Vintage- Sympathy

The challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is

Sympathy or Thinking Of You

So please join us this week.

  Inside

 Inside- Top

 Inside- Bottom

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Paper Studio

Designer Paper: K&Co.

Lace: Bunny Zoe's

Pearls: Recollections

Metal Frame: Making Memories

Sentiments: From Computer

Diecuts: Spellbinders- Lacey Ovals, Floral Doily Motifs,

Fancy Tags 1

Butterfly: Martha Stewart

Challenges I would like to enter this card in:

Catered Crop - Pastel Colors (peachy color) Die cuts, Shabby Chic, Sentiment, Lace

Marks Finest Papers - Bring on the Bling

Catch The Bug - September Anythings Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes

Secret Crafter - Colours of Autumn

365 Cards - Create pattern with your embellies

Jellypark Challenges - punches and/or die cuts

Fun with Shapes & More -  must include die cut/punch - what you want (anything goes)

Crafty Creations -punch/diecut

Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything goes

Partytime Tuesdays -  Anything Goes

Creations by Gill M - Anything that flies (Inside)

Pile It On - "B is for.." (anything starting with a B) Burnt orange, brown, butterfly

CCEE Stampers - Fall card, add a die cut either homemade or purchased

Craft Creations - Autumnal Hues

Colour Create -  Red, Kraft and White/Cream

Heidi's Hobbystuggu - Fall Colours

Color Inspiration

The Challenge this week at Dutch Dare is

using one of these beautiful Color Inspirations.

Please join us this week!

I had help with the design of this card. I was having

serious Mojo issues and nothing was working. I have a gazillion unused Nestie shapes trying to make something work. I went to my favorite list hoping to find some inspiration and found this beautiful card by Cheryl from She Stamps. It worked perfectly!

Thank You Cheryl! The only problem when I case

a card, is I love everything about it, I case the whole card! (Cheryl's card below)

(My Card)

 The inside

 Inside- Top

 Inside-Bottom

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Designer Paper: K&Co.

Pearls: Recollections

Ribbon: Offray & From Stash

Lace: From JoAnn's Fabric

Metal Frame: Making Memories

Sentiments: From Computer

Diecuts: Spellbinders-Beaded Circles, Lacey Squares, 3 Floral Doily Motifs, Lacey Ovals, Classic Ovals, Fancy Tags 1

Challenges I would Like to enter this in:

All That Scrap Wednesday Challenge - Photo Insp*

Crafty Creations - punch/diecut

Jellypark Challenges- Punches and/or die cuts

Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew -  Anything Goes

Heart Song Inspirations - Anything Goes and/or Use your Favorite Colour Combo

Ribbon Carousel Challenge -All Tied Up (use more than one spooled item) One ribbon, lace, & thread on the outside, & 2 different ribbons on the inside

Top Tip Tuesday - Shabby Chic Tip- When adding heavy embellishments or even ribbon, Scor -tape is the strongest adhesive I've found so far. It adheres almost everything.

Crafty Sentiments - Ribbon & Bows & a HOP 

Craft Us Crazy - Autumn Colors and/or Favorite Embellishments (Medallion)

Catered Crop- Pink, gold, brown, ribbon, sentiment

Incy Wincy Designs - Diamonds and Pearls (Diamonds are in Metal Frame)

My Craft Spot - Sewing, Stitching, Faux stitching

Card Makin' Mamas - cards only - pink

Crafty Catz - Metal and Lace

Bloggers Challenge - Bingo- Lace- Pattern Paper- Die Cuts

Not A Traditional Sympathy Card

**For my blogoversary giveaway

please go here**

The challenge this week

at Dutch Dare is Clean & Simple

If you are like me, that is a challenge because 

I love layers, and lots of lace and lots 

embellishments.  I held back as much as I could.

Please join us this week and show us

your version of Clean and Simple.

Sympathy cards are very difficult to make.

I had a bunch to make so in  order not to get 

too hung up on it, I found if I either went for what paper I was in the mood for, or what style I 

knew the recipient liked, I was able to keep going.

