Wood Block Wednesday August 2024 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to another woodblock wednesday where we're dusting off our old wood block stamps (we all have them) and using them again. For my card, I decided to dust off some of my old Stampscapes element stamps (I had bought long ago at a stamp convention) and combine them with a Conjurer of Dreams image from their Serenity digital set to create another sympathy card.

 

I started out by combining my chosen Serenity image, and Psalm, in Photoshop© before printing it out on Neenah white card stock.  I then took my Stampscapes images and stamped them in various places on the printed image, using Memento tuxedo black ink, before highlighting them using a white gel pen.  Once I was done with all of that, I layered my image and added some black brads before setting aside.  I then printed out another Serentiy image, layered it onto a white card then added my layered image panel using glue dots.  It was fairly quick and easy to make.

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday August 2024 - Use Those Woodblock Stamps (Stampscapes)

Gem of a Craft Challenge Wk 17 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 663 to 664 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Psalm 23)

CD Sunday Plus #141 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams Serenity Image) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams; Stampscapes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ice Stickles, Brads, White Gel Pen

A Mourning Angel

 Hello and welcome.  I needed to make a few sympathy cards so I pulled out the Stained Glass Beauty images I had printed off from Gecko Galz, trimmed off the angel and layered it on scrap black card stock before adding some black brads. I then dug out some True Faith© 12x12 designer paper I bought a LONG TIME ago and pulled out the golden cross background, trimmed down to size and adhered it to a black card.  I then took my memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad and added some of the ink around the edges of the card so it bled over a bit.  Taking the layered angel image, I adhered it at an angle using glue dots before stamping the verse from Matthew 5:4 "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted" in black ink on a white scrap of card stock.  After that was layered, and brads added, I adhered that also at an angle using glue dots.  The final touch was three small black flowers I punched from scrap card stock using my Martha Stewart hydrangea punch with some tiny black Crafty Meraki midnight bling added to the centers.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 639 to 640 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying)

CD Sunday Plus #129 - Anything Goes Digital (main image) 

A Perfect Time To Craft March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #80 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (designer paper, SU saying stamp set )

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up (saying is retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brushes, MS Hydrangea Punch, Glue, Glue Dots, Bling

 

Psalm 147:3

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of sympathy cards I needed to make to send out.  I decided to use a set I had received from a friend when she had to give up stamping.  The set is from Colorado Craft Company and is called Sympathy from their Lovely Legs collection.

I started out by stamping the images/saying in memento tuxedo black onto Copic white card stock and then colored using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink around the colored images using my paper pouncer before layering and adding brads.  Taking the layered images, I distressed the edges using my paper distresser before adhering to a black card using pop up glue dots.  The final touches were a little doodling in the corners using a black gel pen and then adding waterfall ice stickles to the water/raindrops.  I have a hard time making sympathy cards so I'm really happy these turned out better than I had envisioned.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #59 - Use Your NBUS (images/saying)

Splitcoaststampers IC949 - Real Fabric (see inspiration pic)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 623 and 624 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Splitcoaststampers Divine Design 2024 - Anything Goes Faith Based 

Creative Fingers #271 - Anything Goes 

 

Real Fabric Raindrops

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Copic White; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Copic Markers, Paper Distresser, Paper Pouncer, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Gel Pen, Waterfall Ice Stickles.

Sympathetic Koi

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card that I originally started a month ago and thanks to health issues, plus migraines, has taken me until now to finish.  It was inspired by the Splitcoaststampers MAR23VSNE - Cutting Board (or make a tag) challenge.  I decided to pull out a long retired Stampin Up set Oriental Brushstrokes to make my tag.  

