Old Scraps work!

This card uses a little scrap I just couldn't to throw away. It was made YEARS ago. Probably close to 18 years. That's BAD!

The scrap is on Night of Navy paper from SU and uses a SU stamp set Autumn Floral (long retired). I used some kind of pigment ink to stamp the leaves. Back then I think the only kind I had was the petal shaped inks from Color box.

This little piece resurfaced again last week, so I pulled it out and vowed not to put it away again. It would become a card or trash! 

Then I started playing with the gel press and my Distress Oxides. I peeled this background off the press and tossed it on the table to dry... right next to that little navy strip. It was meant to be. A trip through the cutting machine with a Stitched Rectangle STAX die from MFT , a piece of Night of Navy card stock and the card was nearly done.

The sentiment circle was cut with a Stitched Circle STAX die (MFT) and stamped with a stamp from Mega Mixed Messages- PTI.

Sequins from Studio Katia and a little navy organdy ribbon and it is done. Finally that pretty little piece has a home.

Through the Trees

This is a very simple card to make.

Cut center oval with a Nestabilities Oval and emboss it.

Cut the next sized oval in white for the inside image.

Use Eclipse paper or a Post It to mask the moon area. Use 3 colors of blue and sponge around the moon. Begin with the lightest; blend out to the darkest. Stamp image over the sponged sky.

Line up the stamped oval with the front cut out. Attach the oval to the back panel.

Stamp the branch and sentiment on the front. Tie ribbon through the oval  around the front. 

Cardstock: Fine Linen, Stampers Select White

Stamp: Through the Trees, Out on a Limb

Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Enchanted Evening, Chamomile) PTI, (Bashful Blue, Night of Navy) SU

Butterfly

Saturday, at last! It has been a long week . . . and there are 7 more to go. I hope we can all make it, students included! The weather has been cool but really nice. The forecast is for rain for the next 4-5 days so I spent the day outside in the garden today.

How do you like the new look? I LOVE it. Mums have got to be my favorite flower. My daughter created this for me. She is so talented. Thanks kiddo!

Here is a little card I made that was inspired by a photo I took last summer. The image is a KLM digital design., sentiment from PTI Mixed Messages;White CS Georgia Pacific; SU black CS and DSP; Nestabilities; Colored with Copic markers and Prisma Pencils and odorless mineral spirits.

Sympathy Cards

                                                                                                                                           

These are my least favorite to make, but  a  growing  necessity at this time of my life.

 

Unfortunately, the need this time came for the death of an infant son of a young colleague. I just can't imagine the grief!  The are no cards in the stores in our area that really address this. Anything I came up with just fell short, also. Maybe, as depressing as it is, I should work on something digital that might work.     These cards are stamped using Stampin'UP  images, papers, and inks; organdy ribbon and MS leaf punch.