…And all we need of hell

I have another sympathy card to share today featuring stamps from Altenew’s Beautiful Day and Painted Butterflies.

The front of the card follows the current sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I’ve used a flower for the circular element and swapped out the thin rectangular element for a butterfly.  To add in my sentiment I’ve used an elegant die from Simon Says Stamp!.

My colour palette and the background stencilling come from the picture at Inspired by All the Little Things.  I used a brush to stencil the quatrefoil background and I really like the way it gave a soft and also mottled effect.  I’ve also picked up the shades of pink for my flower and the green in my die cut.

Over at Papercraft Challenges they are looking for trifold-cards so I thought I would add a bit of interest to my card by creating a card with a die cut in the top layer and stamping on a secondary inner layer.  When you lift the top, you get another butterfly and a further sentiment.  I kept this inner layer very simple and just stamped the outline of the butterflies but did them and the sentiment in gold embossing powder.

A shot from the side to show the tri-fold.

 

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Altenew Dies ~ Painted Butterflies

Simon Says Stamp! Dies ~ SSSD111630 Handlettered Greetings

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Layering Stencil ~ THS074 Trellis

Inks & Paints etc

Altenew Crisp Inks ~ Coral Berry, Forest Glades, Frayed Leaf, Frosty Pink & Ruby Red

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen & Spun Sugar

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Stamps

Altenew ~ Beautiful Day & Painted Butterflies

Stampin’ Up! ~ Thoughts & Prayers

Challenges

Papercraft Challenges #3 ~ Trifold-card

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But he who dares not grasp the thorn…

I’m sharing a card I made to celebrate a milestone birthday featuring the elegant Single Rose Bride image from Sami Stamps and sentiment from the Altenew Beautiful Day set.

I’ve followed the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch for my layout and used a bit of red cardstock to accent my otherwise monochromatic colour scheme.  I also coloured up my image monochromatically with just a pop of colour on the single rose.  I love the elegance of this image and how she can be used for non-wedding occasions also.  It’s hard to see on the photo but the 40s and rose pattern is actually foiled so it looks shiny in real life rather than black.

I chose to use the repeated rose motif so I could enter my card over at the Alphabet Challenge.  I created the background by cropping the rose from the image and alternating that with a 40.  Maybe should have done all roses and just one 40 in the middle not to belabour the point but it is a milestone and one the recipient isn’t dreading reaching.

It is, of course, also cause for celebration.  Well, actually, any birthday is as it’s always a gift to reach another year and have the health to look forward to yet another.  So I am also entering my card in the current celebrate challenge at AAA Cards.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany, Black Soot, Candied Apple, Embossing, Forest Moss, Hickory Smoke & Mowed Lawn

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Basic Black

Papers

Arches Watercolor Paper ~ 185gsm Smooth

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Currant Sensation

iCraft Deco Foil ~ Opal

Stamps

Altenew ~ Beautiful Day

Sami Stamps ~ Single Rose Bride

Challenges

AAA Cards #103 ~ Celebrate

Alphabet Challenge ~ R is for Roses

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #248

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A flower blossoms for its own joy

I’m sharing a card I made for a friend’s birthday featuring the flower from the Beautiful Day set by Altenew.

To make up my card I used the inspiration photo from the current Altenew challenge.  I picked up the two flowers and three leaves as well as the layout and the sequin embellies and used them on my card.

I went with pink for my flowers and cardstock mats as it is think pink for breast cancer awareness over at Casual Fridays.  And, as my card features a layered stamp I am also linking it up at Less is More.  To add interest I stamped the outline of the flowers and leaves with embossing ink and added gold embossing powder.  I used the same embossing powder for the sentiment, which also comes in the same set, and finished off the card with gold sequins.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale

Embellishments

Gold Sequins from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Altenew Crisp Inks ~ Coral Berry, Forest Glades, Frayed Leaf, Frosty Pink & Ruby Red

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ White

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Flirty Flamingo & Powder Pink

Stamps

Altenew ~ Beautiful Day

Challenges

Altenew ~ October Inspiration

Casual Fridays #185 ~ Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Less is More #352 ~ Stamp Layering

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