After stamping the koi fish image in memento tuxedo black onto scrap Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts pencils before stippling Tim Holtz broken china, spiced marmalade and tumbled glass distress inks around it using my Picket Fence blending brushes then layered onto a punched scallop scrap.  I then dusted off my hand held rectangle punch and made a hole in the top of the layers before adding two snippets of scrap ribbon.  Then, taking a white gel pen, I added dots to the scalloped "parts" before setting aside to dry.  My card has a dry embossed layer with memento pear tart and summer sky ink rubbed over the embossed images.  I then added the scalloped koi tag using pop dots before stamping my saying from another retired Stampin Up set called Hope For Comfort.  The final touch was adding a few gems from my Crafty Meraki sparkle green illusion bling pack.  There's also two tiny gems from the pack added to the koi fish eyes.

Challenges entered:

 

Hero Arts Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero May 2023 - Dance Of The Flowers (on dry embossed layer)

Gem Of a Craft Wk 9 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 593 to 594 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Snippets Playground #453 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps (tag layers, ribbon)

Tic Tac Toe #207 - See Inspiration Board (ribbon, dry emboss, free)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps, punches)

 

Tic Tac Toe #207

 

 Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Pear Tart; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Marvy Punches, Ribbon Scraps, Bling, Glue, Pop Dots, White Gel Pen, PFS Blending Brushes, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Floral Screen Embossing Folder

Rainbow Tree

 

Hello and welcome.  First, I would like to apologize for not posting much the last few weeks.  Between health issues, migraines and California's disgusting heat wave along with the wildfires, I have not been in a crafting mood much.  I needed to make a sympathy card for a friend who just lost a beloved cat she rescued off the streets of Hollywood several years ago.  I decided to keep the card fairly clean and simple plus ink up an old PTI set I received as a RAK (random act of kindness) a couple of months ago and haven't used yet (NBUS).

I started out by inking the tree from PTI's Through The Trees (retired) using PTI's dark chocolate ink before inking the leaves using an old Kaleidacolor Calypso ink pad then stamping onto a white card.  After stamping the saying in memento black, I decided to stamp the inside using PTI's Sympathy Loss of Pet (retired) using the same inks.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 561 & 562 - Anything Goes Uplifting (sympathy card)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stuff (Kaleidacolor ink, PTI sets)

Never Before Used Schtuff #42 September - Use Your NBUS (PTI Through The Trees set)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

Stamps: PTI Through The Trees, Sympathy: Loss of Pet

Card Stock: PTI White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Kaleidacolor Calypso

 

With Heartfelt Sympathy

 Hello and welcome. My husband recently lost his aunt to pancreatic cancer and we needed sympathy cards to sent to his aunt's daughters.  Of course, sympathy cards are not readily on hand because I find it difficult to make them for some reason.  However, I found the perfect image at Jan's Digital Stamps called Southern Bouquet.  Since I was pressed for time, I decided to use one of the pre-colored images that come with the digital set then added the saying using a watermark program.  I started out by printing the image onto Hammermill white card stock before layering and added brushed gold brads then adhered it to a summer sun card.  I wanted to keep the card layout clean and simple but needed something under the image.  I decided a small flourish would be the perfect addition so I went and dug out an old Stampin Up set called Hand Painted Petites and stamped one of the small flourishes in the set in memento tuxedo black to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #41 August - Use Your NBUS (image)

Jan's Digital Stamps August 2022 - Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Wk 33 - Anything Goes Digital

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash

CD Sunday Plus #92 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Jan's Digital Stamps; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Glue Dots

Thinking Of Morning Glories

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a sympathy card I made for a friend who recently lost her mother.  The image is a never before used (NBUS) digital from Impression Obsession and is called Morning Glories H1856-DG and is currently free on their site.  If you don't like using digital stamps, then you can purchase the rubber image here.

After printing off the image onto Neenah white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor and copic markers and got to work.  Once the coloring was finished, it was layered onto larger scrap card stock and then added to a leaf green card.  I then took the saying from a retired MFP Stamp Shop set, cut it in two before stamping in memento black ink.  I then punched the photo frames from scrap cocoa card stock, framed my image, stamped the "dots" using Stampin Up's retired Itty Bitty Backgrounds then diamond ice stickles to the morning glory centers and on the sun.

