Stenciled Love & Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 568 - Saffron Gray Sky and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 571 - Naked Stamping.
I sponged so saffron using Tim Holtz Sunrays stencil in the upper right corner then sponged soft sky in between the rays and the rest of the front. I stamped the sentiment and image in smoke slate. I had to use my smoke slate marker to color some white ribbon. This is matted on soft sky then white card base. I did stamp on the inside but something happened to my pic and short of time no time to go back upstairs and retake it.

So here is the inside. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy 
Paper: white, soft sky 
Ink: so saffron, soft sky, smoke slate 
Accessories: Tim Holtz Sunrays Stencil, sponges, ribbon, gem 
Techniques: sponging, stenciling

Love and Sympathy Simply Soft

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 566 - Doing the mambo wearing Pink and eating Pumpkin Pie. Hold on to your hats ladies as this is a single challenge for me today. GASP!!
I stamped the flower image in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics and added some stickles because. For my white front panel I stamped the sentiment on the front in melon mambo then adhered to the white card base after adding the pink ribbon.

The inside was stamped with the flower 2nd generation stamping in pretty in pink then the sentiment in pumpkin pie both from the SU set Love and Sympathy. The envelope was stamped also in melon mambo.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love and Sympathy, Simply Soft 
Paper: white 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, pretty in pink melon mambo, pumpkin pie 
Accessories: ribbon, copics, stickles 
Techniques: copic coloring

CAS Brighter Tomorrow Sympathy with Cherry Blossoms

This is for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 326 - Wildflowers. I finally used this die I have had for months now. I love it. I sponged all around the edges of the vanilla base.

The inside is stamped with a set of praying hands and "with Sympathy" on top of them. I used some extra pink flowers for the envelope corner. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Brighter Tomorrow 
Paper: rose red, blushing bride, vanilla, crumb cake 
Ink: rose red 
Accessories: Spellbinders Cherry Blossom die 
Techniques: sponging, CAS

Brighter Tomorrow Sympathy

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 522 - Lucky Charms, I attempted to simulate a rainbow using this weeks colors. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 531, my colors are from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGES # 521 - Lagoons of daffodils, strawberries and pears oh my. I used my acrylic block and inked it up with my markers then spritz and stamped for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 524 - Stamped Acrylic Block Background. I punched and embossed the Spellbinders cross die using a cola can then punched a hole in the top for the split ring and threaded some ribbon for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 315 - Ribbon. Wheh that raps up this week for me. I can not believe I made 2 cards in the midst of spring cleaning my stamp room.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Brighter Tomorrow, Praying Hands 
Paper: white, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry slush, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzaz 
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Strawberry slush, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz 
Accessories: Acrylic block, ribbon, split ring, Spellbinders Cross, Fiskars Border Punch 
Techniques: Stamped Acrylic Block Technique, ribbon, die

A Celebration of Love and Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 511 - Old Cake Whisperer, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 514 - The Ones Have It, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 305 - Welcome the New Year. As odd as it may seem including a sympathy card in on a Celebration challenge it is with joy that one of our Choir members is saying goodbye to her 100 year old Aunt who was so dear to her heart. To have lived an entire Century is a celebration in itself but to be in the arms of our Heavenly Father is truly a celebration.
I stamped the image then trimed around it so that the sentiment would be visible then stamped the sentiments all in old olive ink. I tied some ribbon in as close as possible to crumb cake color and was finished. I hope she will love this sympathy card created just for her.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love and Sympathy 
Paper: White 
Ink: Old Olive 
Accessories: Ribbon 
Techniques: The One's Have It, Fussy Edges

