Sympathy Card - TSOT #653

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  When I first looked at this sketch challenge  at the Try Stamping on Tuesday site it really put me off.  I'm not a fan of the colours used on the sketch and wasn't planning on doing anything with it.  But then I took another look at it today, and decided if I ignored the blue and orange and just concentrated on the design elements then I could probably come up with something.   

HERE'S MY CARD: 

A friend lost her mom earlier this week to cancer, and I wanted to send a sympathy card to let the family know how much we cared.   Here's what I came up with using this sketch. 

SUPPLIES:

Stamp Sets and Dies:

• Country Flowers by Stampin' Up! #163405 for the sentiments and the floral  image.
• Classic Cloche (R) #156355 for the bird
• Encircled in Nature dies  by Stampin' Up! for the Floral sprigs

Card Stock and Designer Paper: 

• Misty Moonlight card base measuring 8 1/2" x 5 12" scored at 4 1/4".   
• Whisper White for inside mat 5 1/4" x 4", a 3" x 3" scrap of Whisper White for the Oval and sentiment  "sending love". 
• Moody Mauve mat for card front 5 3/8" x 41/8"
• Winter Meadow designer series paper for the layered mat.  4" x 5 1/4" piece of double sided DSP.  Cut the dsp mat in half and flip one side of the pattern to the front.  Mat measures 2" x 5 1/4".

Ink and Blends: 

• Momento Tuxedo Black for bird and floral images
• Misty Moonlight for sentiments and stencilling
• Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Moody Mauve, Seaside Spray (R) stamping blends to colour birds, 

Accessories:

• Foursquare Decorative Mask #161285 (R)for stencilling on focal piece
• Adhesive Backed Sequins #161206

Making sympathy cards is not something I enjoy doing, because of the sadness that surrounds them.  But I must say this sympathy card seemed to come together easily and I found the colour mix and the design of the papers to be quite soothing.  

I really enjoy the stamps in the Country Flowers Stamp set which I used to stamp both the flowers and the sentiments.  The oval had just too much white space on it so before stamping the sentiment I placed one of the Foursquare Decorative Masks over the oval and applied some Misty Moonlight ink with a blending brush.  The flowers were coloured with blends and I added some iridescent sequins around them to give just a hint of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by.  

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TOP Three - Peace on Earth #70 Sketch Challenge

 

Wow, I had a delightful surprise that I want to share.  Today when I was checking out some of the sketch challenge sites I saw my entry for the Peace on Earth #70 was chosen as one of the top 3 winners of this sketch challenge. How cool is that? 

I am proudly displaying my badge in this post and in my sidebar for this challenge and thank the Design Team and Peace on Earth Sketch Challenges for choosing my entry! Congrats to Fabiola and Vicky who were also amongst the Top 3.  And congrats to the awesome overall winner of this sketch challenge is Trina Pham.  Make sure you check out her entry it is super gorgeous!

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Peace on Earth Challenge #70

I stopped by the Peace on Earth Challenge blog today to check out their latest mood board and was thoroughly taken with the vintage Christmas inspiration.  Here it is: 

The images on this mood board remind me of the vintage Christmas cards my mom used to send back in the day.  Love them all! 

Here is my card: 

When you first looked at the mood board, what jumped out for you?  For me, the open Christmas door captured my attention as it looked so inviting, calling you in.  But then, my focus quickly shifted to the skates and sled propped against the brick wall.  How iconic are these as winter symbols? Growing up winter games and recreation were a highlight of the snowy season.  Almost everyone I knew owned skates or a sled.  Often you'd see them propped against the outside door drying off after a hard play.  So, despite the fact that many other entries used the same inspiration from the mood board, I decided to throw my hat into the ring, and do the same.  

For this card the background seemed so important in setting the stage.  I remembered having some lovely brick and wood background papers in my stash, so I dug through until I found this one.  This pinkish toned brick paper was one of several sheets in the long retired "In Good Taste" 6 x 6 dsp pack.  I love the colour and 3-D brick imagery, in this paper.  I added a Cherry Cobbler mat beneath the paper to ground it and help tie in the other red elements in the card design.

For the inside of the card I stamped an image from another old Stampin' Up! stamp set called Winter Memories.  I stamped the image of the sleigh and cardinals in full strength Crumb Cake ink and then stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink through the center.  Again I used a red mat to pull everything together for this layer.  

