Sympathy

Created this card for my BIL whose mother just passed.

Used Swiss dot embossing folder on the base card
Used doily die as a center accent
Used my brand new wild flower thinlits Sizzix dies / Tim Holtz
Used Spellbinders fancy frames dies
Lastly SU Sentiment

Sympathy card

This card was made for an old high school friend who passed away suddenly. The card was made using Stampin Up Love and Sympathy stamp set.

Sending Love and Sympathy

Created a set of 4 of these cards for an upcoming craft fair at church.

Darice embossing folder
Stampin Up butterfly punch
Stampin Up inks: Real Red, Blushing Bride and Peach Parfait
Sentiment from Stampin Up

Sending Love and Sympathy

A friend cat passed away, and it's always hard letting go a furry family member. I made this card yesterday and mailed it letting her know I was thinking of her and her little Annie.

The embossing folder is a new one to me by Darice.
The sentiment is from Stampin' Up as well as the rhinestones.

Sympathy Cards

 Sizzix die glued on white card stock. I used the corner ticket punch (retired from SU) and an embossing folder from Cuttlebug

I used various scraps I had to make these.
I like this card, my favorite go to embossing folder - Swiss Dot.
Stampin Up Love & Sympathy stamp set, I used markers to color directly on the stamp and then stamped on the card stock. This card is going to a co-worker who just lost his daughter...

Sympathy Card

Using the QuicKutz die, it was fun to use the SU double sided paper to make the butterfly three dimensional.

My MIL called us last night and informed that an aunt had passed. I created this sympathy card to send, using the SU embossing leaves folder I just got on clearance.  The sentiment is also from SU.

With Sympathy

I was looking through my retired Stampin' Up sets and this single floral stem was alone in it's case.
I stamped it onto whisper white card stock, embossed the base layer and added the Teeny Tiny sentiment.

Rounded it off with a couple matching gems for a quick card to have when needed.

Butterflies of Sympathy

Created this card from my leftoevers again! Today is Earth Day and I am a firm believer of recycling.
Here I got to make this beautiful card to have on the ready when the time comes.

The embossing is the floral swirl from Cuttlebug, the butterflies are from Sizzix Stampin' Up embosslit and the sentiment was a cut from one of the Cricut cartridges, not sure at this time which one it was as it was in my stash. (I'll edit once I look it up)

Sympathy cards burlap and buttons

I made this set of 4 Sympathy cards real early this morning.

I used different embossing folders for the base card, burlap that I fringed (cut at 2 1/4" x 3") to make this rustic homey card.

Sentiment if from Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes. Various punches were used (SU) to punch out the sentiment.

The buttons were from a vintage yard sale I went to last weekend.

Sympathy Card

I used the Stampin' Up Idea and catalog book to assist in making this card which I sent to my daughter's friend who lost her father.

The measurement of the pieces are as follows:
Base card is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half.
Text paper which I used a border punch was originally cut at 5 1/2" x 2"
Crinkled green card stock 3/4" x 4 1/4"
Sentiment and image orange piece cut, and I corner rounded the upper right only, at 3" x 4". The sentiment is raised using foam squares.

Love & Sympathy

My Sister in law lost a family member and wanted to make a special card for her. I used the Love & Sympathy Stampin' Up set to acomplish this card. I borrowed some design elements from the book. I added the effect on the base of embossing, bordered with a punch strip and then layered with the sentiment

Doggie Sympathy

My BIL little doggie was very ill for quite sometime and they made the painful decision to let Taz rest.
Here is a card I made for them - I cut the dogs from Paper Pups at 2".
Sentiment is from Studio G
The little heart on the front is a Sizzix die that I inked.
I am entering this card in Anything Goes challenge - use die cuts.

All I have seen

Created this card in memory of a young girl at the age of 14 who passed away on Wednesday. Her schoolmate friend is grieving and I want to send her this card.

I had bought this lovely stamp set years ago with the thought it would help me make the sympathy cards in a thoughtful way. The stamp set and inks are from SU! The border punch is MS and the rhinestones are from M's.

To help me create this card - I used the sketch and color theme at The Pink Elephant

With Sympathy

Created this card after my daughter told me of her friend's younger sister loosing a dear friend at the early age of 14. I cannot imagine what the parents are going through.

here is one Sympathy card I am sending.

To aid me - I used the Color Create challenge of lilac, yellow and mint.
Background embossed with CB folder
Inks used are SU, ribbon is from SU! and sentiment from a LSS store - labeled Heather

With Sympathy

Made this card for a co-worker. His SIL passed from cancer at the age of 46.

Entering this card in a couple challenges.
Topic of card (sympathy) at The Cuttlebug Spot
and used the layout from Sketchy Thursday

Back ground embossed with Swiss Dot embossing folder
Sentiment from Heather
Used SU! punch to cut the label out.
Ribbon also from SU!
Swirl PP from K&Company

In memory

This is for a Cricut Card Fairy Mission # 651. In which a mom lost her son in a car accident. She is coming up on the one year anniversary and we were asked to make her a card with butterflies. You see, when sees these flying around it gives her a little peace.


Butterflies from SU! embosslit cut from vellum
Background run through the CB folder
Pierced the corners of the brown and white corners
Sentiment from Studio G which I won in a blog challenge.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Piercings at Allsorts
Layout sketch from Card Patterns
Object with wings or bugs at Crafty Creations and CRAFT challenge blog

Sympathy Card

An old Co-worker lost her son over in Afghanistan and I created this card with my SU group to send to her.

It was his second tour over there and just began - what a loss.
This card fits in with the Cuttlebug Challenge of Sympathy

Scraplift myself

I needed to make a couple sympathy cards and I really liked the card I created earlier this month. So I scraplift myself.

The stamp set is from Stampin' Up as well as the sheer ribbon.

Cuddlebug folder used was Herringbone to emboss the cs under the sentiment.

After I took these pics I did take my glitter pen and go inside the dragonfly to add a little accent to the images.

The saying says:

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

I think this saying is fitting for a sympathy card.

MoJo Monday 98

Stampin' Up stamps used as well as the Baja Breeze card stock and sheer ribbon.

Cuttlebug - Herringbone folder used under the gold glitter CS layer

Provo Craft Countdown Be Inspired #41 challenge

Over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot - we were challenged for this week's Provo Craft Countdown Be Inspired #41 to perform the following.

We challenge you our fantastic readers to create altered projects from items in your recycle bin, containers to books the sky is the limit.Your bonus folder for this week is the textile folder from Provo Craft.

While I have loads of recycle items to choose from, I chosed a roll of wall paper that a long strip was given to me. I thought the designed and paper would make great sympathy or formal cards. This gave me the perfect time to try my creativity.

The leaf came from the wonderful wallpaper and even the butterfly was punch from the wallpaper using my Martha Stewart punch. (You can see it has wonderful nature like texture and I could not pass up using the scraps!)

Here are two version I made this morning -

Cuttlebug Herringbone folder used on the accent piece of card stock.