Popped up Sending Love and Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 430 - Deightlful Olive Pears with a dessert option of flowers.
I used a Stampin Up set called Love & Sympathy, I used SU Markers to ink the stems in old olive and pear pizzazz then the flower in daffodil delight, huffed and stamped on white. I stamped the "sending" portion of the sentiment in daffodil delight on the white panel then the remainder of the sentiment on white and cut into an oval shape then popped it up on dimensionals for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 433 - Pop Up Part of the Sentiment. I embossed the focal panel with Sizzix Square Lattice EF and matted this on Pear Pizzazz cs.
Hope you like it and now I am off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: white, pear pizzazz
Ink: daffodil delight, old olive, pear pizzazz
Accessories: dimensionals, Sizzix Square Lattice EF, cuttlebug
Techniques: huffing, 3D, dry embossing

Bokeh Beachy Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 426 - Certainly Bermuda Roses with a dessert option of words of encouragement. What lovely colors and who wouldn't like to be lifted up. I try NOT to make dark and gloomy colored sympathy cards. I will have this ready for one of my beach lovin friends if the time comes.
This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 429 - Bokeh Effect. Hope I did it right.
My layout is from Saturday's SWEET STOP SKETCHES # 210.
I used some dp from The Paper Studio "a day at the Beach" stack and matted on regal rose and bermuda bay cs then tied some ribbon on the bermuda bay strip.
I stamped the image in regal rose and certainly celery inks then sponged. The sentiment is stamped in bermuda bay ink.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE: 
Stamps: Close as a Memory 
Paper: white, bermuda bay, regal rose, TPS a day at the Beach dp 
Ink: bermuda bay, certainly celery, regal rose 
Accessories: ribbon, sponges 
Techniques: bokeh effect, sponging, stamping off, masking

Colors of Sunset with Love and Sympathy

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 427 - Make Your Own Chevrons these are easy peasy, I used the tutorial from SCS for CHEVRON STRIPS provided.
I used last weeks COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite A River Breeze for my color combo to go with today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 218 - Inspired Quote because the baja breeze is like the blue sky and the Not Quite Navy is the deepest sky color after a sunset. My layout is from last Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 432.
I used the same stamp set, dp, punches and design for the focal panel as I never have enough masculine sympathy cards.
Hope you like it, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: vanille, river rock, baja breeze, not quite navy, BG OIiver dp
Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze
Accessories: dimensionals, circle punch, scallop circle punch, score pal
Techniques: 3D, CAS, Sympathy, Chevron Strips, Masculine

Oliver's Love & Sympathy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 433.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite a River Breeze with stripes and plaids for dessert option.
My horizontal panel of baja breeze cardstock is difficult to see however trust me there is white ribbon colored with a not quite navy marker and looped around the cs all the way across for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 426 - Scrappy and Loopy.
My vertical panel is from Basic Grey's Oliver stack. I stamped the sentiment in not quite navy then the flower image in baja breeze on vanilla cs, punched with circle punch then matted on scalloped circle night of navy and popped it up on dimensionals. My base is river rock.
Hope you like it,

RECIPE:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: vanilla, river rock, not quite navy, baja breeze, Basic Grey "Oliver"
Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, SU Marker
Techniques: ribbon dye, 3D, ribbon looping

In Knots Because I Care

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 418 - A Knotty Question, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 427, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 417 - A Certain Bashful Delight and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light To Dark.
I stamped the image in momento tuxedo black then used copics to color begining with the lightest shade and working up to the darkest for the greens and blues. I matted on bashfull blue then certanly celery and popped it up on dimensionals. After everything was assembled I added some yellow stickles to the flower centers. The sentiment was stamped in bashful blue.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care - SU
Ink: momento tuxedo black, bashful blue
Paper: white, bashful blue, certainly celery, daffodile delight
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, stickles, copics
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, 3D, knots

Serene Silhouettes Because I Care

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 415 - More Old Muse; Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 418 - Circles; Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 209 - Featured CAS Player (simplybeautifu) which is just what her gallery is full of; and Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 282.

I finally found enough energy to make it upstairs to stamp today, I am on sick day 2 from work for the 1st time in over 3 years and ready for this crudd to be gone.

I chose to CASE this LONG STEM SILHOUETTE from simplybeautifuls gallery and hope I did it justice but if not keep in mind I am still full of Nyquil that stuffy, sneezy, coughing, wheezing, get out of your craft room cold medicine. LOL.

