Pansy Sympathy Cards

I cut down a piece of pansy scrapbook paper and made a couple of simple sympathy cards for my stash. These A2 cards were made last summer, but I see by my photo file that I have not yet shared them.

The borders were punched with a MS punch, and the yellow strip was embossed with a texture folder. It looks like ribbon, but it is paper and that makes them very mail friendly! 

Here is another card made with the same paper ... the label stamp, punches and words are all by Stampin' Up. On this card, the border is a Sizzix die.

I love using pretty patterned papers - and since I have an exceptionally large stash of them, it's always nice when I can USE up a whole sheet and get a few cards for my stash as well. Win Win!

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Glittery Hydranges

I have a mail-friendly, CAS, 5x7 card to share today. The paper is absolutely GORGEOUS but the colours and sparkle really don't show up in these low-res web photos.

No sentiment on the outside, so it could be used as a ladies birthday card, a sympathy or even a get well card.

Papers by K&Co, mauve astroparche card stock is from my stash. I love it when a pretty paper can take center stage and this one really fits the bill.

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Aqua Challenge Birthday Card

Weeks and weeks ago (or is it months?) the challenge at the Less Is More blog was to create a CAS card using AQUA.

I knew just what I wanted to do, but had no time to do it that week. Or the next. But eventually I got my card made.

This, unfortunately, is NOT a mail friendly card. But I do hand-deliver some cards throughout the year, so this will be one of them.

That paper flower is soooo pretty. I found a package on clearance at Michaels a long time ago and ended up adding a few more packages to my stash the next time I visited that store. They just called to me.  One of the packages I picked up had black and white paper flowers and I used several of them on the items I made for our daughter's wedding in February!

The card is 4-1/2 x 6", and is a soft grey textured card stock. I believe Tim Holtz makes the paper tape, and the pretty word stamp is a Papertrey Ink one. Another favourite - I love this larger size! The aqua card stock is Baja Breeze (SU) - another favourite of mine.

Hope you like my - very late - card for that great challenge. Thanks for stopping by today!

Beautiful Butterfly Card

Making this card just made me happy.

Butterflies, Dies, Aqua, - what's not to love?

The creamy yellow card base is 5x7, from a package I found at WalMart. It has a matching envelope, which always makes for such a nice set. 

Supplies:  Baja Breeze (SU) cardstock and ribbon, and SU lace.   Butterfly dies - Spellbinders.  All patterned papers - Prima. 

I added a birthday verse inside the card after I took this photo, as my Mom wanted a card for our daughter's upcoming birthday and I knew she'd like this one. (Mom can't get out to buy cards anymore so I keep her supplied).

Funny how it works.  I make a card that makes me happy, give it to my Mom - who really likes it, who gives it to my daughter who will keep it up on her fridge for a long time. Win Win Win!!

Speaking of winning and happiness, my PTI order arrived today!!!!   I'm going to ignore the huge shipping cost, AND the fact that I had to pay additional duty/taxes at the post office. It's enough to make most people cringe, but I'm not going to let that colour my excitement over my new dies and stamps. I've waited a long time to be able to place that order and I'm thrilled with my purchases. 

The seed packet die makes the most ADORABLE little envelopes, which - I discovered last night - is the perfect size for both ATC's and business cards, a cheque or folded cash. Woo Hoo. I'm not going to have a chance to play with my supplies for a few days, but I'll be thinking of ways to use them when I can get back into my studio.

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Dog Sympathy Card

Maria, from her Creative By Design blog, left me a comment on my Puppy Trio post. I went to her blog to return the favour, and I was amazed by the number of American patriotic cards she has made from sketches.

Sketches from blogs I had never heard of, so I spent a bit of time poking around on them. I saw the sketch from the "Freshly Made Sketches" blog, and had to play along.

I stamped the dog image (Magenta), and used water colour pencils and a damp paintbrush to add the colour. A little Glossy Accents on his nose and I left the panel to dry while I took my dog to the vet. (Nothing serious, just old dog stuff).

However, there was a man there whose dog wouldn't be going home again, and there was such a sense of sadness there. You can tell how much these people care about their clients and patients, and of course that affected my mood greatly.

When I had time to go down and finish up the card, this is what I ended up with. Even though I need to top up my stash with sympathy cards, this is one that I really hope I don't have to use. Not for years and years and years.

 

I used scraps of paper from a lovely vintage looking paper stack (K&Co), and the words are by Technique Tuesday. I cut the dog image out with a Nestability die and added the blue with chalks and a craft pom pom. That keeps the colour nice and soft looking.  The card is a 4.5" x 6" soft grey textured base, not an A2 size.

I love this image, with it's sketchy outline. Perfect for the randomness of water colours. I'm going to have to use this stamp again and make it a HAPPY card. I may even use the sketch again, as it's a great one for using up scraps of coordinating paper. 

Another idea would be to use the same colour card stock panels as the card base, and just emboss each one with a different texture ... oh, another sketch where I have more ideas than time.

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Puppy Trio

Here is another card for my 'Puppy Parade', using that sweet puppy stamp by Stamps By Judith.

I stamped the dog in black on 3 different rectangles of coordinating patterned paper, punched 2 scalloped strips (MFT) and attached all to a yellow A2 card base. The center panel was matted and popped up with foam tape.

It still needed something, so I added some 3-d flower stickers to the popped up panel, and Crystal Effects to the noses. I couldn't help myself.  :-)

Just a cheerful card for my stash ... thanks for stopping by!

Embrace Life ATC

This is an ATC that I sent to Sue with one of our mailings to each other. I wanted to use the Paper Lace cartridge as she had just purchased it. It's always fun to see ideas using something you already have.

I don't keep track of supplies when doing ATC's, so other than the Cricut cut I don't have any other details to post.

Plus, I'm on the run today - lots to do so am keeping this short and sweet.

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