Floral, this time.

Welcome again!

I had no sooner completed the first two sympathy cards I needed this week when I heard that I needed a third!

This time I went 'floral' and I am very happy with the result, although it took me all afternoon and I had several 'oops' occasions!

I started with some paper that was on my desk - that had been under some die cuts I had painted and sprayed with a silver glimmer mist.  I know my friend would have laughed with me over using this!

This is a close-up of the shimmer that is on the paper.

I edged all the layers with a quick rub over a bundled sage distress ink pad.

I found some cream shimmery organza ribbon and tied a triple bow.

Stamped, embossed and cut and sponged the sentiment panel.  A bit of an oops there - I discovered when I went to emboss, I must have touched the stamp twice, and I had to take a fine sable brush and tidy the excess....

Now if you have never seen a cream and blue flower with blue leaves, I can understand, but  my friend was never one for the conventional....

I initially assembled this onto just the cream base.  I then stamped a sentiment inside and some flowers... and messed around with the flower colouring it, and boo-boo'd again, so badly that in the end I cut the back of the card off and mounted the front on a blue layer, and that really tied the whole thing together and made it 'sing' - finally!  Needless to say the inside now has just a simple sentiment stamped on it! 

I am linking this to:

A.R.T. Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment Challenge #87 - With Sympathy

Crafty Ribbon Challenge #54 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Milk Coffee Challenge - Emboss it

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Punches or Die Cut

Die Cut Divas July Challenge- Summer Flowers

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #60 - Lots of Layers

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A Simple Sympathy Card

Welcome.

 I am so glad you have visited my wee corner of blogland.

I had a call to make some sympathy cards this week.  Why is it that the need for sympathy cards always comes in waves? Then there is always the decision, do I make a feminine card for a widow, or a vaguely masculine one to acknowledge the loss of her husband?  And also, what does one make for a mother who had lost a son?

This is the first one I made.

The paper is from a new pad I got - the brand is 'Rosies'... not the top of the line, but definitely useful! That was layered over a matte mid-blue layer and then onto a pale grey/lilac base.

The ribbon tied all the colour together in the paper, and I managed to make the double bow look good - recently every time I have gone to make a bow it has turned to custard!!

I embossed the sentiment in gold and cut it using a floral ovals die, and sponged it with violet ink before removing the die. It was mounted using foam dots to give some dimension.

I left the tails of the bow long so they would pop out from under the sentiment panel, and added the wee rhinestone flourish, which neatly mimics the flourish on the edge of the paper.

I am linking this to:

Crafts and Me Challenge #139 - Anything Goes

Diva's by Design - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #137 - Bling it On

Rhedd and Rosies Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow Blog Challenge #59 - Layer it Up

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #90 - Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built What If Wednesday Sketch J2413 
(I inverted the sketch)

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Casing a Master

Welcome - Thank you for visiting me again

I have had a wonderful day in my studio - mainly working on a large project, but I also made this card whilst 'waiting for things to dry'.

I was cruising the internet this morning when I saw this card by Michelle  Woerner, and immediately thought 'I have the die used for this cut' and that was my starting point.

I cut the vertical pattern almost the same as Michelle's card,(I offset the die on the third cut a wee bit differently)  then changed the sentiment and simply stamped and embossed it onto the white card.

The flower is one I had crocheted a while ago and popped into my stash, I attached it with a glue dot, and added a half pearl in the centre.

I decided to mount the white over a cream card, but before I did so I sponged the edges of both colours of card with a soft orange ink and also rounded all the corners.

I lined the inside with copy paper after stamping a poinsettia in orange in opposing corners, and sponging the edges, again.

So this is my CASE of Michelle's project - somewhat more simple, and with different colours, but I am very happy with it.

I am linking this to:

Simply Less is More Challenge #129 - Flowers

Alphabet Challenge Blog- L for-lace (Crochet lace flower)

Brown Sugar Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Challenge #112 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Totally Papercraft Friday Challenge #176 - Make Your Own Flower
Joanna Sheen - Citrus Colours

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A Ripping Good Time

Welcome.

 This second card that I taught last week is not my usual style, but it is good to extend myself, and those I am teaching.  The style? Shabby Chic.

I started the class by teaching them to tear paper so you have a ragged edge to sponge, and then layering onto the card base.  The layer on the outer edge is actually some wrapping paper that I bought some 10 years or more ago!

The flourishes were cut in a light brown card and sponged, before being layered under the rose.

The rose is made out of dictionary paper, the edges stained and folded and crushed gently to get the turn back... at class there were many laughs as some were a tad energetic with their 'crushing'! One even turned into a 'bud'!

These little flowers were a result of one of the class members punching some scrap paper and squishing it slightly.  Again I stained mine and added a pearl when I mounted them.

