Pick A Pumpkin Get Well

I was inspired by Windy Ellard to make this fall card. I turned mine into a Get Well card. I also added the Brick Wall element because I wanted to s-t-r-e-t-c-h the use of my Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper!

This lovely textured and layered card will be going to a special lady who is recovering from surgery. The beauty of Windy's design is that you can use this card for birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations and even Thanksgiving!

 

Thank you for visiting today and I hope you are inspired to create your own card using your favorite stamps, inks and tools. Please let me know if I can help you in any way!

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Weekly Deals and One Layer Challenge Card

One layer challenge? Yes, Splitcoast Stampers put out this challenge and I don't know why, but I considered answering the challenge. It's titled TLC580 and it is simply, NO LAYERS! This is what I came up with. It was actually quite relaxing to sponge my hearts using the Hearts Decorative Mask and sponge daubers. My card base is Blushing Bride and I used Chocolate Chip and Tip Top Taupe ink pads.

I decided to keep with a love theme and use Real Red ink to stamp my sentiment from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set.

Stampin' Up News: Weekly Deals are leaving on April 18!

Take advantage of the last two weeks of Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up! There will be a new round of specials less often to take their place. Here is what you can save on through April 11th:

140617 Starburst Thinlits Die Price: $29.00 $21.75

139680 Snow Flurry Punch Price: $18.00 $13.50

140619 Rose Garden Thinlits Dies Price: $31.00 $23.25

133755 Gold Glitz Dazzling Diamonds Price: $2.50 $1.88

134583 Gold 1/8" Ribbon Price: $5.00 $3.75

138348 Glassine Sheets Price: $5.00 $3.75

135854 Gift Card and Envelope Trims Thinlits Dies Price: $33.00 $24.75

135862 Gift Bag Punch Board Price: $20.00 $15.00

120907 Decorative Label Punch Price: $18.00 $13.50

134586 Crushed Curry Baker's Twine Price: $3.00 $2.25

137415 Confetti Hearts Border Punch Price: $22.00 $16.50

138393 Classy Designer Buttons Price: $6.00 $4.50

138412 Calypso Coral Thick Baker's Twine Price: $3.50 $2.63

138389 Brights Sequin Assortment Price: $5.00 $3.75

138413 Bermuda Bay Thick Baker's Twine  Price: $3.50 $2.63

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Elegant Perfect Bliss for PPA247

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SPECIAL THANK YOU: All customers who place an order and receive free shipping  will receive a special card hand made by ME delivered separately from their order. You will be able to use the card whenever you like! 

Happy Thursday! It's time to play at Pals Paper Arts! The challenge was huge for me. I don't do well with several shades of the same color. This is actually my second attempt at the challenge and no one will ever SEE my first attempt!!

 

I needed a sympathy card. I don't usually have these on hand since I like to make them particular to the person I'll be sending them to. I stamped the floral stem from Peaceful Petals onto Whisper White card stock using Jet Black Stazon. My Blender Pen and pools of ink came in handy for coloring the petals using Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum. The stems were colored using Garden Green.

My sentiments came from Thoughts and Prayers. I used my Perfect Plum Stampin' Write Marker to color just the parts of the sentence I wanted for each area of the card.

I added an Elegant Eggplant strip over the flower stem and under the first sentiment for balance. It's cut using the beautiful Finishing Touches Edgelits. Do you think it's balanced? I'm no art student, but it seemed to need something there! The pearls were added because I haven't used pearls in awhile :-)

I hope you enjoyed looking. I enjoy reading comments, so won't you please leave one for me? Don't forget to check out the Design Team cards for this challenge at Pals Paper Arts!

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PPA165-Baked Brown Sugar Sketch Challenge

Welcome to the Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge! I especially enjoyed the sketch this week because I recently purchased the set of Circles Framelits! Easy peasy when you have a selection of sizes to choose from! 

• I used a Baked Brown Sugar Stampin' Write Marker to color only the words I wanted from the sentiment stamp. 

• The stamp is from Thoughts and Prayers. Some coordinating Baked Brown Sugar prints from the In Color Paper Stack complete this simple card. 

• Those yummy Soft Suede Candy Dots from the Neutrals Collection pack add just the right touch to finish the card. 

I hope you liked looking and that you will leave your comments below. I will be announcing the Blog Candy winner from Tuesday's post tomorrow, so don't forget to come back then. 

