Get Well Wishes - FMS #641

Summer has finally arrived and while the saying "careful what you wish for" comes to mind when the high temps kick into gear, we're still enjoying the sunshine and blue skies.  

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Here's My Card: 

I wanted to send a card to my brother-in-law to cheer him up and let him know we were thinking of him, but when I checked my card supplies I realized I was out of get well cards. It's time to replenish my stock.

I don't have any current Stampin' Up! get well stamps, but after a search of my retired ones I found one called "Wellness Wishes", that had small images that are perfect for making some plain and simple get well cards.

For my layout I chose this week's sketch challenge #643 by Freshly Made Sketches. It actually was perfect for showcasing the small stamps in this set. The Designer Series Paper is one of the new InColors called Peach Pie.  

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set:  

Wellness Wishes by Stampin' Up! (retired)

Ink:  

Momento Tuxedo Black

Blends:

• Crumb Cake (Light & Dark) 
• Peach Pie (new in color) (L&D)
• Petal Pink - L
• Flirty Flamingo - L
• Bronze
• Real Red - L
• Pool Party - L 

Dies: 

• Perennial Postage #162607
• Layered Squares (Retired) 

Accessories:

• Dimensionals
• Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins 163484
• Basic 3 D Embossing Folder (R) 1 of 3 folders featuring hatched design

Oh my, what fun little stamps.  I love the bandaids and contemplated putting little punched out hearts in the center, but then I just couldn't cover up those sweet little faces.  The Shiny Sequins are absolutely gorgeous and add a little pop of glam to this card.

Thanks for popping by and seeing today's card.  

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Get Well Wishes #638 Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Narell and the design team at Freshly Made Sketches have posted another beautiful sketch.  I liked the clean and simple design of the sketch, so I decided to use it for a get well card I was planning on making.  Here's this week's sketch: 

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HERE IS MY CARD: 

I pulled a stamp set from my collection called Cheerful Basket to use as the focal point for my card.  Here is my version of the sketch: 

SUPPLIES USED: 

Stamps, Dies and Embossing Folders:  

• Cheerful Basket #158674R Stampin' Up!
• Sincere Salutations  Salutations (R) Stampin' Up!
• Sending Dies for the sentiment strip #159271
• Layering Squares Dies #14708(R)
• Cross Hatch from the Online Exclusives Embossing Folder set 

Cardstock and Paper: 

• Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for base scored at 4 1/4" 
• Whisper White Mats for front and inside.  Front mat 5" x 3 3/4" and Inside  5" x 3 3/4"  
• Sweet Sorbet for mats on the front and inside cut 2 at 5 1/4" x 4" 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" square for DSP mat. 
• Scrap of Granny Apple green for sentiment mat
• DSP scrap Incolor 2022-2024 Sweet Sorbet plaid design cut out with 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" scalloped square die.

Ink: 

• Momento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp images and for sentiments
• Stampin' Blends:  
• Apples - Sweet Sorbet, Real Read, Petal Pink, Dark Cherry Cobbler, Granny Apple Green for leaves
• Kitten - Granite Grey light and dard, White Color Lifter, Smokey Slate and Petal Pink.
• Basket - Crumb Cake L&D, Pecan Pie (L&D) Early Espresso (D) 

Sincere Salutations was one of the first stamp sets I bought from Stampin' Up! back in 2006 when I joined, and although it's retired I'm still using it to this day. 

Cheerful Baskets #158674R 

I covered the surface of the apples once they were coloured with blends, with a glazing product called Nuvo Drops.  This makes the surface shine and look like  real little apples.  What fun! 

When I'm working on a sketch I like to make notes of the supplies used and samples of what was stamped or cut out.  It really helps me remember how the card went together. 

I didn't take a picture of the inside of the card, but quite simply, I matted a piece of Whisper White onto a base of Sweet Sorbet and adhered this to the card base.  I stamped "Get Well" from the Sincere Salutations stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink .  

Thanks for dropping by.  Leave me a comment if you like this card or if you have any questions about how it was made.  Cheers!