The lace is some I bought off a local auction site - I added some pearls for decoration.

I added the embossed sentiment after class, when I had decided what I wanted to use the card for.

I am linking this to:

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - A Little Romance (the lace)

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Female Birthday

Ladybugs Craft Ink Challenge - Happy Birthday

LEJ Designs Challenge #62 - Anything Goes

ShoppingOur Stash challenge #110 - Strangest Purchase (Wrapping Paper)

Sweet Stamps Challenge #126 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #126 - Anything Goes

Use It Tuesday Challenge #59 - Anything Goes (wrapping paper that is 10 yrs old - possibly older)

Anything Goes Challenge #97- Anything Goes

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Embossed Dots and Butterflies

Welcome

I ran a card class last week and this is one of the cards that I taught.

The idea of embossing the background cut-outs was well received, and each of the resulting cards was a little different, as the circles were adhered slightly differently.  There were  three different sized circles in each paper, and I encouraged them to use three inside, and six outside the card.

The large butterfly was cut in cardstock, and then cut and embossed with vellum, had liquid pearls added to the body, and layered onto the card.

Small butterflies were cut from the scraps of vellum and added around the card.

The sentiment was embossed and then die cut and sponged before being attached using foam dots.

I am linking this to:

Creative Corner Challenge #27 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Quick Quotes Friday Challenge #29 - Dimension

Sister Act Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #175 - All of a Flutter

Pink Gem Challenge #88 - Spots and/or stripes

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge #168 - favourite technique - embossing

My Creative Moments Word Play Saturday Challenge - Happy Birthday

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Any comments you may leave are very much appreciated

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Tag Engagement

Welcome to my wee corner of the blogisphere

I have an engagement card to share today that I was asked to make.

The only instruction was that it was to be 'romantic'  to suit  the young couple.

I started with a fairly large tag which I distressed and sponged the edges of, and then gold embossed the sentiment on.

A large pink flower (that I have had so long I do not know where it came from) and some lace finished the tag.

The base of the card was some bright pink card, softened by an overlay of printed vellum, which I embossed with the word congratulations.

A few pink pearls and the card was finished.

I am linking this to:

Our Daily Bread Designs SLC #161 - Love,Wedding or Anniversary

Craft Room Challenge - Vintage

Love Rubber Stamps Challenge #60 - Use a Hoarded Item (Flower and lace)

Paper Minutes Challenge #277 - Anything Goes

C is for Challenge #1 - Flowers

Creative Stamps Friends Challenge #81 - Tags

Love to Scrap Challenge #9 - Anything Goes

Melonheadz Challenge - Embossing

Paper Playtime Challenge #14 - Tags

Simon Says Stamp and Show - A Little Stamping

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #88 - Anything Goes

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One Shade of Gray

Welcome.  

I needed a card in a hurry today as I had missed the date it was for, and I was meeting one of the recipients this afternoon.  I also wanted to enter a challenge that was to use grey on a CAS card.

I also was inspired by this card on Libby Hickson's blog, so took the liberty to CASE it.

The camera has played 'dirty' with the colours, and after a wee bit of work, I managed to get the colours true in the above photo, but the others still distort it a bit.

I had 'fun' with the sentiment as the stamp has the words above each other, so I had to mask the stamp with masking tape and use a stamp-a-ma-jig to line the words up. 

To add to the difficulties, I got the front panel finished, the edges all sponged and managed to smudge it :-( - so it was turn the card over and start again... so much for a quick card!!  I stamped the main sentiment first, masked it all off and stamped the background - the first time was better than this attempt, but time was fast running out, and this perfectionist had to just had to let it go.

I am linking this to:

Simply Less is More Challenge #127 - Shades of Grey

Catch The Bug July Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Making Mama's Challenge #72 - Monochromatic

Inspire Me Fridays #110 - Anything Goes

Laft of Centre Challenge #9 - Use a sentiment on the front of the card

Sister Act Challenge #14 - Anything Goes

No Matter Which Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #87 - Anything Goes

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Simple Sea Scene

Welcome

I have been MIA as life, and family events, have taken precedence to blogging these past few days.

This card was quite simple to make - the paper is a trimming from one I downloaded and printed from TLC Creations called Dad's Honey Do Paper.

The image is from Digital Two for Tuesday,  coloured with chalks.

The sentiment is embossed with a dark blue embossing powder, and the stamp is from Hero Arts.

A somewhat CAS card but I am happy with it.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #87 - Anything Goes

Can You Digi it Challenge #39 - Summer Smiles

Deep Ocean Challenge #55 - On The Beach

Inky Chicks Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Ladybugs Craft Inks Challenge Blog - Birthdays

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #59 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge #138 - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge #52 - Make Your Mark (colouring)

Little Red Wagon Challenge #192 - CAS

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May your day be blessed