Supplies:

Stamp Set(s) and Dies: 

• Sophisticated Sled #164340 (note this is part of the OLE - Online Exclusive product line in 2024/25
• Winter Memories #127937 (R) (sled and wreath inside card) 
• Christmas Gleaming #150464 (R) (Merry Christmas sentiment)

Sophisticated Sled - On Line Exclusive Stamp Bundle 

Cardstock and DSP:

• 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" Whisper White card base scored at 4 1/4"; 3 7/8" x 5" Whisper White mat for inside the card.  Scraps of Whisper White for the die cut skates and the Merry Christmas sentiment.  
• 4" x 5 1/4" Cherry Cobbler mats for the front and inside of the card; 1 1/2" x 4" piece of Cherry Cobbler for the sled frame and skate laces die cuts.
• Scraps of Garden Green for the two leaf die cuts which I cut in half so I could spread them around the top of the sled and the skates. 
• 2 1/2" x 4" piece of Crumb Cake for the sled topper and rail.  
• Scrap of silver foil for the skate blades . Tip:  I used a scrap of adhesive sheet behind the silver foil before die cutting.  When you're working with tiny pieces it's easier to do this to adhere them to your design. 

I love that fat little cardinal.  He was easy to color with blends.  I stamped the skates image in Cherry Cobbler ink and then die cut the image.  It looked quite flat against the sleigh so I decided to pop up two of the die cut skates from the Sophisticated Sled die set on top with dimensionals.  Voila that looked 100% better.  I added some Star Form Glitter dots in Red and Silver to the leaves and the joints on the sleigh.  That makes for easy mailing.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is also popped up on mini dimensionals.  

Inks:

• Cherry Cobbler ink and Cherry Cobbler Blends for colouring bird. 
• Crumb Cake 
• Momento Black ink for cardinal 

Accessories: 

• Tombow Glue 
• Dimensionals
• Adhesive sheets for skates 
• Starform Glitter Dots in Red and Silver

Well that's it for this entry.  I hope you like the scene I created.  How about playing along with this challenge at Peace on Earth you can enter up until September 1st, 2024.  Completing challenges is a great way to build a stash of Christmas Cards.  Why not give it a try.

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Pool Party Monochromatic Birthday Card - FMS #650

This week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Judy at Jar Full of Joy   I wanted to make a monochromatic birthday card using some Stampin' Up! designer series paper and a stamp and die set I hadn't tried out yet, so these  three rectangles in the sketch became the perfect layout.  

Click here to see the Design Team and Participants creations and inspiration.

HERE'S MY CARD: 

I love this Subtles Designer paper.  It comes in a 6 x 6 package and includes all the colours in the Subtles color line.  The sentiment "Time to Celebrate" is from the Round We Go stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Round We Go Dies and Stamps 

I'm  glad I bought this set as it has quite a good variety of sentiments and the fonts are a wonderful mashup of styles.  

I haven't created or used a lolly on my cards for some time.  The die in the Round We Go coordinating die set is really easy to use and cuts and puts in the tiny fold lines.  To make this lolly I needed two strips of designer paper that I joined together using Tom Bow.  I've seen other folks using a heat gun, but with the DSP it didn't seem necessary. 

I wanted to keep the inside of the card relatively dressy but simply by adding a layer of pool party beneath the white mat.  Normally I would cut this layer using  card stock but I decided to use a piece of the beautiful DSP. I think it looks great.  The font for the Happy Birthday sentiment is quite cool.  It's also from the Round We Go Stamp Set.  

I pulled out an old retired birthday stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Picture Perfect Birthday, to stamp the little party horn to mount on the focal piece.  I love those stamps and have never been able to part with them because they add such a fun feeling to a celebration.  To make sure the little horn stood out from the background color I stamped it using Coastal Cabana Ink.  The beautiful opalescent sequins bring the focal point to life. 

SUPPLIES USED: 

Stamp & Die Set(s):

• Round We Go Stamp Set #163724
• Round We Go Dies #163729
• Picture Perfect Birthday #145519
• Stitched circle dies (R) 

Designer Series Paper:

• Subtles (2024) 6 x 6 DSP - Pool Party - 2 strips dsp with circles and 1 strip with leaves - all strips 1 5/8" x 3 6/8", 4" x 5 1/4" dsp with circles for inside mat.

Cardstock:

• Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for card base scored at 4 1/4", 4" x 5 1/4" mat layer for card front,  3 3/4" x 4 7/8" mat for inside, scrap piece for 2" stitched circle and horn 
• Pool Party 4 1/4" x 5 3/8" mat for card front 
• Pool Party Cut two 1 1/2" x 5" strips with circles for lolly and die cut a circle to use on the back of the lolly as an anchor point. 

Ink: 

• Pool Party
• Coastal Cabana 

Accessories:

• Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins - 5
• Dimensionals 

Thank you for checking out my FMS#650FMS#649 challenge card this week.  I'm really happy to have visitors and love to have comments.  I'd also like to know if my card or those of other participants and or the FMS Design Team have influenced you to play along.  Let me know, I'd love to see your card too.  

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Coffee With Friends AHSC #591

After an extremely busy week it was fun to sit down and try out this week's
sketch design by Michelle at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  This uncomplicated design was just what I needed, and it didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted to make with it.

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HERE'S MY CARD: 

One of my guilty pleasures in life is a good cup of coffee and the only thing better is sharing time with a friend over a cup of coffee.  I loved the sentiment "this one's on me" and thought it would be the perfect saying on a note card to invite a friend to join me "on the house".  

