You know, the adhesive shows through the vellum so you need to hide it somehow.

This would even make a nice card to give in a set of cards because it comes together to quickly and looks great when finished.

Don't forget to head over to the Sisters in Stamping for more Sympathy card ideas.

A New Kind of Challenge

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's Fabulous Friday again. I know you all can't wait for Friday and I'm going to pretend it's all because of the Fabulous Friday Sisters in Stamping challenges. You don't need to tell me otherwise, I won't believe you anyway.

This week at Sisters in Stamping we are doing something we have never done before. We are using a card sketch as our design basis. So it's going to be really neat to see what the other sisters do with the same sketch that I used.  You're not going to want to miss it, so head on over.

 

So here is the sketch. Pretty easy, right?  Well, I thought it was going to be until I needed to use it. However, I'm pretty happy with the end result. I even used the card as part of my Stamp-a-Stash class last night.  Each of the ladies there said it was their favorite card for the night. Don't worry I'll show you the other two, just be sure to come back to see them.

 

 

And here is the card I made based on the sketch.  What do you think?  I actually had a request to make sympathy cards for last night's class so this fit the challenge for today and the request for last night.  I'm all about "killing two birds with one stone."

 

I like the finished look, a soft, sincere sympathy card that will tell the recipient that you are certainly thinking of them during their difficult times of missing a loved one.

 

Don't forget, you WANT to check out the Sisters in Stamping blog for more ideas using this sketch. It's fun to see how different the cards turn out when we are all using the same layout.

 

Stamping Supplies Used:
Stamps: En Francais, Hello, Doily, & Loving Thoughts

Ink: Versamark, Bashful Blue, & Soft Suede

Paper: Soft Suede, Bashful Blue & Certainly Celery Cardstock

Accessories: Early Espresso Embossing powder, stampin' sponge, dimensionals, basic pearls, heat gun, and snail adhesive