Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash Challenge

Hello, Lovelies!

Today I am playing along with one of the fun challenges over at the Winnie & Walter Blog! They're celebrating their 4th birthday this month, and my hubby asked me for a sympathy card so I thought, hey! an excuse to play! {LOL}

You obviously don't want bright colors or tons of sparkly embellishments on a sympathy card, but it also doesn't need to be boring either. I chose the In Bloom: Anna's Flora stamp set, the flowers in this set are just gorgeous, and tasteful for sympathy cards ;-)

White chrysanthemums are usually the flower used at funerals in Japan, so it looked appropriate for this occasion (at least to me...). I actually googled them to see the different colors, and this beautiful hot pink stole my heart 💗 The tips of petals had some yellow-green, which is absolutely gorgeous! So I had to color mine that way 💚 The white one was stamped and colored with Antique Linen Distressed Ink, and the pink one was stamped with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and colored with a few shades of pinks. 

Everybody needs hugs when they're sad, and this sentiment die from The Big, The Bold, and Friends Cutaways was just perfect! My obsession with the sentiment dies started with The Big, The Bold collection, the font is just gorgeous 💗 Of course, I LOVE the In a Word collection also, I own most of them {LOL} Anyway, this one was die cut from watercolor paper, mint and hot pink cardstock then all were mounted on top of each other. I did some ombre watercolor on the watercolor paper piece to match the tip of the flower petals. Instead of just a plain base, I die cut the Cover Model: The Leaf Effect Cutaway from Linen Cardstock, isn't it just beautiful!!?



What I love about this design is that it doesn't have to be a sympathy card! Keep the sentiment for another occasion, or change it to something else ;-) Or you can even use a different flower from the same stamp set!


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Newton's Nook Designs June Release Day 2

Hello, Newton lovers!

Welcome back to the Newton's Nook Designs June Release!

All the new goodies will be available for purchase this Friday the 16th over at the Newton's Nook Designs Shop!

Today is day 2 and we are showcasing this beautiful Furrever Friends set. 

We all love our fur babies, don't we?

That's why saying good-bye to them hurts so badly...:-(

Jen made this beautiful set so we can show our family and friends our love and support in a difficult time. Isn't this just sweet? :-)

Here are my cards ;-)

We all believe our beloved fur babies go to animal heaven, don't we?

So that is exactly what I made :-)

Here is one of the pup images that I heat embossed with snowflake tinsel embossing powder and fussy cut. I also heat embossed 2 wings with enchanted gold embossing powder and fussy cut. The sentiment "some angels have fur" was heat embossed with smoky slate embossing powder, and the halo was heat embossed with enchanted gold embossing powder. 

I sponged some fluffy clouds with gold ink because I thought that heaven would be all sparkly and pretty ;-)

I have another card with a kitty as well :-)

Again, with the same heaven concept but some sponged sun rays with gold this time :-)

My little angel kitty was heat embossed with snowflake tinsel embossing powder, and her wings and halo were heat embossed with enchanted gold embossing powder just like the angel pup. She is sitting on a vellum cloud with heat embossed outline. 

I really, really adore one of the sentiments that say "would not have been long enough", which is supposed to go with "forever". Isn't it just so true and beautiful? Well, I lost my 18 year old cat in December, I knew it was going to happen someday but when I actually found her collapsed on the basement floor one night, my heart dropped. Then you know what happened? My German Shephard Lulu, and my 2 sister cats Chocolate and Jellybean all had to leave us one by one in a row after my oldest Himawari (sunflower for Japanese). So as much as I love that sentiment, I just couldn't bring myself to use it... "forever remembered" is so very true, too though, right? 

{Would you like to win the “Furrever Friends” Stamp Set?}

This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday June 15th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 16th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

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Make sure to come back tomorrow, we have awesomely cute sets! Eeeek!

Newton's Nook Designs

Hello lovelies, Happy Wednesday!

Wow, it is already February! Where did January go!!?

Today I am up on the Newton's Nook Designs Blog!

I'm sure I say this every time I have to make a sympathy card, but it's not favorite...lol You probably agree, right? Well, this is life, life and death exit together and keeps the balance.