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2022 - Anything Goes 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 21 - Anything Goes 
Arty Divas #23 - Anything Goes 
Outlawz Festive Friday May 29 to June 11 - Anything Goes 
Always Fun Challenges #165 - Layers 
Dream Valley Challenges #226 - Add Some Sparkle 
Word Art Wednesday Weeks #442 and #443 - Anything Goes

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession, MFP Stamp Shop, Stampin Up
Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up, Scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cocoa
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, SU Photo Corner Punch, Computer, Printer

Love, Hugs, and Prayers

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a sympathy/hugs card.  Unfortunately, I'm needing a lot of those lately.  It took me several days to make since my mojo has taken another unauthorized "leave of absence". 

I started out by stamping four WP846 Watercolor Butterflies from Impression Obsession on scrap white card stock in some rarely used (RBUS) Versamagic mango and thatched straw chalk ink before fussy cutting two of the butterflies out to pop up later.  I then stamped the love and prayers words in the same chalk ink onto the uncut panel before stippling Tim Holtz wild honey and spiced marmalade ink on the side and over the stamped images.  I then spritzed some orange ink over that using a color spritzer tool and an orange marker.  After layering the image panel, I added some punched some "faux brads" using punched circles and a glue pen. 

For the card, I stamped the background using images from the same Watercolor Butterflies set in memento tangelo ink before stippling spiced marmalade around the edges.  I then added my fussy cut butterflies to the image panel using glue dots before adding black pearls to the center of the bodies.  My final embellishment was spritzing the orange marker ink over the popped up butterflies.

Challenges entered:

Impression Obsession - Sending Hugs
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1911 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday March 8 to 21 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!


Stamps: Impression Obsession Watercolor Butterflies
Ink: Versamagic Mango, Thatched Straw Chalk, Memento Tangelo
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Stampin Up Only Orange Marker, Color Spritzer Tool, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes, Pearl Bling, Hole Punch, Glue Pen

It Is Well

Hello and welcome.  Today I'm sharing a sympathy card made for my step-mom after the passing of my step-dad.  Because of my own health problems it's taken me longer than I would have liked to make this.  Dusted off some older stamp sets that I had yet to use from Our Daily Bread Designs which is now Divinity Designs.  I have a very hard time making sympathy cards as it is although I'm not sure why.

I started out by stamping the hymn It Is Well in memento black onto vellum card stock then stamped The Mighty Sea in weathered wood distress ink before coloring with chalk and layering. I used two silver brads along with vellum glue dots to hold the vellum hymn over the colored sea shore before adding everything onto a blue card stamped with the same sea shore in faded jeans distress ink.  Silver cord ribbon with a silver heart charm finish the front off.

For the inside, I stamped sayings from both The Mighty Sea and With Deepest Sympathy.

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies #1909 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday 2/22 to 3/19 - Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamps & More #331 - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #376 to #377 - Anything Goes
Splitcoast USEIT2019 - Use Your Forgotten Stash
Double D Challenges - Let's Make Music

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!


Stamps: Divinity Designs (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Chalk, Applicator, Silver Cord, Heart Charm, Silver Brads

Sympathy Heart - MFP Stamp Shop Blog Hop Day 1

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

Hearts and Bunnies
 BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, Feb. 23-26 FOR SOME FUZZY BUNNY LOVEY FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the Feb. 26th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Bunny or Heart related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the Feb. 26 post. The winners will be announced on March. 12, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday March. 11, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
Feb. 24- Baskets by Vickie
 Feb. 26- Egg and Silverware wrappers by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Today I'm sharing a clean and simple sympathy card made for my pastor who unfortunately found his own father dead alongside the road last week.  I wanted to make sure there weren't a lot of frilly stuff on it since it was going to a guy, but still show how hearts can be used for more than just "I love you" or "anniversary" stuff.  After stamping my image from Love Love Love and coloring with prismacolor markers, I pulled out a black pen to create the faux stitching along the edges before stamping the saying then added black brads before mounting onto a die cut red scalloped card.

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Heart and Bunny projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by March 11th and check back on March 12, 2016 to see if you are a winner. 

