With Sympathy Card

a Cut at Home Design Team Project

Today I've used Heartfelt Creations Blazing Poppy paper and stamp collection along with Marianne Designs With Sympathy die to create my sympathy card.  This is a standard A2 card on Kraft cardstock. 

Join me on today's video where I share a super trick to getting the raised, multi-colored looked to the die cut.

 

I stamped the poppies several times and then after coloring them with Tim Holtz Distress inks (on watercolor paper) I fussy cut and popped the layers one atop the other to give a real dimensional look to the front of the card.

Come join me on the video as I introduce you to Heartfelt Creations Blazing Poppy collection sharing the stamps, die and paper pad.  We'll also make the card start to finish.

Supplies from the Cut at Home store:

 

HCDP1-255: Heartfelt Creations Blazing Poppy 12x12" paper Pad (back ordered until mid August 2015)
HCPC-3677: Heartfelt Creations Bazing Poppy Stems stamp
CR1315: Marianne Design Craftable Die With Sympathy
Tim Holtz Distress Inks in various colors
ACT1414: Angel Craft Tape 1/4"658300: Sizzix Big Shot Starter Package
656499: Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafter Thin Dies

Sweet Pea

 I ran across an old set of 12 CDs by ClickArt buried in my closet.  They are just loaded with all kinds of clip art.  While browsing I ran across this darling little cherub and decided to see how baby would look on a card.  Well darn now I have a whole new world of inspiration at my fingertips.  I'm sooooooo glad I didn't get rid of these CDs.  The formats on the CDs are a little wonky but nothing that saving here and resaving under a different format didn't cure!

I stamped the heart (it includes the script) onto some card stock.
It's a Fiskars stamp from a set just called 'Baby.

Edge punch is Moroccco Lace by EK Success, this is one of my favorite border punches!

Inside is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly, shape cut from my Cricut.

Bravo!

We have a young friend who recently competed in the Bands of America which had their regional finals here in St George. Well low and behold they took first place (Clovis West High School in Clovis CA). We are so proud of him and his accomplishments and I wanted to make a card just personally for him.

The colors are his school colors gold and maroon. Papers are a mat stack I bought from Target (yeah can you believe Target?) they also came with matching color envelopes. The card base is AC Damask that I picked up at Tuesday morning, just love this cardstock, if you see it grab it!

The gold mat has been embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Musical embossing folder. Grungeboard # and Number 1 are Tim Holtz run through my XYRON upside down and then glittered (Yah Wooo I finally remembered to do this, works so slick). Bravo is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly.  All edges inked with Distress Ink.

Congrats Jer, we are super proud of you!!!

Keep in Touch!

My second card using my new House Mouse, the Need for Caffine stamp from Stampabilities.  The white steam is done with an American Crafts white gel pen and overlayed with a Sakura Glaze pen.

I used border punch from Fiskars called Leave it to Weaver to thread my ribbon through

 
Read below in the previous post to see how I cut the heart and elevated it.

Paper is from Debbie Mumm, including the envelope which I cut using the Martha Stewart score board. You must have one of these!!! Stamp is from My Sentiments Exactly loose rubber grab bag

Just Smile

This is my June Swap card for the Crafty Card Creators Yahoo Group. You were to use the word 'smile' somewhere on the card.  Stamps are colored with Copic markers.

These darling faces are from my new Peachy Keen Stamps. Aren't they adorable? I was so delighted when I ran across a blog that had used them, I'm so horrid at drawing faces and these stamps open up a whole new avenue for me. As well as the faces the flowers and pot are also Peachy Keen, there Happy Flowers and Cheerful Phrases collection.

The hummingbird was an added bonus after I bulked him up with some Glossy Accents. It's actually just a single sheet of paper from the me & my Big ideas 10th Anniversary collection. Ribbon is American Crafts, little flower pop ups are K & Co.

It Doesn't Pay...

Inside reads: 'to ruffle my feathers!'

This is a digital freebie stamp from Lost in Paper Scraps blog called bird legs, don't ya just love her??? I had her all painted and then decided she just had to have these feathers and they, besides those lovely legs, just make her. The circles on the edge are an EK Success border punch. Scalloped rectangle cut out on my Cricut, colored with Marvey Markers with Glossy Accents and glitter added. Papers are DCWV

Cheerleader Hooray!

Here's my entry for the Magical Monday Strips Challenge at There's Magic in the Air blog

Miss Kitty stamp is a free download if you want to join in the Challenge

Striped paper from Me & My Big Ideas Sunshine Paper Pad

Rub Hooray from American Crafts, embossed with clear

Heart and bow covered with Glosssy Accents

Kitty colored with Marvy Le Plumme markers

Smile Owl

Owl stamp is from Hampton Arts colored with my Marvy markers, I had fun with this! Second card using my one sheet of 12x12 paper. Smile rub on from American Crafts. Border punched by Martha Stewart.

Friends

Another favorite, the little girls are clip art I had gotten online and it was sitting on my computer, I'm sorry but I don't have the source, if you know who they are from would you let me know so I can give proper credit? The sticker is 3Birds. I believe the Memo paper is from Cottage Arts, I printed the sentiment on it and then printed and cut it out. I inked the little flower on the inside to better match the card. Cardstock and faux stitching pen from American Crafts.

Friends

I saw this idea online somewhere (sorry I didn't write down where to give proper credit!). I loved the sentiment and the flowers are clip art from my Clip Art CDs. The butterfly is a die cut and embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The circle was cut out with my We R Memory Keepers circle cutter. I see Kristine Wemner always doing the faux stitching so I had to try it, I used an American Crafts Gel pen but I'm not sure I like it, the ink seems to fade into the paper and I seem to have to go over it a couple times so on the lookout for a better faux stitching pen.

Guess What!

I needed a Get Well card so started hunting in my digital supplies. I settled on a couple of kits from Cottage Arts, Garden Surprise Elements - I took the Bird 35, printed and cut him out and then drew the legs and tail back on.
I also used the Daisy Dreams Pak - I just loved the Magnifying Glass so I printed it on the Paper Daisies with the text underneath and then reprinted it again on white card stock.

I cut the middle out and replaced it with a circle of transparent film --

For the inside I used the Paper Dots and colored the dashes with a pink glitter pen from American Crafts. I inked all the edges with Color Box, added a ribbon l bought from Michaels, and used the glittery flowers and brad from 3 Birds for embellishment. The font is Pea Kate downloaded free from Fonts for Peas.