TGIF Stamping buddies, ha not really as I would just as soon days go slow since I am home with family. Mom and I baked 5 loaves of Cherry Nut Bread, Chocolate Nut Fudge and then ran out of eggs. We got a horrendous blizzard yesterday and is still cold and windy today but the sun is shining. I can't get into my car for some reason. I tried to use my hair dryer and everything. Mom ended up calling the neighbor as she needed to go to the eye doctor today.
I needed a sympathy card for my Ex as his Aunt died. Now all I have is card stock for Christmas cards and this Love and Sympathy set with me at Mom's. I did have the Festival Of Prints I could use and thank God my markers. So this is what I came up with and you will see the little rectangle of Lucky Limeade is textured with the Sneak Peak from the SAB flyer. I hope you have your flyer by now. And of course I used the Color Spritzer Tool. Tee Hee!
Here are the details:
Stamp Set: Love and Sympathy
Card Stock and Paper: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Festival of Prints DSP Stack
Inks: Lucky Limeade Marker, Perfect Plum Marker, Rich Razzleberry Marker
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge, Dimensionals.
I hope you have time to check out the other darling cards for the Freshly Made Sketch http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by today and Merry Christmas! Happy stamping and Hugs, Bev
Hello stamping friends, I sure had a busy day today but got some laundry done, Thanksgiving cards for my family ready to mail. I cleaned up my house a bit and got my party materials all put away for now. I had stamped this card when I was at my hunters weekend stamp day but hadn't put it all together. I love how it turned out and didn't think I would need it so soon but I did. I love how it turned out, don't you? I used my Perfect Plum and Wild Wasabi Markers to color the flowers. I love that set so much even though it is for a sad occasion. My Mom is not feeling the best right now either and having a hard time breathing. I am asking for your prayers that she gets better. It brings tears to my eyes just writing this.
I die cut a retired oval die from the ovals die and stamped the floral image after using marker to stamp technique and then colored my stamp again and stamped in on a scrap of Very Vanilla and punched it out with the Extra Large Oval Punch and layered it with Dimensionals lining it up perfectly over the die cut oval. I sponged around all the edges with Perfect Plum and then used an old sympathy set to make my banner. I thought it turned out so beautiful and elegant.
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Love and Sympathy
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum
Inks: Perfect Plum Ink Pad and Marker, Wild Wasabi, Marker
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Ovals Die(retired), Holiday Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Extra Large Oval Punch, Sponge, Dimensionals
I hope you had a terrific weekend and leave me a comment and let me know how you like my card if you would. Please email me if you have any questions. I am really looking forward to a short work week thanks to Thanksgiving. Yippee! I hope I get some stamping time in. I have a lot to do however.
Have a lovely night and bless you again for stopping by.
Hugs, Bev
Good morning stampers, here is a pretty card I stamped this weekend. I had some of this Primrose Petals card stock with me and needed to restock my sympathy cards, unfortunately. This is what I came up with and I love how it turned out. Simple but pretty, don't you think?
I used my markers to color the stamp and then stamped the image on Whisper White Card Stock and punched it out with the 2-1/2" Circle Punch. I textured the partial piece of Primrose Petals Card Stock with the Fancy Fan EF and sponged around it. I added a Round Ribbon Slide with the Stitched Satin Ribbon. Very Easy Peasy!
Here are the details:
Stamp Sets: Love and Sympathy
Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Whisper White
Inks: Primrose Petals Ink Pad and Marker, Wild Wasabi Marker
Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Round Designer Ribbon Slides, Stitched Satan Ribbon, Sponge, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots.
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Live, Laugh, Love, Stamp! Hugs, Bev
OMG! Isn't this card beautiful? For sure you will have everyone wanting to know when you became an artist if you copy this card and send it. This is a card I cased from the new Annual Catalog using the current stamp set Love and Sympathy. Isn't it just beautiful? I used my markers to color the floral stamp and then spritzed it lightly with my Stampin' Mist and then stamped it. I stamped it again on another piece of Whisper White Card Stock and then cut it out with the Scallop Circle Punch and tied the Linen Thread around it. I love the way it turned out and it looks like a Hallmark card to me. It also won't require another stamp so it is easily mailable. Simply beautiful I think. Don't you?
Yesterday after I got out of church I ran to the store where I work and coming out I saw one of my customers and hostess that hadn't been to my brunch so I invited her over. Well she came in and looked through my discontinued items and the new catalog and then we walked around outside and I asked her what these trees were in my yard. She said they were plum trees. They never bear fruit and some of them were dead. Well, we started pulling them up and out of the ground and pretty soon we had about 5 of them pulled out. We were giggling and laughing so hard. I still had my dress on from going to church and she was dressed nice too and here we are pulling out these trees and dragging them to my burn pile. OMG it was so funny! I told her I wasn't going to ask her over again as I wouldn't have any trees left. LOL! She left and there was a bigger one that was dead so I went in and changed out of my dress clothes and went back outside. I pushed the tree over and it just fell but was hanging on by the roots so I came in and got my lopper and took it out and cut the roots off and cut the tree into pieces so I could drag it over to throw on top of the pile. I am sore this morning from doing that yesterday. It sure looks nicer out there however and oh my friends are so great. I feel so blessed.
Here are the details on my card:
Stamp Set: Love and Sympathy
Card Stock: Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Inks: Blushing Bride Marker, Melon Mambo Marker, Certainly Celery Marker, Basic Gray Ink Pad & Marker
Accessories: Big Shot, Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Color Spritzing Tool, Linen Thread.
I pray you have a blessed day.If you stop by please let me know what you think of my card. Have a great week and I hope you have time to create something cute. Happy Stamping. Hugs, Bev
Brrr, hi stamping friends, it is cold here again. Hmm, are we gonna have winter now? I sure pray not. It flurried all day today and the wind was blowing and it was just plain crappy. Anyway, I hope you had a great day.
Today, I want to share this sympathy card with you that I made yesterday. I sold most of my sympathy cards so wanted to make some more to restock my cards on hand box. You never know when you will need one of those. I thought this card turned out so soft and pretty. Don't you? It was really easy also. I used the First Edition DSP and I am really going to miss that and hope they replace it with something similar in the new catalog. I just don't don't know yet if they will, but I do know some of the things that are coming. OMG you are just going to love the new catalog. I have seen about 12 new sets now and I am so excited. I really shouldn't wish my life away but COME ON MAY 7th when I can preorder my new catalog. I tried so hard to recruit a couple of people during Sale-A- Bration so I could win the cutest sets but I didn't succeed. Darn it anyway I will have to buy them. And that doesn't mean I am giving up by any means. I will keep trying as I know I can do it.Want to join my team of Bev's Busy Bees or know of anyone that is interested. I will reward you with a stamp set if you refer some one to me.
Here are the details on my card:
Stamp Sets: Love and Sympathy, Posy Punch
Card Stock: Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP
Inks: Blushing Bride, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Framelits Dies, Two Tags Die, Twitterpated Buttons, Sponge, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots.
I used thin strips of paper to thread through the button and stuck the paper down on the back with mini glue dots.
Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely evening. Let me know what you think of this card as I truly appreciate your comments. Create something cute now. Hugs, Bev
