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

Documenting December - progress 2

Hi there - here are a few more pages I've completed for my Documenting December Album, from last year's Crop & Create by Scrapbook & Cards Today.

Progress 1 (pages 1 - 9) can be found in this post.

Page 10 - here I used some Pink Paislee 'City Sidewalks' die cuts and American Crafts 'Woodgrain' Thickers (this was Sampson's 1st Christmas).  I used a bit of Heidi Swapp's Gold Lame Color Shine on the red paper as well.

Page 11:  love these Bazzill 'Believe' word stickers

Page 12:  I added some Studio Calico Mr. Huey's Seafoam color mist (guess what Katie got for Christmas that year???)

Page 13:  the stars are added to the outside of the pages and coloured with Pewter pigment ink.  I also used Studio Calico's Mr. Huey's Shine mist on the papers and all the edges are inked with the Pewter pigment ink as well.

Page 14:  here I used the My Favorite Things Stamp set 'Document It - December' 

Page 15:  love love love the My Minds Eye enamel dots

And here they are as they appear in the album :)

More to come...... I'll share soon :)

Congratulations

Sharing a card today I made for a friend who has recently purchased a new home - like brand new!!  It's gorgeous but she's been struggling as she's been through some very difficult times recently the most difficult being losing her husband to cancer early this year.  She has two beautiful young girls and is now trying to take small steps forward - although this is a huge step!

I used Stampin Up's 'Up in the Air' stamp set and stamped using Basic Grey ink onto some watercolour paper.  I then used my SU markers and a blender pen to add colour to the image.  I used a watercolour wash of Baja Breeze ink on the back background.  Love how this turned out, especially using the Basic Grey ink as it seemed to soften the image.

One of the unintentional but really cool things that happened when stamping the image was the little birdhouse didn't come out as solidly inked as I had wanted.  But then I realized it actually looked like it had a lot of texture, as if it was shingles or something, so I was quite impressed.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

All products Stampin Up:

Stamps:  Up in the Air
Paper:  Twitterpated dsp, Baja Breeze textured cs, Certainly Celery cs, watercolour paper
Ink:  Basic Grey and Baja Breeze ink, Old Olive and Real Red markers
Accessories:  Certainly Celery ribbon, watercolour brush, blender pen

Documenting December - progress 1

Good Day :)  Feeling very inspired lately to work on my Documenting December Album - it may be because Scrapbook & Cards Today is hosting their Crop & Create locally in a few weeks and I'm very excited!!  This album was one of the classes I took last year called December Documented, Nicole Harper was teaching, she's so talented, love her style I was thrilled with the supplies.  The first couple of pages I stuck to following her layouts and then I started to branch off on my own......

I decided my album was not going to be of any one specific year - I wanted to use photos from different Christmases and winters and they are in no particular order.  When I did use a number, it corresponded to that particular day or approx. day of the month.  Once I do my journalling I'll document the dates.

A technique I learned in the class was using embellishments on top of the clear page.  So sometimes the word stickers, or vellum stars or even the numbers are on top of the clear page rather than on the inserted card or photo.

Be warned - there's a lot of pictures!!

This is the cover, love the Studio Calico Album, I do plan to add more of the Pink Paislee metallic rub-ons to the cover and maybe some Studio Calico Shine too ;) and maybe some enamel dots :)

Page 1: this Crate Paper Vellum is awesome

Page 2: love that we used a scrap of wrapping paper here, and it is all on top of the clear page

Page 3: the numbers were stapled with the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

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Page 7:  I used a personalized Christmas card I received from my bestie

Page 8:  a picture I took of my front door and used an app on my phone to add the words 'Hello December' - I edged several of the pictures with silver, pewter and gold Brilliance Dew Drops Pigment Ink and some of the cardstocks were edged with Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red ink

Page 9:  my favourite family ornament, a gift from my step mother-in-law

The rest of the photos are how they are appear in the album:

Hope you enjoyed and I'll be posting more 'phases' of my album.