I know it is not traditional, but, I get stuck

if I think about it too much. I apologize if it is offensive. I always try to make my cards respectful

for the occasion and the person receiving them.

I have received comments about my color choices 

not being appropriate for sympathy cards

 again, I apologize!  

I saw this card a few months ago, on Fiona's

blog and fell in love with it, so I had to

 case this beauty.

 Inside of Card

 Inside- Top

 Inside- Bottom

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Misc

Designer Paper: Velvet Polka Dots- Me & My Big Ideas- Pink- Marcella

Brads: Paper Studio

Ribbon: Pink-Misc from A Moore $1 bin Black Velvet: Celebrate it

Sentiments: Deepest Sympathy- Create W/ TLC The rest from the computer.

Flowers: From a bouquet I dissected and blk ones from wedding section at Michael's.

Challenges I would like to enter this in:

Little Darlings Challenges -  Favorite colors- Love black, white and pink

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Ribbons & Bows 

Deep Ocean Challenge - Flowers 

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Anything Goes  

Shopping Our Stash -  Use A Tool You've Neglected- Hole puncher kit for brads & eyelets

Corrosive Challenges -  Ribbons and Bows

Challenge Up Your Life - Circles 

Just Some Lines - Spots & Dots

CCEE Stampers - Use pink.

Southern Girls - Anything goes.

Tagged!

This week at Dutch Dare is winged things!

That can be many things.

A bird, a plane... (superman does not have wings, sorry), but butterflies and other insects

do.  You get the picture. Come join us

this week with anything with wings.

I needed to make a very quick sympathy

card and remembered I had these

pre-made card bases from K&Co.

This tag was perfect! I also had a

scrapbook kit in the same pattern with

paper and embellishments.

This was one of those cards that

came together nicely and I am actually

pleased with the results!

Love when that happens!!

 Side View

Love that ribbon, but it was difficult

to work with!! I fiddled with both

bows FOREVER and still was not able

to get it quite right! It is the same 

brand I often used, but this color

must be a different fabric.

 Close Up of butterfly

Sentiment done on computer

 Inside- (Holes on tag run through and tied

with ribbon)

 Inside- Top- 3D Flower Embellishment

Matched paper pattern perfectly!

Sentiment- Stamped

 Inside- Bottom

Sentiment done on computer.

Fresh Brewed Photo Inspiration

For all of the challenges I linked up to: I lost everything when blogger went down, I tried

to get all the challenges linked back, but

if I missed yours I apologize. 

Supplies Used:

Misc. Cardstock

Tag Card Base, Designer Papers, Embellishments: K&Co.

Ribbon:  Offray

Lace: From Joann's Fabric

With Caring Thoughts Stamp: Hero Stamps

Ink: Stampin' Up- Eggplant Envy

Other Sentiments- From Computer

Challenges I would like to enter this in:

Freshly Brewed- Photo Inspiration 

*Flourishes - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

*Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Cowgirls - Anything Goes

Scrappy Frogs - Anything goes

Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Anything goes

Catch The Bug -Anything Goes

Creative Belli - Anything starting with S-Stamp, Sentiment, Sympathy, Spots 

Creative Card Crew - May Flowers 

*Everybody-Art-Challenge - Flowers

*Top Tip Tuesday - Flower Frenzy 

Get Hippity with Ippity - Flowers

Card Cupids - Flowers

Dream Valley Challenges - Flowers

Crazy 4 Challenges - Lots of Flowers 

Pixie Cottage - Tag

Stampavie and More - Ribbons

Claudia & Co - Butterflies

Clear It Out! - Ribbon/Trim

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Lace

Aly's Sunday Challenge -Shaped Cards

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Dots

Secret Crafter - Dust Off Your Stash- Paper, Tag Base, & Embellies- All Older Stash

Do You Stack Up?- Add A Tag

Creative Craft World- Anything But Square

4 Crafty Chicks-Spring inspired.

Flourishes - 3 In A Row- Pink, Flower Lace