I See Better Days Ahead - Friends Of SpeedyTV Challenge #10

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my MFT post, please scroll down one posting.  Thanks.

Welcome to another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge brought to you by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  This week our challenge to create a sympathy card since we are all challenged to make those when we really need them. 

For my card, I pulled out a trio of sets, Dogwood Blossoms, Light Up Your Life for the inside, and one of my favorite sets Winter Crocus.  After the dogwood branch several times in memento tuxedo black onto Snow Storm Smooth premium paper and coloring with prismacolor markers, I stamped the single dogwood blossom four more times, colored, and cut out to pop up later instead of using brads around my saying.  Pulling out my spellbinders dies, I die cut two layers and then stamped my saying for a clean and simple look before adding my "blossom brads".  No additional embellishments were needed once the extra blossoms were added.  'I'm really happy with the way it turned out since I put it together while dealing with another nasty migraine.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and make sure to stop by SpeedyTV and participate in our challenge this week.

Stamps: MFP Winter Crocus, Dogwood Blossoms, Light Up Your Life

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, MFP Markies Strawberry Milkshake, Deep Olive

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Spellbinders Dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot

You Are Cherished - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's January Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Love Remains Featured January 17
Cowgirls Rule Featured January 18
Sending Happy Thoughts Featured January 19
You Are Cherished Featured January 20

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!)We will announce all four winners on January 21, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win!) The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Friday January 20, 2012.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Pat G.

Karen H.

Patty P.

Mary

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Nancy

Bonnie (that's me)

Harriet

Kathy

Silvia

Brenda

Mark's Finest Papers

Hi there.  Thanks for hopping with us all this week.  I hope you have found some projects to inspire you with the new stamp sets from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  Today is the last day of our hop so make sure you've left comments along the way for a chance to win one of the daily stamp sets.

My project today touches on a subject we all have to address at some point, yet seem to have a hard time stamping - Sympathy cards.  I found out this week that a family friend lost both of her parents recently, and I thought the new You Are Cherished set would be perfect. 

After stamping my image onto Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth premium paper and colored with prismacolor markers, I went looking on the Internet for the lyrics to Celine Dion's song from Titanic "My Heart Goes On" and printed those off in a MS Word document on regular white card stock.  Then I decided to stipple Tim Holtz Scattered Straw and Tattered Rose distress inks around the card and layered heart image before adding some satin ribbon, heart clip and angel charm from my stash with a circle clip.  My saying was created by taking the PEACE from the stamp set and carefully cutting it apart so I could stamp the letters individually and split the heart.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the Design Team's blogs for a chance to win today's stamp set.

Stamps: MFP You Are Cherished, Happy Pansies (for ladybugs)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Scattered Straw & Tattered Rose Distress Inks

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth Premium Paper, Limeade, Barely Pink, Morning Sun

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Charm, MFP Satin Ribbons, Heart Clip, Circle Clip, Pop Dots, Brads

Pines Sympathy

Short post today thanks to another migraine.  I thought I had uploaded this card already, however I found out I hadn't.

Recently I had need for a sympathy card for someone that lost her grandson suddenly and had to make one in a real hurry, so I pulled out my Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set called A Walk In The Woods.  I like using this set for sympathy cards, or any card in general, because for me talking a walk amongst the trees is soothing and reassuring.  Hopefully, it will be for the recipient as well.

I decided to keep the card simple and stamped the background using PTI's artichoke ink on Stampin Up! garden green card stock before stamping the main image panel in PTI landscape ink twice on to a Mark's Finest Papers Corn Husk scrap piece of premium card stock.  My only embellishments were a pre-made organdy bow and some black baby brads.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP A Walk In The Woods
Ink: PTI Landscape
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Black
Accessories: Bow, Brads, Glue Dots

Dove Of Sympathy

Second post today.  For my teapot challenge card, please scroll one post down.  Thanks.

I had made this card a couple of weeks ago just in case I would need it.  Unfortunately, the need came sooner than I wanted it to. 

The image and saying is a digital set from DeeDee's Digis and I so love this one.  It's easy to color and makes an elegant card.