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Jungle Pals TSOT#641

The mid-month sketch challenge from Try Stamping on Tuesday (TSOT) #641 runs to March 3rd, 2024.  I decided to give it a try.  Here is the sketch: 

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Here is My Card:

This card is for one of my stamping friends who's currently going through some pretty rough health issues and needs something to lift her spirits. I decided I would use one of my Sale-a-bration stamp sets called Jungle Pals and the coordinating dies and try and create a fun card. 

Stamping Products Used:

Stamp Set & Dies: Jungle Pals (Sale-a-bration now retired)
Cardstock: Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lolly and Whisper White

Ink: Momento Black Ink, Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Lemon Lolly, Wheat, Sweet Sorbet

Blends: L&D Crumb Cake, L&D Gray Granite, L&D Black

Accessories:  White and Pink Pearlized L&S adhesive sequins, Dimensionals, Mini Cut and Emboss Machine, Tom Bow Adhesive, Acrylic Blocks, Regular and Mini blender brushes.  

• The card base measures 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" and is scored at 4 1/4"
• Mat Layer 5 1/4 x 4" piece of Lemon Lolly cardstock, adhered to the base
• 51/8 x 3 7/8" layer of Whisper White for top layer.  I used this piece of card stock beneath my die cut images when I was colouring them with blends to colour the background and make it more interesting. 
• All the leaves, tree trunk and flowers were cut from scraps of Whisper White card stock and then coloured with blending brushes (see Products). 
• The Sloth and the cat were stamped in Momento Black ink on Whisper White cardstock and then coloured with blends and cut out with the coordinating dies.  The Sloth was mounted with Dimensionals to the tree branch.  

For my version of the TSOT #651 sketch, I used the tree for the long vertical  layer.  The leaves at the bottom actually cross over and behind the tree so they represent the strip that runs horizontal on the card, and, the Sloth and flowers and additional leaves are the focal .  

I love the images of the leaves on the background layer I created just by colouring the leaves and flowers with the various layers of ink on top of this whisper white layer.  I moved the images around as I coloured so that the ink would cover the whole area of the layer.  It really looks like the jungle.  

I enhanced the size of the tree trunk by leaving a margin on the right hand side of the tree when I made the first cut.  Then I ran it through the mini cut n' emboss again, moving the die so it cut to the left on the margin which left little stubs of the branches on the side.  You can see them in the photo below.  

Well that's it for this sketch challenge and my Jungle Pals get well card.  I had a lot of fun playing with the dies and stamps in this set and have already started a couple of other cards that I'll post later this week.  What fun!  

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NOTE:  I wasn't paying attention to the TSOT deadline, thinking I had all day, unfortunately it closed at 1pm MT today, so I missed entering my card.  Oh well the sketch still inspired me to make a card and there's lots of great samples on the web link for TSOT.!  

WWC172 - Anything Goes Challenge

Hi stampers.  May is a five week month so that means we get to do a no host "Anything Goes" challenge at Watercooler Wednesday this week.  Are you up for the challenge.

This challenge runs until 5:00pm Mountain Time on Monday June 4th, 2018.  Check out the rules and the linky here. Hope you'll join in and have some fun!

For my project today I'd like to share a "Get Well" card that I've been working on which features one of the new Hostess sets for the upcoming catalogue year, called Hand Delivered.  I think you're going to like it.

Here's My Card:

I pulled my colour scheme for this card from the absolutely stunning new designer paper called "Tranquil Textures".  Although you're going to see this designer paper as the focus in many nautical themed projects, it also works well with other themes.  The designs are so beautiful and the colour mix is so soothing.  

The inside features more of the Tranquil Textures paper and a beautiful samp set called "Sorry For Everything".  

Supplies:

Stamp Sets:
Hand Delivered #146808 and Sorry For Everything #143820

Card Stock and Designer Paper:
Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Night of Navy and Tranquil Textures DSP #146331

Ink:  
Mint Macaron, Pineapple Punch, Night of Navy, Momento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:
Sizzix Rectangular Pin Point Frames (Non-SU), Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Aqua Painter, Dimensionals, Tom Bow Glue, Misti

Details:

1.  This is an A2 card with a top fold.  The card base is a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Whisper White that is scored and folded at 5 1/2".  