I used a French Script background stamp from Stampedous stamped in more mustard with the Nestie in place then stamped the silhouette image in midnight muse on top of it. I used some midnight muse ribbon and old olive cs then popped up my sentiment from Because I care stamped in midnight muse and matted on midnight muse. My focal panel, sentiment panel and care base are vanilla cs. I cut the base & focal panel with Large Circle Nesties cutting the base just above the top circle so it would hold together. I cut the matt for the focal panel using GRand Nesties Scalloped circles and the matt for the sentiment with SU Scallop circle punch.

Hope you like it.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Because I Care - SU; French Script - Stampendous
Paper: vanilla, old olive, midnight muse
Ink: more mustard, midnight muse
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, scallop circle punch, circle punch, Grand Nestie Scallop Circle, Nestie Large Circles
Techniques: Circles, Inside the Nestie

Blessings From Heaven with Washi Tape

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 417 - Wishy Washi Tape of which I do not have, so I had to use the tutorial and make my own. I stamped a portion of a background stamp "Amazing Grace" inked with tangerine tango on white and afixed to the top and bottom of my embossed white panel.
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 208 - Inspired by a Quote. I used a Sizzix embossing folder called "Sheet Music" and embossed a white panel to attach to my white card base.
My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 413 - White Lucky Tangerines.
My sentiment is from a stampin' up set called Blessings from Heaven and is stamped in lucky limeade then punched with SU's large oval punch. I do not have a perfect sized layer punch for that one so I adhered it to some lucky limeade cs then trimmed me a matt. This is popped up on dimensionals on top of the lucky limeade ribbon strip.
Hope you like it .
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings From Heaven - SU; Amazing Grace Background - Morning Star Stamp
Paper: white, lucky limeade I
nk: lucky limeade, tangerine tango
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals
Techniques: Washi Tape, Sympathy, dry embossing

Sanded Love and Sympathy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 423, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 413 - White Lucky Tangerines and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 416 - Dry embossing with Sanded Pattern Paper where I used another sheet of The Paper Studio - a day at the Beach pattern paper dry embossed with The Paper Studio "Script" folder then sanded.
I stamped the long sentiment in basic black on white cs then inked the flower image using my stampin up markers and huffed then stamped over the sentiment.
I stamped the shorter sentiment using tangering tango on white, punched with oval punch then layered with tanger tango oval punched cs.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: white, tangerine tango, lucky limeade, TPS-a day at the Beach PP
Ink: basic black, tangerine tango, lucky limeade
Accessories: oval punches, cuttlebug, TPS - Script EF
Techniques: huffing, sanding, dry embossing

Blessings from Heaven Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 412 - Very Basic Crumb Cake, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 415 - Play With Patterns, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 206 - Limited Supply Challenge - Monochromatic and Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 279.I used 2 differenty patterns of dp from The Paper Studio "The Classics" paper stack and a different pattern print of ribbon across panel 2 for my 3 differnt patterns.  Did some distress sponging with crumb cake ink.
My sentiment is from Stampin' Ups "Blessings From Heaven" stamp set and stamped in basic black ink on vanilla and matted on black as is the 2 dp panels. Sadly enough I was in need of a sympathy card as a member of our church choir had her 96 yr old mother pass away Sunday evening so this will go to her tomorrow. No matter how old you are or how old your parent is, it is hard to say goodbye so my prayers are with her.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings from Heaven
Ink: basic black, crumb cake
Paper: vanilla, basic black, TPS - The Classics Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals
Techniques: monochrome, play with patterns, sponge distressing

