Sympathy Card

My friend's brother passed away and I wanted to make a nice card for her.  I realized I didn't have any stamps for making sympathy cards so I took an afternoon and went to Michael's, Hobby Lobby, and Joanne's.  The pickins were slim but I managed to come up with a couple of stamps.  I know what I'll be looking for at the next expo I go to.

I used Black Magic cardstock and a Cuddlebug embossing folder to create the background. I sanded the embossing to bring out the green design.

The flowers were stamped in Olive Green Stazon then colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  I went over the image with a Versamark pen and heat set clear embossing powder.  I used a script background stamp and Dove Gray Stazon to add the script on top of the flowers. 

The cardstock is Stampin Up River Rock.

Here is the inside of the card:

It's hard to be creative when you are sad.  But I'm sure she will appreciate the thought.

The Calm After the Storm

Here in Wisconsin we have been having some pretty scary storms for the past 2 weeks.  Which is why I haven't been creating much.  We have lost power almost every evening so I have all my toys unplugged!  The other evening after one of the storms passed through I noticed this orange glow coming from my living room windows.  When I looked I saw this absolutely beautiful sunset!  I snatched up my camera and ran outside to snap a few pictures.  This one is my favorite. Isn't this pretty?

Underconstruction....

Please bear with me as I redesign my blog.  The publisher of the old layout is no longer.....

Karen's Doodles Easel Card

I wanted to try my hand at making an easel card.  I got the instructions from Split Coast Stampers.  The image is another Karen's Doodles. 



All the paper is Stampin Up.  I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and added Stickles to the flowers.  The corner is a chipboard piece covered in SU paper and tied with fuzzy yarn.

The border punch was a gift from a friend.  It is a set sold by Oriental Trading and comes with 6 different punches.  I love the look of these leaves.

All the edges were inked with SU inks.

Here is a side view of the card:



Isn't this cool?

Another Flower Bear Card

I love coloring this cute little bear so I made another card.  This one is going to a friend as a thank you for some terrific goodies she passed my way.

I have been having trouble with my camera.  The blue paper is more purple in color but after taking over 50 photos at different settings I can't get my camera to see it as purple!  Time for a new camera?  Anyway it's a cute card no matter what color it is. LOL



I used a lot of pop-dots on this one.


 I can't decide if I should stamp "Thanks" on the front of the card or make a small tag....  What do you think?