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Cards that are sent with sadness…
Most cards I make or send are for happy occasions- birthdays, weddings, gratiude…but there comes a time, when I have to send a sympathy card to someone who has lost a loved one. These are sent with...
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First challenge of the year with Colour Q …
The designers at Colour Q gave everyone a choice of paletes this week for Challenge #170! I decided to use SU Pear Pizzazz, Black, Real Red, White, and Kraft . I needed to make some Sympathy cards so I...
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SU Close as a Memory…
I struggled over the last few days trying to make the colors at ColourQ #174 work for me and finally figured something out with inspiration from The Paper Players #131- SYMPATHY. Raspberry Ripple and...
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SU Pleasant Poppies Sympathy
I forgot how wonderful the SU Pleasant Poppies background stamp set is to work with when making a card. It inks so beautifully and stamps precisely. It can be colored, embossed, cut out and popped up,...
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SU Crosses of HOPE
As I mentioned earlier this week, I was given the SU Crosses of Hope as a timely gift;) The CASology # 37 cue word is HOPE this week. This set not only has HOPE in the name but also offers HOPE to all...
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SU You Are Loved
My sweet neighbor needed a Sympathy card so I used the Dynamic Duos #49 colors to create a loving note for her to share with her relative. The SU set is called You Are Loved, how appropriate to use for...
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SU Punch Potpourri
This post is a change from the last one- bright sunshine to a somber note of sympathy. I used the Colors from Dynamic Duos # 50 I think the colors are calm and comforting, and sadly, this is a type of...
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SU You Are Loved
Talk about a real challenge this week…I thought about The Friday Mashup # 111 - using a pencil- for quite a while! I finally settled on using a “stencil” i.e. the SU Simply Scored. Used mostly for...
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SU Secret Garden Sympathy
I almost forgot about the beautiful colors at Pals Paper Arts # 171 this week! I wasn’t sure if I would have time to get a card done on Monday morning so I went to bed last night thinking of SU Baked...
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MUSE Card Club Guest Designer -SU Backyard Basics
I am so excited to be the MUSE Card Club #37 Guest Designer this week. I just love playing along with the participants each week- so many talented cardmakers out there. I send out thanks to all of...
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SU Backyard Basics
I often find ColourQ a definite challenge because sometimes I don’t have the colors and sometimes I can’t figure out what to do with the colors! I still love the challenge site though;) I didn’t have...
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SU Secret Garden with En Francais Sympathy
Sadly, it seems I have needed to make more of these cards lately…but as I make one I think how the simple gesture of a card at a time of loss can mean more to someone than the sender may ever know. As...
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SU Too Kind for Dynamic Duos
Happy Saturday, everyone- I hope the weekend has started wonderfully for you! I also hope you might be able to play a little in your crafty place with the Dynamic Duos #82 this weekend or this week...
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SU Loving Thoughts with the Lattice Die
Sandy at The Paper Players #176 challenged us this week with a White on White card/project. I love white cards and unfortunately needed to make a sympathy card for a dear friend so I set to work on...
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SU Simple Stems with SU Hardwood and SU Too Kind
Hello, friends! I tucked in tonight after running around like crazy in the freezing temperatures all day…brrrrrrrr. I cozied up with some new posies from the SU Occasions Catalog. I have been itching...
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SU Stippled Blossoms
I just adore the Stippled Blossoms stamp set- it is so beautiful when stamped. Of course, my best friend, the Stamp-a-ma-jig, makes it so easy to create a beautiful two-step blossom. With different...
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SU Serene Silhouettes
It’s Friday already…fun week here in Pittsburgh. My stamping girls and I had our three regularly scheduled classes on Wednesday and Thursday. And today, I am starting my new Friday night stamping class...
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SU Thoughts and Prayers
The Paper Players Challenge # 213 this week has some fall colors on the roster. I just did a few leaf themed cards so thought I would go more somber with these earthtones. I chose to do a sympathy card...
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SU Four Feathers with Thoughts and Prayers
I have classes this week (YEA!) so I wanted to make a few cards with the SU Four Feathers stamp set to show my girls. Feathers just remind me of soft, billowing, easy-going peacefulness. I thought they...
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SU Serene Silhouettes
January 2, 2015 Oh my, I bet you all are as worn out as I am from the holidays! I think my dishwasher, washer, and dryer have never stopped running. It was wonderful to have the house full but I am...
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