For mum...

Supplies:

Stamping Bella- bedelia and Betsy go for a walk stamp

Avery Elle- a tag for all die set

Sentiment stamp- unknown, been in my stash a while and no packaging 

Copic markers- E44,43,42 N0,2,4 R01 E95,93 (bunnies) R85,83,81 BG45 YG03,05,11,13,23,25 (I used far too many greens but not sure which I used mostly)

Wink of Stella- clear glitter brush pen

Bakers twine- pink and blue

White card stock & copic colouring cardstock 

I diecut the large tag from copic friendly cardstock. I stamped and copic coloured the image. I Glued the tag onto plain white card and made a card blank, the same shape. I cut the hole through the front and added the twine for a bit of colour. Finishing touch was glitter pen to the ‘mum’ and bits on flowers.

I love this image so kept the card super simple.

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Birthday bus

• Avery Elle- birthday bus
• My favourite things- big birthday die
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle stackable
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad & dual marker
• Neenah classic crest
• Copic- C00,C1,C3,C4,C6,C8. W00,W1,W3,W5. E53, E55,E57,E70,E71,E74,E77,E93. RV42,R43,R32. Y32,YR21. BG70.
• Watercolour cardstock
• Tim holtz ‘squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick’ distress ink pads
• Cosmic shimmer ;burnt orange, straw yellow, scarlet mist’ pixie powders
• Wink of stella ’clear’ glitter brush marker
• White embroidery floss

I made my background using inkpads, pixie powders and water. Once dried, I die cut into a panel with the largest rectangle. I then die cut the birthday into the panel, making sure to keep all the cut pieces. I glued the panel and the inside letter pieces onto my white card blank. On another sheet of cardstock, I stamped my images and coloured using copics. I fussy cut all the pieces and glued the little white smoke puffs flat. I added foam tape to the bus for dimension. To attach the balloons, I first tied 2 strands of embroidery floss onto the balloon with a little knot. I then added foam tape to stick it in position and used a few dots of glue to keep the string in place where I wanted. The final touch was a bit of glitter to the hats and balloons.

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I would like to enter: 

Simon Wednesday says ‘sparkle & shine’ challenge

Sympathy bouquets

• W plus 9- beautiful bouquets ranunculus
• Avery elle- with sympathy die
• Hand written background stamp (not sure which brand)
• Archival'jet black & sepia' ink pad
• Watercolour cardstock
• Zig clean Colorado real brush markers (052,022,260,080,037,033,041,045,046,047)
• Kraft cardstock

I stamped the hand written stamp on to the cardblank. I cut a panel of watercolour cardstock to fit the card, leaving a border along the folded edge to reveal the stamped cardblank. I stamped the floral image at the side, slightly over the edge. I coloured this with watercolour markers and water. I glued this panel onto my card blank. I die cut the sentiment from Kraft cardstock and glued in position to complete the sketch.

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I would like to enter:

Case this sketch #265

Bold butterfly sympathy

• Avery elle-with sympathy die
• SU!- bold butterfly framelit die
• Lilac floral paper and coordinating purple paper (from scrap draw, not sure what brand) 
• Grey (looks darker on photos) and white cardstock

I cut a strip of floral paper and matted it onto a coordinating plain paper. Following the sketch, I glued this panel in position on a 6x6" square card blank.

I die cut the sentiment and a butterfly from grey cardstock and glued in position to complete the card. This is a simple sketch, perfect for a sympathy card. 

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Challenges I would like to enter:

Freshly made sketches #330
simon Wednesday says 'anything goes'

Carnation garden girl

• Stamping bella- tiny townie garden girl carnation
• Avery elle- a tag for all
• Lawn fawn- stitched scalloped borders
• DCWV-fresh floral 12" paper stack
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• Copics- skin:E50,51,21,93. Hair:E55,57,59. Pink:R81,83,85. Green:G14. YG13,17. Yellow:Y0000,11. YR21,31. Ground:W00,1.