I love the adorable and whimsical critters from NND, but they had to sit out for this one! But no worries, NND also has plenty of pretty images that is appropriate for a sympathy card. Here I used these beautiful poppies from the Flower Gardens set. It was heat embossed in white on watercolor paper and water colored with, well, poppy! {LOL} Stems were colored with mint, and blue for shadow. 

This big, bold sentiment was die cut from black cardstock and adhered right on the watercolored panel. I did sew a piece of pleated crepe paper {AKA paper streamer} first to give a little bit of texture. Of course I had to sprinkle some clear sequins too, I used tiny 3mm ones, so cute! 

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Hope you enjoyed it!

AEI{heart}U Challenge

Hi there!

So my husband asked me if I had a sympathy card, and of course I didn't! 

I told him I'd whip up a quick one, and I grabbed the Oh Happy Day set from Avery Elle. That reminded me of their AEI{heart}U challenge this month, which is "winter".

Here is my card...

I said a quick one, didn't I!?

I kept it very simple :-)

This bunny is from the More Stories set, the animals in this set are just so adorable! They all look so soft and peaceful.

I first used the silver glimmer paper for my snowbank, but it was too bright and sparkly, so I grabbed the Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum pack instead. 

I can't say this enough, but I love this sentiment set, so pretty!

I heat embossed this one with Pool Party.

I used 2 sizes of snowflakes from the More Stories set, stamped them all over the base with the Encore Silver Ink. 

Winter has finally arrived here, it's been super cold and snowy this week!

I think when you're sad, it might help to look at falling snow and listen to the silence that brings, and acknowledge your sadness. Acceptance is hard, but I believe that is the first step in order to recover. I hope this card helps her even a tiny bit, probably not though...:-(

My notes...

Stamp: Oh Happy Day, More Stories (Avery Elle)

Paper: Whisper White, Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Pack

Ink: Smoky Slate, Encore Silver Ink, Versamrk

Tool: Heat Tool, Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stitched Hillside Border Lawn Cut (Lawn Fawn)

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With Sympathy

Hello! Happy Saturday!

Today I have a sympathy card to share with you.

I only make sympathy cards as needed, I just feel it's such bad luck to have them in my stash! My husband asked me one so here it is.

This Dainty Flower die is perfect for this card! 

I lightly colored the Irresistibly Yours SDSP with Smoky Slate to show the leaves. 

That beautiful sentiment is Avery Elle, I just love the font!

I wasn't sure if a paper doily would make it too feminine, but I don't think that's where your eyes are drawn to, so it is fine, don't you think?

My notes...

Stamp: Oh Happy Day (Avery Elle)

Paper: Thick Whisper White, Vellum, irresistibly Yours SDSP, Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP, Subtles DSP Stack (Retired Patterns)

Ink: Smoky Slate, Versamark

Accessory: Yellow Gumdrop (Your Next Stamp), Paper Doily

Tool: Dainty Flowers (Paper Smooches), Die-namics Stitched Rectangles STAX (My Favorite Things), Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Sewing Machine

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Sympathy Card

This is a card I made upon my husband's request weeks ago. Sympathy cards are not my favorite thing to make (not that it's anyone's, really..), but it's part of life, right?

I stamped the tree from the Thoughts and Prayers set on the whisper white card stock, then again on the Vellum card stock so the image on the whisper white card stock looks like a shadow.

I used the Silver Mini Brads to keep the Vellum in place.

And that's it, I wanted to keep it very simple.

My notes...

Stamp set: Thoughts and Prayers

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Vellum

Ink: Basic Gray, Jet Black Stazon 

Accessory: Silver Mini Brads

Tool: Paper-Piercing Tool and Mat

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Naki and Nina's Double Dare Challenge 26

Welcome to another Double Dare Challenge!

Sorry about missing last week, I had to take a little road trip and was busier than I thought I was going to be!

Use retiring stamp sets/accessories

Stripes

I honestly didn't know what to make, then my husband asked me to make a sympathy card for one of his clients... I really don't like making one of these, but that's life, right...

The retiring item I used on this card is the Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon. I am really really going to miss my Baja Breeze!

This card is really simple and takes no time to make:-) A sympathy card should be subtle, but still can be pretty and have some colors:-) I think Baja Breeze and Basic Gray worked perfectly, and the stripes added a nice touch, don't you think?

My notes...

Stamp set: Thoughts and Prayers

Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stacks

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessory: Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Now don't forget to visit Nina's blog, I know she's made something fabulous as usual;-)