Simple Sympathy

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I tend to have a pretty big stash of birthday cards and thank you cards, which comes in handy.  But I never seem to have sympathy cards on hand when I need them.  My husband needed a sympathy card for a gentleman in his Bible study class last week and I had to scramble around to make one for him quickly, as I have a rule of not buying cards in this house.  So today I decided I needed to make one to have available when the need arises.  And unfortunately, that need arises more often than I’d like.

This card uses an unusual color combination I got from the Color Coach — Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant, and Summer Starfruit.  I would never have put these colors together on my own, but I like how it turned out.  I have learned to trust the Color Coach!

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Layered Labels, Loving Thoughts
Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Embellishments:  Fancy Fan embossing folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Regals designer buttons, White Baker’s Twine

Fall Gratitude

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I’ve been making a real effort to pull out some stamp sets that haven’t seen ink in a while, especially Fall-themed sets.  This is a set that I really love — I like all of the images in this set.  I used the sketch at the Paper Players site for this card.  I love this sketch.

This was a quick and easy card.  I haven’t had much stamping time lately, so it seems like a lot of my cards have been that way recently.

Enjoy your Tuesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Day of Gratitude
Ink:  Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, More Mustard
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Island Indigo, Orchard Harvest dsp
Embellishments:  Fancy Fan embossing folder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, 3/16″ Regals brads, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons

 

Pleasing Poppies

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Here’s a super simple card for you.  I just got this stamp set, Pleasant Poppies, and I thought it would be perfect for the sketch challenge at the Retro Sketches site.

I used watercolor paper, and I used a blender pen and re-inkers for coloring.  Very easy!

Have a great Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Pleasant Poppies, Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Black Stazon, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Bashful Blue, More Mustard
Paper:  Watercolor, So Saffron, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler
Embellishments:  Subtles Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch

I Couldn’t Help It

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I mentioned a couple of days ago that I’ve had my pre-order of Christmas stamps for a couple of months now, and they’ve been patiently waiting for attention.  Well, I couldn’t help but make a Christmas card today because this set, Scentsational Season, is so cute.  I love all of the images in it, and when you consider that there are matching framelits, well…I couldn’t help it, but I had to use them today.

For the green polka dot frame, I used one of the Window Frames Collection framelits on both ends of the paper.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season, Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Chevron embossing folder, Holiday Collection Framelits dies, Window Frames Collection Framelits dies, Perfect Pennants Bigz die, Regals Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

It’s the First Day of Fall

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Well, here it is — the first day of Fall — and the weatherman says it will get up to 97 degrees here today.  Oh, well.  It will start to feel like Fall before too long.

Nonetheless, I was inspired to make a Fall card today.  I was inspired by the challenge over at CAS-usual Fridays , which is to create a clean and simple project inspired by Autumn and by the challenge over at the Friday Mashup.

So I pulled out a beautiful stamp set that I haven’t used since last Fall, French Foliage, and got busy.  The leaves in this set are gorgeous, and just beg to be used with different techniques.  I took a sponge dauber and applied different colors to each stamp. 

This was a fun card to make.  Enjoy your weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  French Foliage, Tiny Tags
Ink:  Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Embellishments:  sponge daubers, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Jewelry Tag punch, Early Espresso Baker’s Twine, 5/8″ Crochet Trim, Color Spritzer Tool

Birthday Ribbon

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I haven’t used one of my favorite sets, Blue Ribbon, in a while so I pulled it out today.  This stamp set makes me think of the World Spectacular designer paper because they just go together so well, so I pulled it out too.  The designer paper made me think of one of the stamps in the Border Banter set, which was on my desk, so I used it on this card too.  (Does anyone else with small children think this post is starting to sound like If You Give a Pig a Pancake) 🙂

Enjoy your Friday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Blue Ribbon, Border Banter
Ink:  Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, World Spectacular dsp
Embellishments:  2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, 3/16″ Corner punch, Bitty Banners framelits

I Know It’s Way Too Early for This, But…

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I know it’s way too early for Christmas cards, but I’ve had these Christmas papers, stamps and dies staring at me for a few weeks now since we pre-ordered from the Holiday catalog.  And when I saw the sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches site and the banner challenge at The Paper Players site, I just instantly knew what I wanted to do with it.  And that so rarely happens to me.

So you see, I couldn’t help but make a Christmas card today.

I covered the snowflake with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and the Very Vanilla looking card stock is actually the Shimmery White card stock — I just can’t get it to shimmer for the camera.

This was a fun sketch and it was fun to make a square card again.  I don’t make many of them.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Border Banter
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Shimmery White, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla (snow flake), Be of Good Cheer dsp
Embellishments:  Snow Flurry Bigz die, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Large Pearl Basics Jewels

Super Simple Quint-Essential Flower

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Here’s a super simple card for you today.  This one would easily fit in an envelope and be mailed without extra postage.

I just love how this stamp, Quint-Essential Flower, coordinates with several punches so it’s easy to layer with just one stamp.

Enjoy your day, and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Quint-Essential Flower, Beautiful Birthday
Ink:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Pool Party, Whisper White, Island Indigo, In-Color Designer Series Paper Stacks
Embellishments:  Finishing Touches Edgelits
Punches:  2-3/8″ Scallop Circle, 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle, 1″ Circle, 1/2″ Circle, 3/16″Corner Rounder

3 Cheers for You!

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This was not a stamp set that I originally thought I had to have.  But after seeing so many cute cards made with this set, it became a “have to have” set.  It is a really fun set.  I love how it comes with so many pieces so you can mix and match the drinks — strawberry, orange/lime wedge, olive, umbrella, etc…

Happy Hour Clear-Mount Stamp Set

I made this card using the sketch over at the Retro Sketches site.

Have a great week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Happy Hour
Ink:  Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade
Paper:  Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Summer Smooches
Embellishments:  Finishing Touches Edgelits, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Pearl Basic Jewels

Blue Ribbon

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Here’s another of my swaps from convention.  This was for an organized swap I participate in each year with the Ink the Beginnings group, which is a group of my stamping sisters from Texas and Oklahoma.  I always receive the best swaps from this group!

Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Blue Ribbon, Take a Ticket
Paper:  Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Summer Smooches dsp
Ink:  Island Indigo, More Mustard
Embellishments:  Chevron Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits, 2-3/8” Scallop Circle punch, 1-1/4” Circle punch, Ticket Duo Builder punch, 3/16” Corner punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, stapler