Quick and Easy

Today's card is a quick card that I ended up making into a Sympathy Card, but it really could be used for anything.

Recipe:

Base - Crumb Cake - 8 1.2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Marina Mist - 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Very Vanilla - 4 1/4" x 3

Stamps:
Gorgeous Grunge
Butterfly Basics
Rose Wonder

Inks:
Soft Sky
Crumb Cake
Marina Mist 

Inside Stamp:  Love & Sympathy

Thank you for looking in today.

~ Donna

Butterfly Basics Sends Sympathy

Time for another sympathy card.  Seems these come way too often sometimes.

This stamp set and these colors just reach out to me each time I need a soft gentle card.

Base:  Blushing Bride - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
Very Vanilla - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sponge the edges with Soft Suede.  A trick we learned at Convention for sponges and daubers is after you ink it up, tap once onto scrap paper or your grid paper if you use it, then when you go to sponge the edges  of your paper, you'll have a softer look every time instead of getting a heavy blotch of fresh ink.

The honeycomb stamp is also inked with Soft Suede and then stamped off once before placing it onto the card.

The fern leaf is inked with Pear Pizzazz and the flower and stem are inked with Stampin' Write markers Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride.

To give the butterfly some extra depth, I cut out one in Blushing Bride and one in Vellum.  I love the way it turned out.  What do you think?

Gently curl the butterflies with your bone folder.  Add some Pearls for a bit of glam and your card is ready to go.  

In mailing this card, I cut an additional piece of cardstock 5 1/4" x 4" and placed it over the pearls.  This keeps them from popping through the envelope and being damaged.

Thank you for looking in today!

Happy Friday!!!

~ Donna

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Sneak Peak at Sale-a-Bration Lotus Blossom

Sadly, it's time for more sympathy cards.  A very dear friend of my family passed away on Saturday.  She and my Mother were like sisters and her children are like my brother and sister.  I know how difficult this is for them having been through it myself already. 

She was a wonderful Godly woman who loved her children more than anything in the world and brought them up with a wonderful Christian life.  Her husband was a missionary but he passed away when we were all very young and raised her children in a loving Christian home.

Thankfully I was able to see her before she passed and I'm so very grateful I did.  I was able to spend some quiet time with her and praying for her as she slept.  Heaven truly did gain an angel.

On to the cards.  This first card was made using the Lotus Blossom Stamp Set from the 2015 Sale-a-bration catalog.  You're going to LOVE it!  So simple and beautiful at the same time.

The second card is from one of my favorite go-to sets from the Annual Catalog.  It is Love and Sympathy (w-128652  / c-122797).  I love inking the stamps with our Stampin' Write Markers and then stamping them on Whisper White.  It makes it look like a watercolor, don't you think?
 

 

Here's a closer look at the flower and stems.  Aren't they beautiful?  Just color the stamp and press it down.  So pretty!

 

Thank you for looking in today.  I appreciate it when you come in and look around and I really love it when you leave comments.  Leave a little love today!

~ Donna

Frosted Pearl Background

The other night I was looking for inspiration for one more project for my Saturday's workshop and I came across this beautiful card which I totally CASED!  I told the girls it was a Faux  Mother of Pearl, where I got that I have no idea since I looked back at the original post for this and it's called Frosted Pearl!  Guess I need to read slower!  haha!

So, may I present, Frosted Pearl Background Technique as discovered through Angie Leach, who received it from one of her team members, Kathe Madsen.  The second photo shows the detail a bit better.  It is even more beautiful in real life.

I think most of the girls were planning to make this their Mother's Day cards for their special Mom's.

 

Here's how you achieve this beautiful background.

• Pour a bit of Frost White Shimmer Paint onto a plastic tray or paper plate.
• Scrunch up some plastic wrap, keep it loose for a nice design.  Dab it into the paint picking up just a bit.  Stamp it off on to the side of the tray to be sure you don't have too much.  You just want a light coating.
• Gently dab onto Whisper White card stock until it is covered the way you want it to look.
• Let it dry and stamp your flowers or design on top.

For the card above:

Stamps:  Love & Sympathy (w-122795 / c-122797)

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder, So Saffron, Whisper White

Stampin' Write Markers:  Wild Wasabi, Elegant Eggplant

Accessories:  Fancy Fan Embossing Folder (127751), Frost White Shimmer Paint (116854)

Thank you for looking in today.  Tomorrow I'll post the other cute card we made at this weekend's workshop.  Thank you to Barbie for a wonderful workshop!  It was so much fun with so much great food!

~ Donna