Love & Sympathy in Fall Colors

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 405.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 395 - Perfect Summer Tango.
I knew I had some vellum in colors and lucked up with one in yellow for panel 2. I stamped the sentiment in perfect plum then the image also in perfect plum. I cut the image out in the vellum then glued it to perfect plum cs and cut around it again. This is popped up on dimensionals as well as panel 2 then I used some stickles. I used my hole puncher with perfect plum cs to cover the dimensional dots between tangerine tango panel 1 and the vellum of panel 2.
Hope you like it. This was a quicky.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: perfect plum, tangerine tango, vellum
Ink: perfect plum
Accessories: hole puncher, dimensionals, stickles
Techniques: CAS, 3D, Sympathy

Baby Swiped Sympathy

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 387 - Old Midnight Ripples with a dessert option of CAS style. So I did them both along with Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 389 - Blissful Backgrounds where we were to pick one of the many different background tutorials. In my search on Monday I found this one that I wanted to try called STRIPED WIPE TUTORIAL.  It is one of Beate's many fabulous creations and it used a baby wipe folded and re-inkers along the edge then swipe the wipe across glossy card stock which is what I did using today's 3 colors.
Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in midnight muse and matted on midnight muse. My base is old olive and the sentiment from Close as a Memory is stamped in midnight muse. I tied some raspberry ripple ribbon and was done. How much more CAS can I make it? LOL.
Now I owe I owe so off to work I go. Na Na Nananana Na Na Na Na Na. Can you hear the smurf tune? LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Close As A Memory
Paper: glossy cs, midnight muse, old olive
Ink: old olive, midnight muse, rasberry ripple
Accessories: ribbon, baby wipe, re-inkers
Techniques: Striped wipe background

So Many Sayings

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - In Stitches, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 393, and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 383 - Raspberry Pirouette Cakes.
I used some Paper Studio dp from Persnickety and a Fiskars border punch used for the raspberry ripple cs. My sentiment is from SU So Many Saying stamped in raspberry ripple on pink pirouette cs and faux stitching around the sentiment matted on crumb cake. My base is also crumb cake. Hope you like it, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: So Many Sayings - SU
Paper: raspberry ripple, pink pirouette, TPS Persnickety
Ink: raspberry ripple
Accessories: paper piercing tools, SU Marker, gold cording
Techniques: Faux Stitching

Love & Sympathy CAS

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 382 - White Crumb Corals.
I think my mojo has gone bye bye :-(
I did use all 3 stamps in this gorgeous set I just got from Stampin Up. I inked the flower image in versa mark then heat embossed with Ranger White detail EP then stamped the sentiments in calypso coral (one on the inside and one on the outside).
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: crumb cake
Ink: calypso coral
Accessories: marker, heat emboss tool, white detail embossing powder
Techniques: heat emboss, CAS

Close As A Memory Sympathy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 390 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 388 - Tango Chocolate Artichokes.
I used copics to air brush the 2 colors and then stamped my image in choc chip all on vanilla, vanilla card base, My Minds Eye dp and choc chip colored ribbon. I cut and embossed my popped up focal panel using Nesties Oval die.
Unfortunately I have needed quite a few sympathy cards lately and this one will soon be needed so I thought I would go ahead and make one. I am so proud of me I actually completed this inside and out and the evie too. Whoo Hoo. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Close As A Memory
Paper: vanilla, tangerine tango, MME dp
Ink: choc chip
Accessories: dimensionals, copics, ABS, Nesties Ovals
Techniques: Air Brushing, 3D, Dry Embossing

Essence of So Sorry

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 380 - Tango Chocolate Artichokes. My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 246.
Basic Gray Ambrosia dp. The sentiment is from So Sorry stamped in tangerine tango on vanilla cs and matted on tangerine tango. The long panel on the left is vanilla stamped with Essence of Love in choc chip then airbrushed with coordinating copic markers for always artichoke and tangerine tango colors topped with 2 layers of always artichoke using Martha Stewart Grass border punch.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Essence of Love, So Sorry - SU
Paper: vanilla, tangerine tango, choc chip, always artichoke, BG Ambrosia dp
Ink: tangerine tango, choc chip,
Accessories: MS Grass border, Copic Air Brush System, Copics
Techniques: ABS