This week’s challenge at CRAFT is Get Well/Sympathy/Sorry. I opted to make a Get Well Card. I used a delightful stamp from QKR Stampede called digi16910 Nurse Digi-Stamp. I coloured her with Copics, added a Get Well Sentiment from Paper Smooches – Healthy Vibes and a Heart Rate border die, also by PS.
This challenge will run from February 26th until March 4th. Please join us!
For this series of cards, I used the 4.25 x 5.5 card with the egg cut out as a stencil. I taped them over another card (same size) and stamped the flowers/leaves on the inside. Once done, I discarded the stencil, added a sentiment. Here are samples of the results.
Products I used:
Stampin Up Inks
Cheery Lynn Nesting Egg Dies
Stampin Up Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die
Sentiments from PI
Happy Stamp from Winnie and Walter – The Big the Bold the Happy
Card-I-O/Majestix Clear Acrylic Pegs
Card-I-O/Majestix-Clear-Peg-Stamps-sets – Emily’s Garden/Gerbera Garden
I entered the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #125 Use A Spring Or Easter Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 361- Floral Delight
Moving along with the Times - Pink/Lilac and/ or Butterflies
ScrapbookerPhD - Challenge #20: CAS (use a stamp)
UPDATE: My card placed in the top 5 at Aud Sentiments Challenge - #125 Use A Spring Or Easter Sentiment
UPDATE: My third card was selected as a Favorite of the week ending March 22/15 at SCS. See post 11 at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/general-stamping-talk-f17/favourites-week-ending-march-22-2015-a-t597743.html
The next series of cards started as 6 cards but ended as 12. My intention was to create an egg shape stencil using my new stamps by Card-IO/Magestix. I started by cutting down a couple sheets of 8.5×11 light weight white card stock into A2s. Next I used the largest three Cheery Lynn Nesting Egg Dies to cut out various egg shapes. I wasn’t planning on using the egg shaped cut out, just the stencil I created, but why let them go to waste or get lost in the back of my craft drawers, so I stamped them with the mini stamps. The results are below.
Products I used:
Stampin Up Inks
Floral and sun ray embossing folders
Cheery Lynn Nesting Egg Dies
Stampin Up Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die
Sentiments from PI
Happy Die from MFT
Card-I-O/Majestix Clear Acrylic Pegs
Card-I-O/Majestix-Clear-Peg-Stamps-sets – Emily’s Garden/Gerbera Garden
I entered my card into the following:
I made this card for The Crazy Challenge – CCH #191 – FOR MY MOM. I used the following:
Words from an Angel – Mother by Bugaboo
Small and Medium 2 part- Flower punches by Nellie Snellen
Sue Wilson Designs – Die – Finishing Touches – Faux Quilled Leaves (Set of 2)
I coloured the image used my Copic markers. I added diamond glitter to her wings, and glossy accents to the red hearts. The floral card stock is from my stash. I embellished the card with flowers, leaves, and pearls.
I also entered my card into the following challenges:
As I have mentioned in previous blogs, I make cards for all the residents at the Belmont Nursing Home. There are between 125-130 residents, so I try and make individual cards for each and every one at Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Fall/Halloween. Plus I make birthdays cards, thank you cards and general cards for their tuck shop and as prizes for various activities. I do this all at my own expense as a way to “Pay it Forward” for the wonderful card they extended my mother. So I am trying to get a start on Easter and you will be seeing lots of different Easter” cards over the next few weeks. I designed three different cards today.
For my first card I designed the card based on 3 different card challenges:
STAMPlorations – Challenge 28 – Sketch
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie – Challenge 12 – Photo Inspiration
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations – Bingo (Flowers/Punch/Digi Image)
To make my card I used Easter Ewe by Bugaboo Stamps, I coloured him with Copic markers. I fussy cut him out and layered him on an embossed folder background and added some punch flowers by Nellie Snellen. The sentiment is from PI.
My second card is based on two challenges:
Cute As A Button Stamps Challenge #6 – Dies – Birds and the Bees Theme (Photo Inspiration)
Sketchtanten (Sketch Aunts) – Challenge 6 Sketch
To make my card, I used Spring Bird – bird nest by Bugaboo Stamps. I coloured the image with Copic markers. Next I fussy cut it out and layered it on my background design. I finished it with some punched flowers bu Nellie Snellen 2-step punches. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.
My third card is based on Try Stamping on Tuesday – Challenge 206 Sketch
To make my card I used POLKAB sit by Bugaboo Stamps. I coloured the bunny with Copics. I layered her on my background. I used Memory Box TRELLIS BORDER die, MFT Leaf Flourish, and my favorite 2 step floral/leaf punches by Nellie Snellen. The sentiment is from PI.
Update: My second card placed top three in Cute As A Button Stamps Challenge #6 – Dies – Birds and the Bees Theme (Photo Inspiration)
My third card placed top three in Try Stamping on Tuesday – Challenge 206 Sketch
