With Sympathy

Hello!

My sympathy cards have run out again...I only keep two on hand at a time as I double the design.  I prefer a muted card for condolences and my current favorite color combo is gray and white.

This is an older Hero Arts set - With Sympathy. It has several sentiments and two flower stamps.

I was inspired to make this card by the theme of put a flower on it from A Blog Named Hero, the sketch from Case this Sketch.  It is a CAS card and I am also entering it to Addicted to Stamps and More- CAS.

Do you make sympathy cards as needed or do you keep them on hand?  If you keep them on hand how many are in your stash?


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Altenew Inspiration Challenge for April and Simons Wednesday Challenge

Hi there!

I often miss the Altenew Inspiration Challenge; and every time I kick myself.  

I love the photo and all the colors it has as well as textures. I was inspired to make my whole card front flowers as much as I adore coloring Altenew flowers.

I went with a die cut this time. I used two of the die layers of the Layered Rose die and randomly glued them down. I filled in where needed and then cut my A2 sized card down to a 4 X 4.25 inch card.  I wanted just a bit more length than width.

I struggled a bit with the sentiment. I tried black with white, white with black, white on vellum and finally came up with the strip matching one of the die cut colors.

I am also entering this to Simon's Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes.


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Great Friend

Hello,

I've been mia with several home projects. They always take more time than anticipated.  Tonight is my first time in the craft room to actually craft in more than a week.  I had some cards posted in anticipation of not being able to get much done craft wise the last week or so.

Where Creativity meets C9 has Spring for its theme; CAS Colours and Sketches have a cute sketch that inspired me, and The Card Concept had a beautiful graphic that also provided inspiration.

The flower is from Concord and 9th, the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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Ya more Daisies

Hi there!

Are you tired of my Daisy cards yet?  Sorry...but they just lend themselves so nicely to the bright zig coloring.  These are the last three with the zigs for a while.  Next time I play with them I'll be copic coloring.

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More Thanks

Hi there,

I am definitely in a mood to color.

These flowers from Avery Elle were a blast to color. Lots of masking and then the whole arrangement was fussy cut. The sentiment is from PTI and cut from fun foam. The lattice die cut is also from PTI.

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Back at Inspired by all the Little Things

Hello

Today I am back with my second post as Guest Artist at Inspired by all the Little Things.  Again thank you Darnell for the invitation.

Here is our inspiration photo for this challenge:

I was inspired by the blue lavender and pink frosting and how they blended into one another.  If you look closely you'll see the gold cherries that also grabbed my attention.

Come play along, the challenge is open until Friday May 4th.

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Happy Birthday Rose

Afternoon!

This card is sliding in under the wire at one of two challenges.  Today I am playing with Just Us Girls - Black and white stripes and Seize the Birthday-Vibrant Colors are the toppings. These are definitely not pastels.

I was in such a hurry to get this in. I had cut just one leaf, then decided another was needed and I reversed the layers...well I am going with it.  The left leaf is in shadow. ;-)

Its mostly die cuts, Rose and leaves from Altenew, Horizontal striped frame from Avery Elle, Sentiment from SSS.

 

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Kindness

Hi There!

About a month ago, I sent Lauren Bergold of  All the GOOD blog names were taken some die cuts and embossed panels.  In return she sent me some musical and floral book pages.  The papers are lush and the images are so pretty.  I will definitely be incorporating them into cards.

Here is my first go, the image has a wonderful background color and the daffodils are GORGEOUS. I made a very simple card by slightly mimicking the flutter of the petal cup edges with the scalloped edge of the card base.

It's been sent off to Lauren as a thank you.

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PS Checkout Lauren's blog - I love the art she creates. She draws and colors the most amazing mandalas and can layer papers and bits fabulously, I am always intrigued when I visit.

Muse 261

Hi there,

Its time for another early morning card...or maybe a late night one.  I see the Muse card Monday mornings and often times its late Sunday and I have no energy left for a card.

The inspiration I took from Tracey's Muse card below included her darling bouquet of flowers popped up on the card front and her die cut sentiment.  I used similar colors and zig markers as well.  I didn't have a die for the DNami bouquet, but it fussy cut fairly easily.  My sentiment die is from SSS.



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Happy Birthday Daisy

Hi there,

A quick post...hubs is waiting on dinner.

Inspiration came from the sketch at Freshly Made sketches, and the colors from Color Throwdown.

The daisy is from Uniko, the sentiment from Hero Arts and the quilting from Lil Inker Designs.



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