Leaves as Trees

I love stretching my supplies and using them in unexpected ways.  Here you will see a leaf image acting as trees in a distance.  They were colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The sun was sponged with SeaShells Conch Shell dye ink (yes, I still have that brand...this is my favorite yellow). The hill was drawn with a Micron pen.

You can read all about this card today on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.

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White Rose With Sympathy

I usually struggle making sympathy cards.  I almost hate to admit how quickly this one came together.  I like the elegant look I achieved.

For this card, I white heat embossed the rose and the sentiment, both from the Beautiful Rose stamp set from A Jillian Vance Design, onto gray cardstock base.  I place onto a white card front panel and added a red heart punched from red cardstock.

This card is featured today on the AJVD blog.  Do go check it out.

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Fur-ever

Details about this card can be found on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today.  

Gracie was my Sloopy Dog's best friend.  For nine years, Gracie was an important part in all of our lives.  She will be indeed "Fur-ever in our hearts".  Prayers of comfort go out to my friend, Brenda.  

So Sorry Calla Lily

Sympathy cards are hard to make.  I thought I'd share one I made for the "I'm Sorry" challenge over on the DRS Designs Blog.  If you have a chance, play along for your chance to win some free stamps.

To make this card, I stamped the DRS Designs "Calla Lily Sympathy Frame" with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the frame.

I placed the framed image onto a piece of white cardstock that was dry embossed.  I framed this panel with black cardstock, added a sheer white ribbon and bow, along with a black button.

Very CAS.

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Remembering

It's Monday! What better way is there to make a Monday more bearable, than with a Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions?  This week’s SOTW is called "Garden Bench" (3420-H). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, May 6 to Sunday, May 12. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  

I rarely make sympathy cards, but when I saw "Garden Bench" it seemed rather empty and lonely.  Paired with the Repeat Impressions sentiment of "Remembering" (4022-F) I got the idea for this sympathy card.  I stamped both the image and sentiment onto Georgia Pacific cardstock with Marvy black dye ink.  I shaded around the bench with Copic makers.  I scored along the top and bottom of the cardstock and framed it with black cardstock.  The larger card panel is from The Paper Studio Patterned paper.  It too is framed with black cardstock.  Two small black brads were adhered to the card.

I added a purple awareness ribbon, often associated with pancreatic cancer.  I lost a dear friend to this in December and I miss her everyday.  As I said, I usually don't make sympathy cards, but adding that ribbon in remembrance to my friend made me glad this card went in this direction.

There are some other cards created with this week's SOTW.  Make sure you visit these Rock Stars to see how they used the image:

• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien

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