52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
Today I received some sad news. A good friend of my parents passed away yesterday. My parents are both dead, but hearing the news of the friend passing brought to mind all the fun times they had throughout their friendship.
I quickly put this card together, so that I could catch the first post. I've used a Stampin' Up set called "Hopeful Thoughts" stamped in Versafine Nocturne. I added some small pale blue gem stones to the middle of the flowers to lift the image a little.
Apologies for my absence the past fortnight. I've been away on my holidays but have returned home a little earlier than expected due partly to the poor weather conditions and also being full of cough and cold. Hopefully it will pass quickly.
Unfortunately, while away I received some sad news that a family friend had passed away, so this card was my priority make first thing this morning.
I used a Stampin' Up set called "Hopeful Thoughts" for both the tree image and the sentiment, stamped in Versafine Black Onyx ink on patterned paper. I added a few sticky gems to the tree area to give a little dimension to an otherwise flat card.
It seems that I'm going through sympathy cards at quite a rate this year.
I've used Stampin' Up "Hopeful thoughts" stamp for the flowers. The sentiment is from a Papermania set called "Bunting" stamped in Versafine Ink. I have added small iridescent self adhesive gems to the middle of the flowers.
Edited to add: Huge apologies. I've noticed that on this photograph there is a shadow at the base of the image. It definitely isn't there in real life. Sam
A friend has been in pain for some time and is having an operation next week to correct the problem, so I made her a quick "Get Well" card.
I have used the Stampin' Up "Sunburst Thinlit" to create the sun rays and "Swirly Scribbles" for the green wreath. The patterned paper came free with a magazine. I used a punch to cut the orange flowers. The sentiment is stamped using a Stampin' Up stamp from their "Hopeful Thoughts" set.
For this sympathy card, I used the Stampin' Up "Hopeful Thoughts" set for the flower and the sentiment. The patterned paper is from a 6x6" stack I got from The Range some time ago called "Floral Fusion".
It's the time of year when unfortunately, I seem to make several sympathy cards. I made this one for my neighbour.
I have used Distress Oxide Ink to create the background and a Stampin' Up stamps from their "Hopeful Thoughts" set stamped in a Versafine ink.
This sympathy card is the first of several I need to make this week.
I have used the Stampin' Up set called "Hopeful Thoughts" for this card and tiny yellow self adhesive gems to brighten the look of the card.
(The "Hopeful Thoughts" set seems to be my "go to" set for sypathy cards, as they always seem to turn out well).
