A sympathy card for a friend....

A friend of mine recently had a family member pass away and while I realize I should have these cards on hand for just such an occasion, I don't. So I had to make this one after work and in a real hurry. If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you'll know that SERIOUS isn't something I do very often. It's a real "toughy" for me, so this was hard.

I wanted to keep it simple and used this little stamp from Lockhart Stamp Co. I picked it up from Ellen Hutson's store. If you remember awhile back, I made some thank you cards with this stamp. It's a really pretty image and fairly easy to color. Speaking of coloring, I colored this with my Copics on some Papertrey Ink CS. I used my Petite Scalloped Nesties to cut out the image and then leaving the die in place, I sponged on some chalk ink. This DP is from Hot off the Press and it's matted with SU Soft Suede. I used my new EK Success border punch on both pieces on the bottom edge and then tied on some striped grosgrain ribbon to finish it off. Leave a comment below and let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Rubber Stamp; Lockhart Stamp Co; CS - Papertrey Ink, SU Soft Suede; Nestabilities; Copics; Ribbon; EK Success Border Punch; Colorbox Chalk Ink

See, I can make nice cards sometimes...

...it's just not that often. My friend JoAnn loves ANY and ALL flower stamps. It's so funny when we go shopping together, I head for the funny stuff and she heads for the frilly stuff. We always get a chuckle out of that.


These little Thank You cards are for my Mother in Law. I have the BEST Mother in Law in the whole wide world - she's such a SWEETIE. She recently needed some Thank You cards so I thought, "hey, I can do that for you." I love being able to help her with things. I picked up these Lockhart images over at Ellen Hutson, LLC. Ellen has a fantastic store and lots of Lockhart stamps. One thing about ordering from Ellen is, she ships FAST. I mean REALLY fast!! I ordered these Friday and had them on Monday. Wow! These cards are the regular A1 note card size and I used my Martha Stewart border punch on the bottom of the front panel. I printed a sentiment inside and then ran them back through the printer for the front sentiment. Then I stamped the images and colored them with my Lyra pencils. Since this is just a single piece of cardstock with no layers, you would see the Copics bleed through on the inside of the card, so I used the pencils instead. This is the first time I've ever used FlowerSoft. I really like the look. It's on the far back image, on the purple flowers (whatever they are!). Can you tell I'm NOT a yard person? Hate, hate, hate yardwork! This is about as close as I get to dirt. He-he! I made 20 of these little guys, so needless to say - I'm pooped!! Ok, let me know what you think and have a great day!

Here are a few close ups:



Supplies:
Rubber Stamps - Lockhart; Punch - Martha Stewart; Lyra Pencils; FlowerSoft