Fur Baby Sympathy

 A dear friend just lost her Golden Retriever.  

I like clean and simple sympathy cards  Darice embossing folder, Unity sentiment.  The paper and ink are More Mustard.  Sharing this with The Paper Players, Ann's CAS challenge - Animals.  

I think that the loss of pets has been even harder during quarantine.  We are spending so much time at home with them.  Plus there are very few rescue puppies available, at least in the mid-west.  After losing our Yellow Lab last November, we applied for 53 dogs before we were chosen as Charli's new family.    

Tic Tac Toe

Needing way too many sympathy cards lately.  Cheery Lynn die cut, old Fiskars plate for the subtle background embossing, Unity sentiment, matte silver paper, stash ribbon.  

Sympathy, Die Cut, and Silver, straight across and in the middle, Tic, Tac, Toe!

Encouragement

Time Out has the following:

Sometimes you just need to be reminded that even when someone is gone, they left behind a legacy of love. 

I tried to make the ombre look like sunrise/sunset.  Paper Pumpkin sentiment. 

Sunset

The Color Throwdown challenge this week:

Although the image is upbeat, the colors remind me of sunset.  

Paper inked with Distress Oxide Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, and Barn Door.  Unity sentiment stamped in Versafine and heat embossed in clear.  The horizontal element is a piece of antique silk moire ribbon.  I have a small wooden spool, and only use it on special projects.  A friend lost her brother to mental illness.  This is for her.  :(

CAS Sympathy

I need to build up my stash of sympathy cards, and the Paper Craft Crew's sketch is perfect:  

Here is my version:

Love the washi tape tripe.  Sentiment from Unity, die cuts are a mix of Ellen Huston and SU! Swirly Birds cut with adhesive paper.  Still deciding if I want to add any bling like the sketch suggests...

Come play along with us at Words to Craft By for our Flip Floppin' challenge!!

Pretty Sympathy Card

I am afraid I have needed WAY too many sympathy card lately.  I loved this sketch from Clean & Simple Fall to Layout:

I heat embossed the sentiment in white, and inked up the panel with Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, and Fired Brick distress oxide inks.  Topped off the die cut with SU! Antique Gold seam binding.  I love the restful colors.  

Where do you feel most alive?  Come share with us at Words 2 Craft By!

Emboss Like a Boss

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to Emboss Like a Boss - include both heat and dry embossing. 

 After I took the pictures, I realized that the silver strip includes the work "Joy".  Oops, I don't think I will be sending this one out....

Come join us at Words 2 Craft By for our Imagination challenge!!

Sympathy

CAS-ual Fridays has a color challenge this week:

 And the Mod Squad challenge is to make a square card. 

Spellbinders and Imperial Gold die cuts.  I like this color combination for a sympathy card.  Soft, but not morbid.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By "Keep love in your heart" challenge. 

Ombre Sympathy Card

Distress Ink background, Unity sentiment.  Anyone know whose images!?!

Sharing this with Addicted to CAS Ombre challenge.

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Small Hearts, Big Gratitude challenge. 

Masculine Flowers

The Male Room Challenge is to create a masculine project featuring flowers.  Challenge accepted!!

I masked the frame with post it paper, then inked the frame and images with Forrest Moss ink.  Love this CAS sympathy card.  Come join us at Words 2 Craft By "Just Keep Swimming" challenge!!!

Die Cuts - Positive and Negative

These die cuts have been sitting in my basket of new goodies for quite a while, waiting for the perfect way to use them.  I think this qualifies!!

Very simple layout for this sympathy card I will send to a friend who recently lost her kitty.  I am sharing this with the Mod Squad Animal Fun challenge.  

Shopping Our Stash - Something New

I keep a basket on my work space just for new goodies.  My basket runneth over with options for the Shopping Our Stash - Something New challenge.  Unfortunately, I need a sympathy for a co-worker who recently lost his mother. 