I flipped this sketch sideways and added an additional mat using the Designer Series Paper on the card front.  

I fussy cut 2 coffee mugs from one of the designer series papers for the focal point popping up the Lost Lagoon colored mug with dimensionals. I also used dimensionals to support the stitched circle and nested it over top of some linen thread that was laid down in a figure eight.  

SUPPLIES:

Stamp and Die Sets:

• Latte Love #163455 stamp set and 
• A Little Latte Dies 

Card Stock and Designer Series Paper:

• Whisper White 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card based scored and folded at 4 1/4". A 3" x 3" piece for stitched circle for focal point 
• 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Pecan Pie embossed 
• A Little Latte DSP #163453 for front mat 4" x 5 1/4" and a 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece for front mat.  1/4" x  5" strip for inside card. DSP is Calypso Coral with white patterned coffee beans in the design.  Two coffee cups were cut for the focal point.

Inks:

• Lost Lagoon

Accessories: 

• Basic 3-D Embossing Folder with large dots
• Adhesive Backed Swirled Dots #163464
• Linen Thread
• Dimensionals 

Thank you for dropping by.  I'd love to hear what type of cards you like  to make and what your challenges are.  Does my sample card inspire you to try this design challenge? I would love to hear from you, and  love receiving comments.

Until the next time............. 

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Peace on Earth Challenge #

It's hard making Christmas cards when it's hot outside but having a mood board such as this one from Peace On Earth's #69 sketch challenge really inspired me to get creative.  When trying to decide on my winter themed card I was drawn to two of the elements in the mood board.  The first was the white horse with the jaunty Santa hat and the second was the white chenille looking trees. 

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HERE IS MY CARD: 

I liked the little pops of red shown in the mood board.  I added a layer of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to the card front followed by a piece of Whisper White that I embossed with the Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder.  If I was making this card again, I think I'd spritz the Whisper White layer with water prior to embossing to make the trees a little bolder or emboss a second piece and cut around the trees and then layer them over the base layer of trees with dimensionals.  

I wanted to showcase that red Santa hat on the horse, but couldn't find any hats that small, and then I had the aha moment realizing that the sleigh riders hat would fit the horse too.  So I quickly re stamped just that portion of the stamp with the hat in it and fussy cut it out.  Before mounting it on the horse's head I coloured it with a with Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend.  Finally, I added a sled runner that I cut out with the coordinating die cuts from a scrap of silver foil.  

For the inside of the card I added the sentiment "Wishing You a Season of Cheer which is from the Horse and Sleigh stamp set stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink.  The smaller image of the sled is from the Christmas Barn set and is stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black ink.   

SUPPLIES:

Stamp Sets:

• Horse and Sleigh Retired Stampin' Up! #162119
• Christmas Barn Retired Stampin; Up! #159747

Cardstock:

• 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Whisper White for card base
• 3 7/8" x 51/8" piece of Whisper White for front panel
• 3 3/4" x 5" piece Whisper White for inside panel
• 5 1/4" x 4" Cherry Cobbler for front layer 
• 5" x 3 7/8" piece for inside layer 
• Scrap of Silver Foil for sled runner die cut 

Ink:

• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Cherry Cobbler 
• Cherry Cobbler Dark Stampin' Blends

Accessories:

• Tom Bow Glue
• Dimensionals
• Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder
• Horse and Sleigh Dies 

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my very simple card for the Peace On Earth #69 Card challenge.  This card could be stepped up very easily by adding sequins or a dusting of sparkle across the trees.  I hope you liked it.  I'd love to hear your comments.  

Happy Stamping! 

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Bi-Plane Fun Masculine Birthday Card - Freshly Made Sketches #648

Happy Saturday and welcome to my blog.  Summer is whizzing by and we continue to have hot dry weather.  Some days, I just don't feel like leaving the house or doing anything outside. Today is one of those days, so I'm happily heading to my craft room to get some crafting time in.  Join me......

The Abbotsford Airshow is happening this weekend and all day long I can hear the planes roaring overhead.  Since planes are on my brain, I thought it would be a great opportunity to use Narelle's sketch #648 from Freshly Made Sketches for today's card.   Here's the sketch:

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HERE'S MY CARD: 

Supplies: 

My card features papers from the Take to the Sky Designer series paper featured in the annual Stampin' Up! Catalogue and the coordinating stamps and dies from Adventurous Sky.  

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Stamp Set and Dies:

• Adventurous Sky 

Paper:

• Take to the Sky DSP for the mats on the outside and inside of the card. 

Accessories: 

• Layering Squares Dies
• 1" square die punch 
• Dimensionals 

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my card.  Hope you liked  it.  This was a very quick and easy card to make and I hope it inspires you to try different styles of cards and perhaps join in the challenge, there's still time.  

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