Sympathy

I never seem to have sympathy cards on hand - maybe because they really aren't the kind of cards you want to think about making. However, right now I need a couple. I kept it simple as that just seems to me the way sympathy cards need to be. You want to give the recipient some sort of peace and one that is too busy doesn't seem to cut it.

So here is the first one I made.

I used a label from nestabilities to cut out the shape and then sprayed it with blue walnut ink over that I stamped the rose image from Penny Black. There is some star dust stickles on the rose as well. The strips down the side are washi tape. The white background is embossed with an embossing folder. The flower is from prima flowers with a silver brad through the two layers. I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Here is the next card:

Instead of blue walnut ink spray I used lilac walnut ink spray. I was surprised when I say the star dust stickles on the rose turned pink when it dried. Not sure it is a bad thing just unexpected. There are three gold nail head stickers on the top. The dp is from Basic Grey.

The words are from an old Angel Company stamp set.

These Boots

I made this series of cards as thank you cards for the ladies that teach Sunday School at my church. I said something like "thank you for teaching the kids to walk in the way of the Lord" on the inside.

The boots are from Penny Black and colored with copic markers and covered with diamond glaze. The words are from an old Angel Company stamp set. The dp is from Bo Bunny. The corners are done with two ek success punches. The label and the scalloped rectangle are from nestabilities. 

 I added the flower at the bottom because the diamond glaze ran when I moved the card to dry.  There are no mistakes only ways to be creative. lol There are purple nail head stickers near the top and gold ones in the center of the two flowers.

The squares on the top are pez-a-doodles from a company that went out of business. The green paper is DCWV and distressed.  

Hope you enjoyed this series.

Covered Bridge

I'm on a red, white and blue kick - of course it is that time of year. I love covered bridges and this image reminds me of the covered bridge near where I grew up. Unfortunately some arsonists burned it down a few years ago.

This image can be found at http://www.stubbystampers.com/shopping/stamps/scenes.htm. Stubby Stampers have all sorts of wonderful stamps that are very reasonably priced. I colored it with prisma color pencils with some stickles added in the water. The dp is from bo bunny and the black strip is washi tape. The stars are rhinestones from Target's One Spot section years ago. (you can find all sorts of good stuff there.)

I am entering this card in the Sketch Saturday Challenge using this week's sketch.

Enjoy your summer moments in or near the water.

Happy Hopper

An on-line friend sent me this kit. It was supposed to be for a baby boy but I don't have any need for that kind of card just now so I turned it to just a boy/male card with the red, white and blue theme as I made it on the 4th.

The bunny and the flags are colored with copics. I think I need more practice on doing clouds like this but they will do. I popped up the hat and glove and then added a baseball. You can see the layer a bit better here.

 I added some twine on both sides of the flags and some nailhead stickers on the corners. The red dp is two nestabilities labels cut in half and arranged around the Happy Hopper layer.I distressed some of the layers with red Marvy Matchables dye ink.

Just as I was posting this I decided he needed a fluffy tail so I added a bit of cotton from a Q-tip.

Here is my cat, Tinkerbell helping me take the photos.

Hope your day is full of fun and crafts.

Prima Girl

I have seen these mixed media stamps by julie nutting/prima and liked them and finally saw one at my local stamp store and couldn't resist.

I don't know if I will get any more as they are quite tall but they are fun. The card was made from an 8 1/2" square piece of paper folded in half. This one is colored with copics. The dress is paper pieced. The sash is colored with copics and the dress is highlighted with copics. The underskirt is colored with a white pen and she is outlined with the pen. The fancy edge is done with a fiskars border punch. The swirls and flower at the bottom are the punches from the edging. The dotted dp is from bobunny. Organza ribbon is tied around the one edge with a bow and then buttons are adhered with soowang tape.

Hope you enjoyed.

Jan's Tray

A few months ago a member of our church died suddenly. Jan was well loved and in charge of many things at church. One thing she did was to head up the social committee. She kept a well stocked cupboard of many of the supplies that were needed to host luncheons and such at the church. I was asked to make something to indicate that it was Jan's cupboard in memory of her. This is what I came up with.

I have had this tray for probably 30 years. I got it to put a cross stitch picture in but never got to it. So now it finally has a purpose. It really is a wonder that I saved it when I moved. It will now hang on the door of the cupboard.

Here is a picture of the scene before it was put under glass.

The words were done in Word Art in Microsoft Word. The letters are colored with R29, R27, and R24 copics. The butterflies and swirls are made with memory box die cuts. The swirls had parts cut off to make them fit in this space. The gold paper was on clearance at JoAnn's. The roses were stamped using a Penny Black stamp. The stamp was colored with Zig Memory Brushables markers. The markers have two colors on each marker. The leaves were done with the two colors of green but the roses were done just in the dark red. Jan loved red and white roses. Here is a close-up of the roses.

A sheet of scor-tape was adhered to white card stock and then Elizabeth's Silk Microfine Warm Diamond Glitter was burnished over top. Then the stamp was stamped on top of the glitter paper. I cut out the four roses and mounted them on the plain card stock. The damask dp is by Bazzill Basics and the dotted dp is from BoBunny. I had bought some ribbon to make a bow for this project. When I went to grab it I found I had some ribbon just like it with the bow already made. I really think God already knew what this project was going to be long before I started it.

When I went to start this project I was going to use a rose bud stamp I already had but it was too brittle to make a good image anymore. Wonder why some stamps get like that. Anyway I went to my local stamp store to buy a new stamp expecting to spend $10-$12 and came out with almost $40 of supplies for this project. lol.

I am glad Jan is with the Lord now but she is certainly missed by those of us left behind.

Thinking of Tilda

Tilda is sitting pretty on a tag/sticker from a Basic Grey collection. Ribbon is laced through the tag with paper flowers on each side. There are brads for centers of the flowers and some pink glitter glue applied to the flowers. Tilda is colored with copic markers. The lace on the bottom of the dress has frosted lace stickles on it. The blue isn't really quite that bright IRL. The white paper is scored at about inch intervals with squares of Basic Grey paper in 4 of the resulting squares. The butterfly is done with a McGill punch and has star dust stickles on it. The words are from an old angel company stamp set.