 Here is the inside:

The card is 5"x5", an unusual size for me, but I thought it worked for this Spellbinder Nestabiilties and Imperial Gold set that I received for Christmas.  Come play along with our New Beginnings challenge over at Words 2 Craft By!

The Male Room Theme - Sympathy

I prefer sympathy cards to be CAS, and this card fits in with The Male Room Sympathy challenge perfectly. 

Sizzix Cattails embossing folder, silver matte paper layered on a dark grey card base, Unity sentiment stamped in VersaFine black ink and clear embossing powder, corners rounded with We R Memory Keepers Crop a Dile.  Come play along with the Word 2 Scrap By Movember challenge in honor of men's health!!

House of Cards August Challenge - Metallics

The challenge over at House of Cards is to use metallics on a project.  Near and dear to my heart!!!

I LOVE to work with this mirror card stock - it is gorgeous!! Two embossed layers topped off with a heat embossed sentiment and satin ribbon.  Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card...

Come play along with the Book Lovers challenge over at Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com! 

Less is More #227 - Sunset

For the Less is More challenge, Sunset, I used distress inks for the background.  Fired Brick , Spiced Marmalade, and Scattered Straw.  I also inked the sentiment paper with Scattered Straw, since I didn't have the right paper to match. 

Unity sentiment in VersaFine ink and clear embossing powder, Spellbinder die cuts, moire ribbon.  I love how the detailed sentiment looks against the super simple background.

Come play along with us at Words 2 Scrap By for our June challenge - It's a Man's World!

Blessings and Peace

Leslie at The Crooked Stamper has a sketch challenge:

Here is my version:

Unfortunately, I need a sympathy card...  Cheery Lynn cross die, all other die cuts from Spellbinders.  Sentiment from Above Rubies Studio.  Stash ribbon.  Not thrilled with the size of the scallop under the sentiment, but it will have to do. 

Out of the Jar

I have a wonderful stash of Jolee's handmade embellishments (thanks to Marti!), but I'm never sure how I should use them.  The SOS Challenge #190 - Out of the Jar gave me the perfect opportunity!

I wish I had placed the jar a little lower, but the glue was already dry when I recognized my poor placement.  SU! sentiment, Jolee's flowers, Thin Lines embossing folder.  The yellow paper has a parchment pattern.  I stamped the SU! Cute as a Bug jar onto an old transparency (remember overhead projectors?!?), layered it on white card stock, then fussy cut them both.  I made a slit in the transparency and placed the flowers in the jar.  The ribbon, dark stems, and the ink are all the same color in person.

Sunday is the first day of March, the clocks "Spring forward", and a new Words 2 Scrap By challenge begins.  Annie from Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie is our guest hostess.  Come play along with us!!

Shopping Our Stash #177 - NOT Ready for Christmas

This week's title says it all: I am NOT ready for Christmas. Is anyone else getting bombarded with EARLY BLACK FRIDAY SALE ads already? Sooooo not ready for Christmas this early in November.

This week's challenge is to use a holiday stamp set to make a non-holiday card or project. Since I need yet another sympathy card, I decided to go into that direction.

Silver heat embossing on the lighthouse and Peace.  The holiday stamp is Peace, part of a Peace on Earth stamp.  Layered on silver mirrored paper and mounted on black card base.  Happy accident, since this is not exactly what I was going for, but it works. 

One more week to play along with the Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com November challenge - Gratitude!

Words 2 Scrap By October Challenge - Paved With Paw Prints

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month - who knew?  I have two dogs from Circle Tails Rescue in Cincinnati, Ohio, and one cat from our county shelter.

Casey and Tucker:

Tucker and Timone:

Animals add so much love to our lives, and they leave gaping holes in our hearts when they cross the rainbow bridge.

Papers from DCWV Pet Stack, paw print cut with my KNK Zing, twill tape from SU!  Papers embossed with Cuttlebug folder, sentiment heat embossed with white powder.  All mounted on a yellow-gold base.