With Heartfelt Sympathy

Welcome back to my blog.

And welcome to another month. Hmm, November, I am looking forward to turkey, are you?? It will be here before we know it.

And it's also time to welcome in a new challenge over at Love To Scrap. The challenge starts today (November 1)  and goes til December 15. Love To Scrap is a fun challenge blog and welcomes all types of scrapped projects - cards, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, mixed media, altered items, 3-D projects, etc. - using bits of new or leftover stuff.  And we all have leftover stuff don't we?? LOL

Well let me share my Design Team inspiration project with you. 

I needed to make some sympathy cards and thought I'd share this one with you. I used some older stamps and some scrap CS and DP.   No coloring, so this was quick and easy to put together. I mentioned I used some old stamps, I seem to never get rid of stamps, I just keep adding to my stash.  I have a treasure trove, LOL.  Maybe I need to thin the herd so to speak. (Nah!!)

Products I used:

CS - White CS, Dark Blue CS, DP
Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black
Stamps - Stampendous - Flowers; MSE Sympathy Innie & Outies

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday  - Anything Goes (#5)

Thanks for stopping in today and I will be back soon. Hope to see you then

The Craft-Dee BowZ Blog Hop for April

Hi Everyone

Thanks for stopping by today, if you arrived here from Karen's blog, then you are in the right spot. If not then you may want to start at the Craft-Dee BowZ  blog to be eligible for the prize that will be awarded. Leaving comments along the way on each designers blog will make you eligible for the blog hop prize of a Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

This month our theme is sympathy. We all need these cards once in a while, so, we at Craft-Dee BowZ decided to showcase this theme. A single loop bow, which is less subdued, fits this theme very well.

The Craft-Dee BowZ tool makes perfect bows, single loop as well as multi-loop bows.

Let me share my card with you.

Here is a closer view of my single loop bow.

If you missed any of the designers in the hop here is the list, make sure to leave a comment on each designers blog.

Rebecca
Dana
Vicki
Karen

Barbara
Craft-Dee BowZ (stop back here last to leave one final comment)

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Stampers Anonymous -Angel Collage, Sparkle N Sprinkle -Sympathy Paper/Card Stock: White Glossy CS, White CS, Cream CS, Gray CS Ink: Staz-On Black, Black Dye Ink Dies Used: Spellbinders Ovals sm   Accessories: Ribbon,  Distress Markers-Straw, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Crafting By Designs -  Anything goes (#85) 
• Creative Moments -  #39 Anything goes/Things with Wings (#157)
• Digistamps 4 Joy -  #89 Add wings(#10)
• Divas by Design -  Anything goes (#88)
• House That Stamps Built  - Things with Wings (#41)
• Inklings and Yarns -  Always Anything Goes (#11)
• Penny's Paper-Crafty -  #171 Feathered friends (#11)
• WordArt Wednesdays -  Anything goes (must be uplifting, no dark images or themes) (#74)

Thanks so much for hopping along with us today. I hope you have seen cards that will inspire you for that next Sympathy card you will make when you need one. please leave a comment to be eligible for the give away and now your last stop is Craft-Dee BowZ to leave one final comment)

Have a great week!!

Sympathy

Hi Everyone,
I want to share a card with you that I made for my monthly club meeting this month. The theme this month was to make a sympathy card so using this beautiful angel here is that card that I made.

This stamp is from Stampers Anonymous and is a stamp that I have used so many times, I have lost count. It is a perfect image for sympathy and Christmas and..... I am sure you can think of other occasions you would use this stamp for as well.

It seems that my style for sympathy cards, generally speaking, is a really simple card. Since I didn't photograph the inside (sorry), here is the sentiment I used:

When you awaken in the morning hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush,

Of quiet birds in circled flight, 

I am the soft stars that shine at night,

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die.

The sentiment stamp is from the Stamp Barn and there is another sentiment that they offer that is also perfect for a sympathy card.

Those swirly corners I used are from Heartfelt Creations, and are in die set HCD-702 Decorative Butterfly Border Die. 

Well,Thanksgiving is closing in and then Christmas will be here shortly thereafter. Have a great day and I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.