The most important thing when ill, is to never lose heart

Sharing a card I’ve made for a colleague who is going through treatment for an illness featuring the pretty Painted Butterflies from Altenew.

I am playing along at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge using the middle column so I’ve done my butterflies in a rainbow of colours and picked my papers to match.  For the sparkle I’ve winked the background to the butterflies and the sentiment, which is from the Thoughts & Prayers set from Stampin’ Up!, and also added in some gems in matching colours.  Finally, my semi circles and one butterfly have been die cut.

My card follows the layout at Sketch Saturday.  My only change was to swap out the flower embellie for a butterfly.  I decided to dry emboss the background so I could play along at Pause Dream Enjoy.  Hoping this bright and happy card brings a little cheer to my colleague especially when filled with well wishes from others at work.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Altenew ~ Painted Butterflies

Crafter’s Companion Embossing Folder ~ Cherry Blossom

Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies ~ LF-114 Grand Circles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rhinestones ~ Dark Blue, Dark Purple, Orange & Yellow Deep

Queen & Co Rhinestones ~ Grass Green

Red & Purple Rhinestones from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Dried Marigold, Dusty Concord, Festive Berries, Fossilized Amber, Milled Lavender, Mowed Lawn, Ripe Persimmon, Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron & Wilted Violet

Tsukineko Encore! Ultimate Metallic ~ Gold

Wink of Stella Glitter ~ Clear

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ White

Echo Park Summer Days ~ Scallops

Stamps

Altenew ~ Painted Butterflies

Stampin’ Up! ~ Thoughts & Prayers

Challenges

Pause Dream Enjoy #10 ~ Emboss

 

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So huge, so hopeless to conceive

Sharing a card I made with the beautiful Weeping Rose image from Aurora Wings.

I’ve had this image in my stash for a long time and decided it was about time I actually used it on a card.  Thought it would make a beautiful sympathy card so I teamed it with a sentiment from the Thoughts & Prayers set by Stampin’ Up!.

For my colour scheme I’ve followed the current palette at Color Throwdown.  I chose to colour only the roses on the image giving them dark purple centres going out to light purple.  The rest of the roses have been coloured in beige.  To add the final colour of brown I stamped my sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink from Stampin' Up!, adding a dusting of clear embossing powder over the top for some shine and texture.  I’ve also got some brown in the limited embellies I used, just three small sequins.  It’s really hard to tell in the photo but the image has also been foiled in rose gold.

I always think sympathy cards should be simple but elegant affairs so this is a one-layer card and I’m playing along at CAS on Friday with it.  I did mount my watercolor paper on to a base card of Bazzill Marshmallow for some strength but figure it still counts as a single layer card.

Over at Mix It Up they are looking for an optional twist of CAS, which my card is so I am entering it in their challenge.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Embellishments

Little Things from Lucy’s Cards Shaker Selection ~ Chocolate Fondue

Inks & Paints etc

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Chocolate Chip

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Milled Lavender & Seedless Preserves

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Fabriano Watercolor ~ 200gsm Hot Press Smooth

iCraft Decofoil ~ Rose Gold

Stamps

Aurora Wings ~ Weeping Rose

Stampin’ Up! ~ Thoughts & Prayers

Challenges

CAS on Friday #127 ~ One layer wonder

Mix It Up #10 ~ Anything Goes + Clean and Simple

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…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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