Cherish the Memories Sympathy Card Collection

 Hello Blogging friends...
I have posted today two cards from my Sympathy  Collection.  Using the beautifully cool green and aqua colors of this KaiserCraft pattern paper, I put together two sympathy cards that I hope shows my belief that we should celebrate the memory of the person who has passed celebrating their life by showing life on my cards, cards that I send to loved ones expressing sympathy for their loss.  To express how I feel I used the sentiments from Just Rite's Sympathy Nested Sentiments and Verse on the inside of the card and a Sentiment from Cherish the Memories on the sentiment labels on the front.  I used Spellbinders Tags 3 to enhance the front and Martha Stewart's Punch Around the Page punches to begin building the intricate layers to enhance the sentiments.  I layered with Spellbinders Lacey Squares, then Beaded Circles and on top of that the fancy tags with sentiments.  I chose then to use Spellbinders Fancy butterflies and Martha Stewart punched mini butterflies as fancy embellishments to top the cards off.  All these products and more can be found at OC Scrapbookers online webstore -- just inquire with Deb for anything that you cannot see onsite.  Right now she has a special on Copic markers, a pre-order special --- go on over and take a look at what is new and take advantage of the Copic preorder special....  Another post coming out shortly  my friends.
 

Fanciful Flight, Sending Cheerful Thoughts Your Way....

Hello Blog Friends

It is time for me to post again, well I always seem to be late getting things posted but better late than never at this point.  This time around, I have designed a 6"x9" card using a pattern paper collection from Cosmo Cricket.  This paper selection is bright, cheerful and very vintage in style.  I showcased a newly released stamp here, a JustRite stamp from their Cling collection which is elegant and Vintage in style as well.  The stamped image came out crisp and precise - I find it very easy to use the Just Rite clings.   I used several different tools to layer up various elements on this card.  On the front, the first panel to hold the stamped images was cut using a Grand Nestie Oval Scallop set cutting one of the patterns from the paper collection and matted that in drk brown metallic bazill. I used the smallest die frm the Grand Oval Scallop to cut out my first image stamped from the Vintage Oval Labels which is the largest stamp in the set.  I then stamped the next image from the Vintage Oval Labels collection and used a sentiment from the Mini Sentiments Just Because set, also a new release of 18 mini sentiments in the set.  The second stamped image was cut using the Spellbinders Labels 6.  The punched border on the front was made using a Martha Stewart Large punch called Wildflowers and the dragonfly diecut is from Spellbinders Fanciful Flight set.  The pearl design on the front is from Zva Creative Pearl and Bling self-adhesive swirl and butterfly design.  Inside of the card was lined with a piece of the matching pattern paper from the collection and embellished with another border punch from Martha Stewart and die-cuts from Spellbinders -Fancy Butterflies set.

If there is anything more I can help you with, email me or leave a comment and I will try to get back in touch with you. 

Just want to comment on the great day we had in the Sault last Saturday.  It was a great day of gathering and playing, visiting and learning, taking a look at new product and re-acqainting ourselves with products and tools that have been on the market for awhile and are not going anywhere as there is so much more to do with them and to explore further.  My card tutorial went very well and the ladies who participated had fun and now have a new card to add to their repertoire.  I look forward to putting more workshops together and working closely with OC Scrapbookers to provide some workshops over the summer and into fall.  More on that to come and please email me to let me know your interest.  You may visit OC Scrapbookers periodically for specials and news of upcoming events.  Remember too, if you want to subscribe to my blog, look for feedburner here on the left hand side of the page here.  If you want to see the card closer, click on once and if you want it closer yet, click on the picture again.  This zooms right up so you can view the details.  Watch for more posts very soon, I have a line-up of projects to post on my blog here....