After coloring with prismacolor markers and stippling Stampin Up! soft sky ink around the dove, I then embossed some Stampin Up! real red card stock using the floral Cuttlebug embossing folder.  After layering, adding an embossed strip across the middle, some black baby brads and gold flower clip were the perfect finishing touches.


Stamps: DeeDee's Digis Dove
Ink: Stampin Up! Soft Sky
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Black, Real Red
Accessories: Pop Dots, Stipple Brush, Prismacolor Markers, Gold Clip, Black Baby Brads, Cuttlebug Floral Screen Embossing Folder, Big Shot.

Missing Sable

Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card for a friend who had to put her 11 year old cat to sleep thanks to cancer.  I wanted to try a different color combo for a sympathy card, so I decided on pinks and purples for the majority of the card.  I used the flowers from Papertrey Ink's Spiral Bouquet to create the background for the layers as well as the main flowers. 

After stamping my flowers, I pulled my saying from Papertrey's With Sympathy and With Sympathy Loss Of Pet to complete my card.

Stamps: PTI With Sympathy, With Sympathy Loss Of Pet

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery

Cardstock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Almost Amethyst

Accessories: Prima, Pearl Sticker, Sponge, Brads

Praying For You

Happy Sunday everyone. I have a card to share today from the archives. I had considered sending it in for publication at one time, but just never did.

The card uses the Papertrey Ink set Wishing You along with Damask Designs. I had wanted a clean and simple card that could be used for sympathy or for someone that was having a hard time and just needed to know somebody else cared.

The tulip flower is stamped twice in PTI pure poppy ink on white cardstock so the flower can be popped up for added dimension with the leaves and "stalk" in PTI new leaf ink. The Damask backgrounds are also stamped in the same colors on their coordinating cardstocks. Two butterflies were added above the saying with bling bodies for a touch of whimsy before adding black mini brads for a touch of elegance.


Stamps: PTI Damask Designs, Wishing You
Cardstock: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, White
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Bling, Mini Glue Dots, Black Mini Brads

Watercolored Sympathy

I had the need for a sympathy card this last week and had an Inkadinkadoo stamp for a while that really needed to see some ink. So I stamped this in memento tuxedo black on plain white Georgia Pacific white cardstock and then decided to pull out my Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils and a blender marker.

Let's just say I am impressed! I am in love with the way this image turned out. Stampin Up! going grey is lightly stippled around the outside edges of the image as well as the card itself. The saying is an old retired Stampin Up! set who's name escapes me right now.

It's amazing how clean and simple can be so pretty sometimes.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Stampin Up!

Cardstock: Going Grey, Real Red, Basic Grey, White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Basic Grey
Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Stipple Brush, Brads

Sympathy Trio

The need to make sympathy cards never seems to arrive at the right time. But then, what is the right time? Last week, I found myself needing to make several cards for my husbands family when Uncle Benny passed away last Tuesday. For my mother-in-law and my husband's aunt, I had some Thomas Kincade cards ready made just in case they would ever be needed. What do you do though, when the mojo disappears due to the shock of someone's passing on top of migraine medication?

In my case, I turned to the trusty keep it simple stamper method. It's never failed me before, and it didn't fail me now.

Using my Stampin Up! color wheel, I chose a color scheme for my cards (in this case soft subtles) and just moved the colors around. This way I was able to mass produce my cards, and still keep them somewhat personalized at the same time.

I pulled out a Stampin Up! Easter set that I thought was appropriate and a Stampin Up! sympathy set and just combined them. I'm very happy with the results. The outside of the cards has the verse from Luke 24:6 "He is not here but is Risen" from the Glorious Gift set; with the inside verse "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal" from the Close as a Memory set.

Stamps: Stampin Up! Close As A Memory, Glorious Gift
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Almost Amethyst, Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky

Ink:Stampin Up! Almost Amethyst, Soft Sky, Lavender Lace, Apricot Appeal, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Confetti Flowers, Stampendous Bling Stickers, Mini Glue Dots, Stipple Brush