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PPA 165 Baked Brown Sugar Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: 2013-2015 In Color Patterns Stack

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers

Ink: Soft Suede

Big Shot: Circles Collection Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits

Embellishments: Candy Dots Neutrals

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Thoughts and Prayers

It's never easy having to make a sympathy card. So I try and have one on hand at all times. The Thoughts and Prayers Stamp set is one I will probably never vote out of my collection. It's timeless and the sentiments are perfect. They say "Praying for You", "Sharing in your Sorrow", "Thinking of You...Please know that I care.", "Praying for friends to comfort you, faith to uphold you, and loving memories to heal your heart.", "Wishing you a quick and complete recovery. GET WELL SOON.", "Sending thoughts of love and praying for the Lord to sustain you with bright and restful days." How versatile is that? A little something for every situation to send comfort and care.

The details on this card are brought to you by the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder, inking the edge of the Scallop Oval Punch with Crumb Cake ink, and one Pearl from Pearl Basics. The last piece I added was a Heart-to-Heart (retired) punched Cherry Cobbler heart.

I'm glad you visited today. Please leave your comments below. I love reading them!

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Praying for You

I am really loving this Floral District designer series paper. There are so many options for color combinations and print combinations. I made this sympathy card for a friend whose mom passed away recently.

For the flowering plant, I used one of the stamps from Thoughts & Prayers. I colored it using Stampin' Write Markers and then colored in the teeny middles with a Stampin' Write Marker as well.

The sentiment fits right into the Large Oval punch and I embellished it with tiny Basic Pearls. I framed the oval with an Apothecary Accents Framelit die cut from one of the Floral District prints, which works out perfectly on this shape, I think.

Inside: I don't usually stamp much or decorate the inside of a card, but this card was special. I used the tree image from Thoughts & Prayers and kept it just Lucky Limeade ink, but to keep the subtle color, I stamped it off on a sheet of scrap paper first.

Adding a few mats and layers really helps give a card some weight and a bow to tie it all together really completes this look. Thanks for looking! Please leave me a comment, I LOVE to read them all!

Happy Weekend!

Thoughts & Prayers Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Floral District

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade

Stampin' Write Markers: Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango

Big Shot: Apothecary Accents Framelits

Embellishments: Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls

Adhesives: Snail, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals

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Old and New Part 2

Let's start with something new today! Here I used part of a new stamp set, Betsy's Blossoms and some of the new In Colors to stamp a background onto a Whisper White card stock background. I used the stamp set Thoughts & Prayers for my focal point and sentiment.

Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple (available June 1st)

Stamps: Betsy's Blossoms (available June 1st), Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit (available June 1st), Pumpkin Pie

Adhesives: Snail

Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Domestic Goddess (retiring May 31st)

Stamps: Circle Circus, Pennant Parade

Embellishments: 1/8" Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon

Adhesives: Snail, Stampin' Dimensionals

Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz (retiring May 31st)

Designer Series Paper: Cheerful Treat (hostess, retiring May 31st)

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: Concord Crush (retiring May 31st)

Punches: Boho Blossoms, Itty Bitty Shapes

Embellishments: Concord Crush Ribbon, Clear Rhinestone Brads (both retiring May 31st)

Adhesives: Snail, Mini Glue Dots

Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Concord Crush (retiring May 31st), Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder

Stamps: Delicate Doilies, On Your Birthday (retiring May 31st)

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush (retiring May 31st)

Designer Series Paper: Flirtatious Specialty

Embellishments: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Adhesives: Snail

Thoughts and Prayers

Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! is such a sweet suite of images! There are birds, bees, butterflies, plants and flowers with a vintage feel. The colors are Early Espresso, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist and Old Olive. So much you can do with these images!

I used the stamp set Thoughts and Prayers for my sentiment. I stamped it in Soft Suede onto Very Vanilla, then punched it out with my oval punch and matted it with Soft Suede Scallop Oval punch.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my creation and that you will visit my blog again! I love to read every comment, so please leave one below.

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MOJO 159

Sorry for the inside photo today, but it's raining outside! We are having the strangest, most unseasonable weather in Southern California.

I got my MOJO on early today! Check their site out and play along, won't you?

Shopping List:

Card Stock: Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: Poppy Parade

Extras: Scallop Circle and 1-3/8" Circle punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, In Color Stitched Poly ribbon

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