Showing posts with label Sympathy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sympathy. Show all posts

Friday, July 24, 2015

With Sympathy

Hello crafters, it is Shirley here today.  I have a sympathy card to share with you today. Thankfully, I do not need it, at this time. It is always harder to make them in the time of need.


I started with a white card base. I used the Marianne Anja's Large Oval to cut the outer oval from So...Silk Glamour Green card stock. This card stock is produced with silk fibers, which gives the paper a silky feel, but it has a metallic appearance to it. The picture of it does not give show the real beauty of it.

Next I used the decorative oval from the Anja's Large Oval set to cut the decorative layer.  I glued it to the outer layer using Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive. I used the smaller die from this set to cut the layer for my silver embossed sentiment. I used Joy Large Foam Pads to pop up the sentiment.

I decided to pair the PoppyStamps Angel Corner die to add some decorative flair to my card. I think it goes quite well with the Anja's Large Oval. They look like they were made to go together, don't they?   I glued the white corners to the So...Silk Glamour Green card stock, and cut them out. They were glued to the corners of the card under the decorative oval as the final step to my card.

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Thank you for coming by today. I hope you liked my card. 


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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Poppy Sympathy

Hello, Diana here today! There are two types of cards that are hard for me - sympathy cards and masculine cards.

When I saw the Memory Box Row of Poppies, I thought it would make a perfect sympathy card.


I started with a stitched rectangle die cut from MFT Blueprints 13. I used the Memory Box Textured Mesh stencil, and sponged some Broken China over just a small section of the layer.

Next was to die-cut the Row of Poppies out of watercolor paper, and use markers to color them.

Adding a PoppyStamps Delaney Butterfly cut from gold SB Precious Metals Craft Foil.

Last, I added a double bow made with the Bow-Easy, and added a sympathy tag using ODBD Mini Tag Sentiments and Dies as well as a gold cross.


The card was still a little flat to me, so I die cut and colored some of the poppies and popped up three of the blooms with small Joy! Foam Pads.  A little dimension can go a long way! 


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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Carried To Heaven

Hello, it is Shirley posting today. I have been making Christmas cards for the last few weeks and I thought you might be ready for something different.

I made a sympathy card which is always a hard card to make when you need one. Having a few made a head  of time makes it a little easier when you need one to send.


I started with a white card base. I layered it with a piece of purple card stock. I cut a white layer of card stock to put over the purple. I used a Anna Griffin Matelasse embossing folder to give my card a little texture.

I found this scrap purple paper in my scrap bag to add over the embossed white card stock. I used the Our Daily Bread Designs Angel Wings die to cut wings from a piece of white card stock.  I popped it  up over the purple paper with Joy Small Foam Pads. I selected another piece of white card stock to stamp a sentiment on from the Our Daily Breads Designs stamps set Carried To Heaven.  I used a heart die to cut the sentiment. I popped it up over the wings with Joy Foam Pads. 

Next I took white card stock and used the Spellbinders Decorative Labels Twenty Seven dies, to cut a decorative piece to place under the angel wings.  I decorated it with a purple rose and four Purple Rhinestones to finish my card. 

I hope you have a great day, and come back tomorrow for more inspiration! 


There are new dies, stamps and stencils in the shop this week along with lots of other new additions!   You can see everything here. 

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Prayers for You

Hi, it's Misti today!  

Sympathy cards are hard any time of the year, but to need one during the holidays seems to be even harder. 



My card today is a sympathy card.  I stamped the main flower from Star of Bethlehem by Flourishes. I only used two Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers, Peeled Paint and Mustard Seed, along with the Tim Holtz Water Brush.  It didn't require much coloring at all.

I cut out the image with the Spellbinders Labels Twenty-nine.

The papers are from the Graphic 45 12 Days of Christmas 6" x 6" paper pad worked great with the green in the flowers. You really can't tell that it's a Christmas paper pad!

I couldn't get the flower image and the sentiment to fit within the frame, so I stamped the sentiment from JustRite's With Sympathy set separately.

I used some Eggshell Seam Binding to finish it off.


A beautiful sympathy card! Thanks Misti!

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The 12 Days of Christmas paper pad is on sale now as part of our Christmas clearance sale!  

Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...

    
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Peace in Purple

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Hi, it's Holly posting today.  I needed a sympathy card for a sweet friend because her mother just passed away.  I kept this card sweet and simple and hopefully this will give her a little comfort in the days to come.


I started by cutting the Honey Blossom Frame from white cardstock.  This piece was set aside while I pulled out the gorgeous new Secret Garden 6x6 paper pad.  I die cut the purple script paper with the Debutante Frame (this matches the Honey Blossom Frame perfectly) and then adhered this to a layer of the solid purple paper from the Secret Garden paper pad.  The white Honey Blossom Frame die cut was glued directly on top of the purple script die cut.

The sentiment, from the With Sympathy stamp set (JustRite), was stamped with wisteria ink onto white cardstock.  I then cut this out with one of the Lacey Circles dies (Spellbinders) and adhered it to my card with Joy Foam Pads.


It's never easy to make sympathy cards, but it's nice to let people know you are thinking of them.  This card will be easy to recreate with different papers and different color combos.  It's always a good idea to make several to have on hand for those unexpected times when you need a sympathy card.
This post is Holly's last on the Classy Cards blog for the next few weeks.   Holly has had the honor of being asked to serve as a Guest Designer on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog for June!  Once she has completed her Guest Design term for Cheery Lynn, she'll be back with her wonderful designs  on the Classy Cards blog.   Leave her a little love, won't you??

Thanks for stopping by!!!   Until next time...