2. The first layer is a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Tranquil Textures designer series paper. Because I never like to waste anything, I stamped the girl's skirt in the center of this panel and cut it out before adhering the DSP to the card base.

 3. I used Sizzix Rectangle Pinpoint Dies to cut a 3" x 4" Whisper White panel and a 3 3/8" x 4 3/4" Mint Macaron panel. The Night of Navy panel measures 3 1/8" x 4 1/8" and was cut out with my paper trimmer. All three panels were glued together with Tom Bow glue and then attached to the center of the card with Tear N' Tape. 

The Pinpoint Rectangles add a nice finished touch to these layers.

4.  The image of the girl's skirt and legs was stamped on a scrap of Whisper White with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and cut out with detail scissors.   As noted above I also stamped this image on the center of the DSP layer and fussy cut out just the skirt, which was glued to the Whisper White skirt/legs image. I lightly coloured around the DSP design on the skirt with my aqua painter and Pineapple Punch ink.  The girls legs were coloured with a skin toned blender pen.

5.  To get the mottled effect on the Whisper White layer I applied Mint Macaron ink to an Acryllic Block and stamped it straight onto the card stock.  I stamped the small cluster of dots randomly in Night of Navy ink and then stamped the flowers and coloured them with the Aqua Painter. 

6.  The sign the girl is holding was created by stamping the  image on Whisper White card stock and cutting it out with detail scissors.  I added Dimensionals to the back of this piece and it was attached above the waist band on the girl's skirt.  The sentiment "Hope You Feel Better Soon" was stamped in Night of Navy Ink on Mint Macaron.  This piece was punched out with a 1" square punch and adhered to a 1 1/8" x 1 1/8" layer of Night of Navy cardstock.  These layers were adhered to the center of the sign.  The girls fingers were coloured with a skin toned blender pen. 

7.  For the inside panel I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" panel of Whisper White Card stock and stamped the sentiment "Sorry" in Mint Macaron ink.  The "to hear you're not feeling well" sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy ink.  Two groupings of flowers were stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with an aqua painter.  A 1" x 4" strip of the Tranquil Textures DSP was adhered to the bottom of the panel.  

On June 1st Stampin' Ups! new Annual catalogue will be available and you'll be able to check out all the images for the stamps and papers used in this card.  In the meantime I hope you've enjoyed this new product sneak peak and my card design.  

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MOJO Monday - MOJO289 Get Well Soon Card

I was a little late with posting my card for the Mojo Monday #289 Sketch Challenge, but that's alright.  The nice thing about these sketch challenges is that you can really do it just as a challenge to yourself and then you can do them anytime.  

I liked the layout on this sketch with its paper splitting theme.  I hadn't tried that before and let me tell you it challenged my accuracy with a cutting blade. It worked out okay in the end, and I'm proud to share my rendition here today.

I chose a Get Well Card theme for this sketch.  I have a few folks who have just recently had surgery or it is imminent and I thought this was a cheery way to express my good thoughts to them.  

Get Well Card Based on Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #289

Stamps:  Oh, Whale #129132 Summer Mini

Cardstock:  Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Marina Mist

Ink:  Marina Mist, Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight

DSP:  Sunshine and Sprinkle, #126922 Summer Mini 

Accessories:
Big Shot Machine, Cloudy Day#127022 and Delicate Designs #127023 Embossing Folders, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack #126187, Happy Whale Clearlits Die #129403, 2 1/2" Circle Punch #120906.  Six Regal Rose brads #11938 Subtles Brad Pack, and Dazzling Details Glitter Adhesive #124117.  

 

Happy Whale Clearlits Die on pg 29 of the Spring Mini item #129403

Oh, Whale Stamp Set Clear Mount item #129132 page 29 Spring Mini catalogue.  Such a cute set.  Available until May 30, 2013. 

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