To make this card, I chose two coordinating papers. I cut side panels from one and scalloped borders from the other. I also die cut the sentiment from the pink dots. For the main feature, I cut Neenah cardstock to create the central panel. I stamped the girl, making sure she fit nicely below the sentiment, then coloured her with copics to match with the papers. I glued the panels and sentiment in place to complete the card.

 

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I would like to enter:

simon Wednesday says 'add a sentiment'

Lovely sympathy

• Concord & 9th- hello lovely
• Avery elle- with sympathy die
• Memento 'desert sand' ink pad
• Zig clean color real brush markers: 043,046,052,028,220,222,230.
• Phil Martin's watercolour cardstock
• Pink texture cardstock
• 4x6" card blank



For the card front, I cut a piece of watercolour cardstock the same size as the card front. I stamped the floral image to create a band going across positioned up towards the top of the card. I coloured the image with light colours and added more water for a softer look. Once dry, I glued the watercolour panel onto the card blank. I chose a plain cardstock which coordinated with the flower colours to die cut the sentiment from. I glued the sentiment in place beneath the floral band to complete the card. I think the soft colours create a nice subtle, feminine look to suit a sympathy card.

 

 

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Champagne chic

• Hunkydory especially for her luxury card collection: champagne chic
• Lawn fawn custom craft dies: happy birthday border & Finley's 123's
• Avery elle custom steel dies: a tag for all die
• gold trimmed pink organza ribbon
• Gold mirri card
• A5 & landscape 5x7" white card blanks

For the first A5 card, I used the lady in the little black dress topper with the black frame and coordinating cardstock to create my design. I cut the cardstock down to fit the front with a mat of gold mirri card. I then positioned the topper image and glued this flat. I added the frame and sentiment, raised up on foam pads. I finished the card with the coordinating insert, trimmed to fit inside.

inside

I used the remaining rose cardstock as a background for the pink lady. I cut a mat of gold mirri to cover the card and trimmed the rose cardstock as a layer, but didn't glue this down. I die cut the happy birthday sentiment from gold mirri card. I then laid everything in position and wrapped the ribbon around the cardstock in place and secured at the back. I then glued the cardstock onto the card front. I glued the sentiment and image topper in place. and finished with a ribbon bow.

Using the other cardstock from the collection, I created another A5 card. I cut the mat and layer of gold mirri and patterned cardstocks to fit the front. I then diecut the '50' and birthday sentiment from gold mirri. I arranged these onto the card along with the two ladies topper and rose frame. Once happy with the design, I glued the die cuts and image down flat and raised the frame up on foam pads. For the inside, I trimmed the coordinating insert down to fit neatly.

inside

 For this 5x7" card, I made a feature of the printed image on the remaining cardstock. I trimmed the top border from the cardstock, layered onto mirri and glued to the inside of the card. I then cut away the card front to reveal the panel inside. I cut the image section down to fit the card front, on a mat of gold mirri card. To complete, I glued the friend sentiment from the collection in the space beside the ladies, using foam for dimension.

inside

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Floral shadow

• Altenew- floral shadow
• Avery elle- with sympathy
• Archival'jet black & sepia' ink pads
• Kraft & black card stock

I trimmed a piece of black card and folded it down the centre to create a card blank. I then cut matt of kraft cardstock for the front of the card. I stamped the floral images across the top of the card in the sepia ink, following the sketch. I then added the sentiment, stamped in black  beneath. I glued the kraft matt onto the card front to complete this simple card. I think the simplicity of the design works perfectly for a sympathy card, with the focus on the message created by the space in the sketch and stronger contrast of ink.

I would like to enter:

Case this sketch #238

Sevenhills crafts 'spotlight it!' challenge

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Endless birthday wishes...

• SU! Endless birthday wishes
• Avery elle- a tag for all die
• Midnight pixie powders
• Archival 'jet black' ink pad
• Watercolour cardstock
• Silver mirri and black cardstock

I created the background on watercolour card by adding pixie powders to the top corner and spraying them with water. I tilted the card to create the runs, then dried with the heat tool for speed. I die cut the 'birthday' from black and silver cardstock and layered them up slightly off set to create a drop shadow effect. I completed the card by stamping the other sentiments and adding it onto a black card blank.

