Category: Sympathy

Flower Shop Memories

Big Shot, Cards, Embossing Folder, Flower Shop, Punch, Stamp Sets, Sympathy
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For this card I used Soft Sky and Soft Suede and the new set Flower Shop to create a sympathy card.  The flowers in this set match up with the new Pansy punch. 

The design on the punch/flower only goes one way, so you have to do a bit of “turning” at first to find the best fit.  On the underneath I stamped the flowers directly to the cardstock in Pear Pizzazz.  Then I stamped and punched out the Soft Sky flowers. 

Stamp Sets – Flower Shop, Blessings from Heaven
cardstock – Whisper White, Soft Sky
Ink – Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede
Etc – Dazzling Details, Pansy punch, Mosaic embossing folder

I’m traveling and the internet is sporadic at best!  Hugs, Fran

The Case of the Secret Blues

Big Shot, Blessings from Heaven, Cards, Embosslits, Framelit Dies, Mini Catalogs, Secret Garden, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Sympathy
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This is a card I cased from Splitcoast by Nichol Tugrul using the Secret Garden set and Honeycomb embossing folder.  This one uses So Saffron, Pool Party and Pink Pirouette. 

Here I did the flowers in blue – Not Quite Navy, Pool Party and Island Indigo.  The sentiment is from Blessing from Heaven and it’s stamped in Not Quite Navy.

You can just glimpse the inside stamping which is from Thoughts and Prayers. 

Supplies
Stamp Set – Secret Garden, Blessings from Heaven (or Teeny Tiny Wishes)
card stock – Pool Party Coordinations, water color paper, Wild Wasabi
Ink – so Saffron, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette OR Not Quite Navy, Island Indigo, Pool Party
Etc – Secret Garden Framelits, Not quite Navy ribbon, white embossing powder, aquapainter, Honey comb embossing folder, sander

So thanks to Nichol for a lovely idea!  Hugs, Fran

Sweet Memories

Blessings from Heaven, Cards, Lacy & Lovely, Mini Catalogs, Punch, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Sympathy
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I needed a sympathy card and had no mojo to start from scratch.  So I took this card, change the colors and sentiment and turned it in to a sympathy card.  Problem solved. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Blessings From Heaven, Lacy & Lovely
card stock – Whisper White, Basic Black, Sycamore Street DSP
Ink – Sahara Sand, Jet Black Stazon
Etc – small butterfly punch, pearls

I need to sort through my cards and put them in categories so I can find what I need when I need it.  (That’s just one of the things I need to do!)  Hugs, Fran

Sweet Floral Sympathy

Stamp Sets, Sweet Floral, Sympathy
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I wish you could see this in real life.  (or that I could take better pictures!)  The center panel of this card is covered in iridescent ice embossing power and it sparkles.  I stamped the image twice – though I think you could do this like some of the triple layer stamping seen lately – and covered the center layer with Versamark.  Then I embossed it – and it sparkles!

Supplies
Stamp Set – Sweet Floral
card stock – Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink – Wisteria Wonder, Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Organza ribbon, In Color brad, Wide oval punch

Hugs, Fran

Thoughts of You

Big Shot, Big Shot Blossom Party, Cards, Elements of Style, Embossing Folder, Stamp Sets, Sympathy
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Sometimes you need a special card so I used Elements of Style.  I was inspired by Keisha’s style at A Bit East Coast. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Elements of Style, Loving Thoughts, En Francais
card stock – Whisper White, Vellum card stock
Ink – Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Etc – Delicate Design folder, Blossom Party die , rhinestones, Early Espresso ribbon

Ugh – my computer’s being weird.  Maybe it needs a sympathy card too!  Hugs, Fran

Sympathy

Big Shot, Big Shot Top Note Die, Cards, Elements of Style, Embossing Folder, Stamp Sets, Sympathy, Thoughts and Prayers
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No one likes to make a sympathy card at the last moment – but that’s what I had to do.  I always tell myself that I’ll make up several and then it won’t be so heart wrenching.  Good advice – never followed!  So I cased a card that I had done earlier and just changed a few elements.  This is for my friend who lost her father this week. 

Supplies
Stamp sets – Elements of Style, Thoughts and Prayers
card stock – Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, First Edition DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Crumb Cake
Stampin Write Markers – Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake
Etc – Top Note die, Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Oval punch, Marina Mist ribbon, Dazzling Details

I am happy that my last time with her father was a wonderful time – he insisted on taking me for ice cream!  Sweet memory.  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran