Freshly Made Sketches #541 & NBUS#39

 

 Welcome!

 

Today I am joining in on Freshly Made Sketches #541:

 

I needed to make a Sympathy card and while they are not always the most fun to create they are needed (sadly).

 

So I started out with the first card below and wasn't sure if it was a bit much for a Sympathy card so I created a second card.  Tell me which is your favorite & which you think is most appropriate for a Sympathy card.

 

Card #1 

Card Base, Extra Heavy White

Next Layer Bashful Blue - Retired SU color (which I really miss) that I embossed with Birds & Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Next I layered a strip of Night of Navy cs and a strip of Bashful blue with a tiny piece of designer paper (Paper Studio) - I also distressed the edges of the Navy piece.  I glued down a piece of the designer paper on white card stock and cut the heart die and also the bird die wing out.  The main bird was bashful blue.  I also used a rectangle die for the first time from Sizzix.  I cut that out in white and used the negative piece from Night of Navy.  The banner was cut with fishtail die (MFT) and the sentiment is from SU - Heal Your Heart stamp set.  I used Memento Tuxedo black ink on that.

 

 

Card #2 - I angled the rectangle portion of the sketch on this card.
 

Card Base - Bashful Blue

Embossed Layer - Basic White

Heart Die & Rectangle Die - Night of Navy cs

Multicolor deisgner paper - Paper Studio.

Other: Foam Tape

Baby Blue Stickles for the centers of the 3 flowers.

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Fishtail Dies

 Stock for the strip across the card.Textured Piece of Navy Card

  

Entering in for NBUS #39 as well since I used New Dies on these cards.

 

 

There you have it.  2 cards using the same colors, dies & stamps.  

Which one is your favorite?

Paper Players #562 - Color Challenge

 

 Welcome.  Before I get started with today's card I just want to say how excited I was that my card for the PP#561 Spooky Challenge made the (Cut Above) for last weeks challenge.  Thank you so much.

 

 

 

This weeks challenge is a color challenge: (#562)

 

Such pretty colors.  Since I don't have Pale Papaya   I went with the closest color I could get to match it.  For my 4th color I chose a yellow (Daffodil Delight) as it was one of the colors in the Designer Paper that I chose to use.

My card is also based off the same sketch from Freshly Made Sketches (#506) from last week.

I needed a Sympathy card for a fellow bowling team member who lost her husband last week.  These type of cards are never easy to make but sadly they sooner or later are a necessity.

Here is the card that I came up with:

I remembered that I had this piece of fall leaf paper in my stash and it seemed to have all the colors of the challenge in it so I based my card around that paper.

Card Base: Early Espresso

Layered with a soft peach/papaya color that is actually the back of a piece of Coredinations card stock.

The Designer Paper is old and says it was from Gussie's on the back of it.

I used circle and scallop dies and stamped my leaf (PSX - Personal Stamp Exchange) with Pumpkin Pie Ink on the light colored card stock and mounted it on a pie of Pumpkin Pie.  My strips of paper were: Early Espresso, Coordinations piece & Daffodil Delight.

The sentiment on the outside and the inside of the card are from Stamp Simply - Sympathy Sentiments Set 1 - Awhile back I won 3 of their sympathy sets and am finally putting them to good use.

Here is the inside of the card:

The leaf is the solid version of the one I used on the outside of the card.  Inks used were: Early Espresso & Pumpkin Pie.

That's it for this card.  Be sure to check out the Design Teams cards & the other participants as well.

Fusion Challenge - Green

 Hello & Welcome!

Today I'm featuring a card for the current Fusion Challenge - Green You can either be inspired by the Sketch, The Inspiration Photo or both.

 

I will also be sharing with NBUS #24 since this is the first time I'm using the Stamp Set and the metal dies.

Today I'm just doing with the Inspiration Photo.

Here is the card I made for this challenge.

Details:  Card Stock:  Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Crumb Cake.

Designer Paper - Safari Chic (DCWV)

Stamp Set: Heal Your Heart (SU)

and a retired background stamp - Linen.

Ink: Crumb Cake

Other: Leaf Die bought off Amazon HERE 

Circle Nestabilitie die

Foam Mounting Tape.