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With sympathy

• W plus 9- beautiful bouquets:mums
• Avery elle- with sympathy die
• Dealer Rowney-aqua fine smooth watercolour cardstock
• Archival 'jet​ black' ink pad
• SU! 'tangerine tango, real red, pear pizzazz, tempting turquoise' ink pads
• Kraft cardstock

I cut a mat of watercolour cardstock to fit my card blank, leaving a slight border. I stamped my floral image over to the side of the card. I watercoloured using the ink pads, then attached to my card blank. I die cut the sentiment from Kraft cardstock 4 times and layered them up, before adding on to the card. This is a simple but pretty card with a little dimension on the sentiment. Although the colour palette is brighter than I would normally choose for a sympathy card, I think it creates a more modern look.

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I would like to enter:

The paper players #344 colour challenge

Edna's cup of tea

• Stamping bella- Edna's cup of tea
• Avery elle- a tag for all dies
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• Copic-skin:E50,51,21&93. Hair:N3,5,7. Light pink:RV000,00,63. Dark pink:RV:17,55,52. Green:G12,YG45,67. Wings:YR000,RV000. Cup:C00,1,3. Ground:W00,1,3.
• Wink of stella 'clear' glitter brush pen
• White cardstock & scrap of LOTV patterned​ paper
• Silver baker's twine

I die cut the tag shape from white card. I then stamped this with my image, coloured with copics and added glitter to her wings. I die cut the sentiments, 3 times from white cardstock and once again from patterned paper. I then glued the sentiments together in a stack, topped with the patterned paper to create dimension. I then trimmed my card blank to fit the tag shape of the topper and glued this down. I punched a hole through the top and added twine, secured with a bow to complete.

 

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Woodland wonders

• Avery elle- woodland wonders (stamps & dies)
• Archival 'coffee' ink pad
• Prismacolor coloured pencils- trees: pc947,945,941. pc938. pc911,1005. Owl: pc1076,1074,1072,1070. pc1034. pc938. Butterflies: pc1008,956,1086. Banner: pc1008
• Kraft cardstock

I also used the Misti stamping tool for this technique, although it is possible without, the Misti makes it alot easier. You could also use a pen to trace the lines after colouring, however the wax does coat the nib and becomes difficult if doing large amounts.

Begin by stamping the images you would like to use and colouring with the prisma pencils. Then, stamp again directly over the top to redefine the lines. I started by doing the trees and then moved on to the critters as this was easier with my Misti. I added detail to the butterflies using the dot trail in the coordinating die set. To make the sentiment banner, I repeated the colouring procedure, then diecut it. I glued my banner onto my card using foam tape for dimension.

 

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Winnie the pooh

• Disney Winnie the pooh- honey pot fun metal die
• Avery elle- woodland wonders
• Mama elephant- Madison avenue framed tags
• Memento 'tuxedo black'ink pad
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock
• Copics- E55,57,59 &47. YG63,67. R24,27. Y15,18. 100.
• Sakura 'clear star' glitter pen & #849 (black) glaze pen
• Sakura  01 micron pen
• Tim holtz 'tumbled glass'distress ink pad
• White, yellow, red & brown cardstock

I created a background by stamping the trees and colouring with copics. I then masked the trees and inked the card blank blue. I die cut a frame to fit the card. For the sentiment, I stamped the banner, positioned the sentiment inside and die cut into the banner. Finally, I took the winnie the pooh and die cut him from white cardstock as a base layer. I then die cut the relevant pieces from coloured cardstock and paper pieced onto the base layer. I used my copics to add shading to the banner and pooh bear, as well as colouring the bee. I added the lines on the honey pot and face with the sakura micron pen. I glued down all the pieces onto the card blank, using foam to add dimension and finished off with glazing to the nose and glitter on the bees wings.

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I would like to enter the following challenge:

The paper players #334: 'cut it out'

puppy with stocking...

