Thinking of You

After attending the Autism crop last weekend I had the urge to play with my alcohol inks.  I'm in need (unfortunately) for some sympathy cards so I thought these would be perfect.

Just A Little Prayer...

Here is another card for my other friend who lost her mom (my friends are sisters).  I actually made two of these, one for my friend's daughter as well.

This is a card a cased, I saw it a long time ago and new I would make it some day.  Here is the original.

Stamps:  CTMH Card Chatter - Sympathy
Paper:  Basic Grey Origins, Stampin Up Baked Brown Sugar
Ink:  StazOn Timber Brown, Pigma Micron Archival Ink journalling pen (faux stitching)
Accessories:  CC Designs Butterfly dies, CTMH Opaques pearls, SU Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim

Thinking of You

Today I'm sharing a card I made for a friend who lost her mom.  I used some new (to me) stamp sets and coordinating dies from Taylored Expressions - 'Discover Your Wings' and 'It's a Banner Day - 2'.  I used some clear Wink of Stella on a couple of the flowers.  Love this silhouette stamp.

I'm entering my card in Simon Says Monday Challenge - Falling In Love With..... I love the warmth of the colours in the Basic Grey Origins papers.  

Stamps:  Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings and It's A Banner Day - 2
Paper:  Basic Grey Origins paper pad, Stampin Up Baked Brown Sugar and Early Espresso cs
Ink:  StazOn Timber Brown, Antique Linen Distress Ink
Accessories:  Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings and It's a Banner Day - 2 dies, Wink of Stella, Ink Blending Tool

Deepest Sympathy

Here is the second of three sympathy cards I planned to make using some old papers and stash. I love how this turned out. I honestly would not have put these colours together on my own. The patterned paper is from Kaisercraft's Peachy Keen collection. At the bottom of the paper are five coloured spots in shades of green, yellow, orange and brown. I picked the pale yellow and it is really so soft looking. The picture doesn't show the exact colour, I think it's Barley Banana from Stampin Up and the ribbon is So Saffron. 

Once again, The Feshly Made Sketch #129 inspired the layout, I just flipped it to the side :)

Paper:  Kaisercraft Peachy Keen, SU Barely Banana
Stamps:  CTMH Card Chatter - Sympathy
Ink:  Stampin Up Soft Suede
Accessories:  SU So Saffron ribbon, CTMH Bitty Sparkle, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Thinking of You

I've been trying to build my card stash and thought it was a good time to also go through some old papers. I dug up a few and decided I was going to make three sympathy cards. These papers were left over from a scrapbook layout I did several years ago. The sentiment is from CTMH - Card Chatter Sympathy and the feathers are from my newest Stampin Up set Fine Feathers.  I resisted adding any embellishments, I was very pleased with the simplicity of this card. 

Freshly Made Sketches #128 just happened to be the perfect sketch :).  

 

I think my favorite part of the card is the softness of the gray and the pretty little ribbon bow. 

Stamps:  CTMH Card Chatter Sympathy, Stampin Up Fine Feathers

Paper:  MME 29th Street Market, Stampin Up Very Vanilla

Ink:  Stampin Up Basic Gray

Accessories:  Stampin Up Basic Gray ribbon

All Dogs Go To Heaven

This is a card I made this evening for my neices whose puppy passed away this week after contracting a fatal virus. Unfortunately he wasn't finished his vaccinations when he was exposed to the virus. I know they are going to miss him so much. Dudley was his name and he was just a darling, much to the chigrin of my 8 year old schnauzer Bosley who has always had me all to himself! We had Dudley over visit and a sleepover and although Dudley was just as big, if not bigger then Bosley, he was only 4 months old and Bosley let it be known who was boss at our house! I will miss this little guy and I'm sorry I didn't get to see him grow up.

Paper: Stampin Up Cardstock Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey Max & Whiskers, Kraft Cardstock

Accessories: Stampin Up Cordoroy Buttons in Chocolate Chip, Stampin Up Scallop Border Punch, Stampin Up Curly Label Punch, EK Success Corner Punch