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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Christmas is coming...

• Hunkydory Christmas classics luxury card collection: Christmas is coming...
• Hunkydory second little book of Christmas
• Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
• gold mirri card
• gold ribbon
• A5, DL, 6x6" & 6x4" portrait and landscape white card blanks

For this A5 card, I used a little book image to create a nice big topper. I simply matted the page onto gold mirri and covered the card front with the cardstock. I then glued the topper in the centre with an essential book sentiment beneath, raised up on foam pads. I trimmed the coordinating insert down to finish the inside.

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With the 6" square card, I cut off the top border and turned the remaining cardstock around so the border ran vertical. I mat and layered this onto gold mirri to fill the card front. I then arranged the topper and coordinating tag from the collection onto the card. I glued the topper flat, raised the tag on foam and finished with a gold ribbon bow. The remainder of the insert sheet was trimmed down, so the inside of the card matched the backing paper on the front.

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Using the other sheet of cardstock, I created this DL card to make a feature of the printed image. I simply cut the cardstock down to fill the card front and finished with the coordinating 'north pole' sentiment glued down with foam pads. I trimmed the sentiment section of the insert down to fit inside.

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I switched the vertical stripes of the cardstock to horizontal to work with the oval topper in the collection. I simply cut the cardstock to fit the 6x4" card front. I then added the image and sentiment toppers into place, again using foam for dimension.

For the final card, I pieced the front with the striped card and the cut off border from the first sheet. I edged the border with gold mirri card to create a neat finish. I then positioned the little train topper alongside a sentiment from the essential book to complete the card.

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edna loves the ocean

• stamping bella: 'edna loves the ocean' stamp
• my favourite things: 'pinstripe BG11' stamp
• lawn fawn: 'small dotted rectangle stackables'
• SU!: 'party pants'
• copics: skin- E50, 51, 21. hair- E55, 57, 59. Ground W0. Lips- R00, 35. Yellows- Y13, 15, 18. Orange- Y35, 38. Blue - BG11, 32, 57. Glasses- N5, 7, 9. Wings- R20, R000.
• Neenah classic crest 'solar white' cardstock
• 6x4" vertical card blank
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• archival 'jet black' ink pad
• wink of stella 'clear' glitter pen
• Orange and white twine

I stamped the image onto the Neenah card stock using memento ink and coloured her with copics. I diecut the image into a rectangle to create the topper. I added a message stamp using archival ink. I then stamped the background directly onto the card blank before adding the topper, using funky foam for dimension. I tied the twine around the top of the card and secured with a knot. The final touch was glitter on the wings.

Challenges I would like to enter:
Simon Monday says: The great outdoors
Seven Hills may colour challenge

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