 

• LOTV- puppy with stocking
• circa design- wonderful Christmas stamp XM-VS-25
• avery elle- a tag for all die
• Neenah classic crest white cardstock
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• copics- E59,57,55,53,39,37,35,34. R46,27,24. YG67,63,61. YR21,23. & cool grey markers
• sakura black '#849' glaze pen
• wink of stella 'gold' glitter brush pen
• ranger ice stckles glitter glue
• gold bells
• American crafts red bakers twine

 

To create this shaped card I die cut my cardstock into a tag shape. I stamped my sentiment and image, then coloured using copics. I added details to the image using a glaze pen for the dogs eyes and nose, gold glitter on the tinsel and presents, and stickles for texture on the stocking. I used bakers twine to add some gold jingle bells and a bow to the top of my tag. I glued the tag shaped panel onto a card blank, which I had trimmed down to the same size and shape as the tag.

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challenges I would like to enter:

simon Wednesday says - Christmas critters

abc Christmas- 'w is for... wishes'



the paper players - clean and simple Christmas

Birthday wishes!!

• Pixie powders - aubergine dream & silver dream
• Avery elle- a tag for all dies
• SU!- endless (birthday) wishes
• Watercolour cardstock 
• Black cardstock 
• Silver mirri card

I cut a matt of watercolour cardstock and sprinkled on some pixie powders to the top corner. I then sprayed with water and dried using a heat tool. I diecut the birthday sentiment from black and silver card and layered these together to create shadow. I glued the matt on to a card blank made from black cardstock. Finally, I added the diecut sentiment and stamped the 'wishes' below. 

 

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Challenges I would like to enter:

Cas(e) this sketch #195
Simon says 'think pink'

sweet wishes ...

• Craft work cards-guilty pleasures paper pad
• Avery elle- a tag for all die
• Sizzix- oval and scalloped oval dies
• American crafts white twine

I cut a mat of paper to fit my card blank and glued this down as a background. I then die cut the different shapes and words from coordinating coloured papers. I glued these into a stack and backed them with cardstock for stability. I then wrapped twine around the top and secured it with a bow. finally, I glued this topper to the card  using foam.

 

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Challenges I would like to enter are:
Sketch Saturday #426
Paper players - 'something sweet'

beautiful sympathy...

• W plus 9- beautiful bouquets: ranunculus 
• Avery elle- with sympathy die
• SU!ink pads- blushing bride, so saffron, wisteria wonder, pear pizzazz, soft sky
• Archival 'jet black ' ink pad
• Daler Rowney- Aqua fine smooth watercolour cardstock 
• 6x4" Kraft card blank & cardstock 

I cut a matt of watercolour cardstock to fit my card blank, leaving a small border. I stamped my floral image and watercoloured it using stamping up ink pads. I diecut the  sentiment  twice and layered these together to give more dimension to my card.

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Challenges i would like to enter: 

Case this sketch #178

furry friends

• Avery Elle - 'furry friends' stamp set
• Lawn fawn dies - stitched scalloped borders
• Stampin up! making spirits bright stamp set
• Tim Holtz distress ink pads - salty ocean, tumbled glass, broken china
• copics - e31, e35, e37
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• sekura clear glaze pen
• memento black brush tip pen
• 6x4 white card blank and cardstock

To begin, I cut a matt to fit my card blank. I created an ombre effect background on this matt. First I stamped paws working from the bottom upwards with salty ocean at the base, then 2nd generation salty ocean in the centre and tumbled glass at the top. I then inked the matt with the tumbled glass with some broken china blended in at the very bottom. I die cut the bottom with a scalloped edge die and stuck this to my card. I then stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner of the card blank. For the focal image, I stamped the dog, coloured him with copics and fussy cut him out. I then used a memento black brush tip pen to colour the white cardstock edge. I added him to the card using foam and glazed his nose to complete the card.

 

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 I'd like to enter the following challenges:

freshly made sketch #241

Simon Wednesday challenge says 'animal magic'