Soft Sympathy

I finally took a little bit of time in my stamping room and made this card. I stamped the flower image, from Crafty Secrets, on watercolor paper. I used my watercolors to paint the flower and leaves. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. Super simple, but it was nice to get a card made. Maybe it will inspire me to do more.

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Crafty Secrets Birthday

I've had this Crafty Secrets stamp set for many years, and I'm not sure I've ever used it. So, here are two cards using stamps from the same set. I really wanted to combine the stamps, but I wasn't able to do it to my satisfaction.

The first stamp I used was this ferny stamp. I stamped with green and matted with matching cardstock. I added a strip of vellum with the sentiment (from Impression Obsession) stamped on it and embossed with black embossing powder.

For this card, I used the flowery stamp. (Come to think of it, I may have used this stamp previously.) I stamped it in dark purple (Vintage Violet) on vellum. I placed the stamped vellum over patterned paper. The sentiment is done with an unbranded die and is layered for dimension. The cardbase on both cards is ivory.

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Touch of Nature

Another card using the same set from Crafty Secrets as yesterday's card - very similar. Again, the background stamp is from Tattered Angels and the flowers and sentiment are from the Crafty Secrets set. This time I used the same color as yesterday for the stamped background (different stamp) but I used black to stamp the flowers and then I colored with Copics.  I cut the panel with a Memory Box die and matted with dark green. The patterned paper on the left side is from a matstack I've had for SO many years and have never used - by Jodie Lee. I matted it with the same dark green. I also mounted the image panel on Pop Dots. Not sure what this card could be used for, but I do like the way it turned out:)

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Hello

A simple card today, and a short break from my Stampin' Up! project.

I've had this Crafty Secrets stamp set for several years, and I don't think I've ever used it. The stamps from the Crafty Secrets set are the flower and the "Hello." The background stamp is from a Tattered Angels set. I stamped the background and the flower in shades of green, and matted with a matching green. I cut the image and the matting with Memory Box dies.

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Hello

Another card using a Stitched Rectangle die cut. The three stamps I used (flowers, dragonfly, sentiment) are all from the same set from Crafty Secrets. I lightly colored the flowers with Tim Holtz markers. I added flower centers from Martha Stewart and Star Dust Stickles to the dragonfly wings. I matted on a partial piece of black and adhered to the card base.

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One-Layer Wednesday Challenge - White, Gray and a Touch of Color

I made this card for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday challenge. The challenge this week is to use mostly white with some gray, or mostly gray with some white, and just a teeny bit of color. You can find her challenge here.


The main image on my card is again from a set from Crafty Secrets. I stamped it (and the other two stamps) with Memento London Fog ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the little flower under the sentiment is from the same Crafty Secrets set as the main image. My teeny, tiny bit of color is the addition of two little purple gems - one in the main image center and one in the center of the little flower under the sentiment. The card base is Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select.


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Two More Black and White Cards

When I was doing my black and white card yesterday (for the CAS-ual Friday challenge) I started with this stamp before deciding to combine it with the FTL challenge. So, this morning (instead of treadmill!) I worked on finishing it up. (I will do treadmill after I get this post finished. :) )


The main image is a stamp from a Crafty Secrets set I recently purchased. I stamped it four times and cut them out with a square Nestability. I mounted them on Dimensionals and matted with a large black square. The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. This card is a case of a card by Annie in my stamping group. Thanks, Annie! This is Annie's card.


The first time I stamped the image, it was a little bit too light. But, of course I couldn't throw it away! This morning I made it into a card. I matted it with a little bit lighter black cardstock which I cut with a scalloped Nestability and mounted on Dimensionals. I embossed the frame directly in the card front. I added a thin strip of black and stamped the image (from Papertrey Ink) below.

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