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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Peace Tapestry

Hi Classy friends, it's Holly posting today. I'm sharing a sympathy card that I created using one of the new Cover-A-Card background stamps.  It's never easy to make sympathy cards, so I wanted to have a few on hand for those times when they are needed.


I started by cutting some Kraft cardstock (new in the store!) to 5.5" x 8.5" and then I folded it in half to create my card base.  Next, I cut some plum cardstock to 3.5" x 4.25".  I stamped this plum cardstock with the beautiful new Quilt Cover-A-Card background stamp using Versamark.  I covered this with Clear Detail Embossing Powder, tapped off the excess, and used my heat gun to melt the powder.  Using a clear embossing powder usually means that you will get a deeper shade of the original cardstock color.  (This doesn't work on pale colors such as white or vanilla.)  I really love this Quilt stamp and how it pops out because of the clear embossing powder.  So beautiful!

This embossed plum cardstock piece was adhered to my kraft card base, and then I added a strip of dark brown cardstock above that.  The ends were simply notched out with scissors.  

For the sentiment piece, I cut out some vanilla cardstock with a Labels 18 die (Spellbinders).  While the cardstock was still inside the die, I sponged some plum ink around the inside and then removed the cardstock from the die.  I stamped the sentiment from the With Sympathy set (JustRite) with plum ink and then adhered it to my card.

I kept this card simple because I wanted the gorgeous richness of the embossing on the plum cardstock to stand out.  This Quilt background is so lovely and elegant and perfect for all kinds of cards, whether they are birthday cards, sympathy cards, thank you cards, or even holiday cards.  
Really pretty!  Thanks, Holly!

The Cover-A-Card stamps are such an easy way to make a background!  Scroll down to watch the video here which shows you how to use the Mega Mount to stamp the Cover-A-Card or any large stamp.   There is now a mini-mount which is great for smaller, but still large stamps.   I've always had trouble stamping background stamps and this is the fix!

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Yellow Rose Sympathy card

Good morning!   I recently inherited a large Yahoo group - Cuttlebug_Itis.  I served as moderator of the group for several years and earlier this year, the owner decided to step down and asked me to take the reins.  Although the name implies it's for Cuttlebug owners only, it's not.  Our posts apply to any die cutting machine that uses metal dies and embossing folders, but are not for the electronic machines such as Cricut, etc.  

Even though the group has over 1,800 members, there is not an extremely high volume of posts right now.  We share tips on Thursdays and the winner gets a small prize.  

In addition, there are two sister groups which Cuttlebug_Itis members may join if they choose - a swap group which is just getting started and a photo group where pics are sorted by Cuttlebug embossing folders.

You are most welcome to join our ranks and dive right in!   Click here to go to the home page and join!

Since becoming owner of the group, I needed a moderator and a wonderful lady stepped forward!   Debbie Zlab has been fabulous help!   She even created a beautiful card and has allowed me to share it with you.  



Here are the supplies Debbie used:

Thanks, Debbie!

Have you checked out the new Graphic 45 paper pads in the Classy Cards shop?  The beautiful colors and small patterns make them so perfect for cardmaking!
Secret Garden

French Country

You can see the new paper pads and much more in the NEW!!! section of the shop.

Click any of the gold links above to go to the products.

Thanks for stopping by!!!  Until next time...


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Lovely JustRite Sympathy

Good morning, Steph here again using an awesome With Sympathy stamp set from JustRite Stampers.  This stamp set has 12 different phrases, several small images, a frame and this lovely rose.  So, even though the stamp set is perfect for creating sympathy cards and projects, there are so many other options available to you.  I chose to use the rose as a focal image and created a generic card that could easily be used for Mother's Day or even a birthday.
 
Using Tim Holtz Distress Markers, I colored the rose with  Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade and the leaves and stem with Crushed OliveForest Moss and Old Paper.
 
 

 
I used the  Printery collection pad by Prima, selecting four different papers and using elements from each one, cutting and tearing for dimension.  The sentiment was also cut from one of the papers in this collection and added to the card front with Joy Foam Adhesives.
 


Once colored, I added a little glitter to the interior of the rose using Gelly Roll Stardust Pen.  This pen adds just the right amount of shimmer and shine and dries very quickly.

Beautiful card, Steph!

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The pre-order sale on the new 3D M-Bossabilities by Spellbinders ends Thursday, February 21st so get your order in now!  The sale includes ALL embossing folders, so order yours now.   Details and coupon code are here.

Thanks for stopping by!!!  Until next time...


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Friday, October 26, 2012

White Rose Wreath

Hi everyone!  It's Jenn and I have an easy to make wreath card to share with you this week.

For starters,  I began with a base of Stardream Ruby cardstock measuring 4.25 x 5.5 inches.   Next, using Stardream Emerald cardstock, I cut out the Curly Wreath Die by PoppyStamps. It's hard to see the wreath because I already have the flowers and leaves added, but this die cut has so many different potentials and cuts out nicely. 

Curly Wreath
Before I adhered the wreath to my card base, I decorated it. I started with the Mini Roses in White. These come with very long wire stems and I recommend that if you are going to use them to decorate a wreath that you cut the stems shorter so that you don't have so much wire to wrap around the wreath. Once I had the roses in place, it looked a little sparse so I used my leaf punch and the Stardream Emerald cardstock to create some leaves and fill in the gaps. I used glue dots to adhere my completed wreath to the card base. However, for added dimension you could use adhesive foam pads.

For finishing touches I cut out a label and stamped my sentiment on it. 




Such a beautiful card, Jenn!  Thanks!!

Stampavie has some great new Christmas stamps out this year!   Four of them are already in the Classy Cards shop along with some great foil from Spellbinders.   You can see it all when you click here!  Click any of the gold links above to go to the products which Jenn used on her card.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...


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