RHSSC 35 - With Sympathy

It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Red Hot Stamper's sketch challenge.  I must say this challenge threw me a little! lol  I happened to see Stamping 411's Color Inspiration #170 post and decided to use their colors.  Then I needed to figure out what stamp set to use.  Well, I needed something big to cover the open side.  Ok, I got that part figured out, but then what to do for ribbon???  I didn't have any that was skinny enough to look good on what I had already done.  That's when I came up with the idea to twist the seam binding ribbon to make it smaller.  Voila!  I managed to come up with this pretty card.  I loved the soft colors and thought I would make it a sympathy for a fellow demonstrator who just lost a loved one.  

If you're in a crafty mood why not give our challenge a try.  You can head  here to see a few other samples too.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Elements of Style

Card Stock:  Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Sahara Sand

Stampin' Pastels:  Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke, 

Pink Pirouette & So Saffron

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

A Rainbow of Daisies

Here's another sample of sponging that I demo'd the other night.  I saw Stampin' Celebration sketch challenge #54 full of rainbows here and thought that would be another perfect way to demo sponging.  All of the card stock used here is Whisper White.  Any color has been done with sponging. :)  Can you tell I love sponging...and do it all the time! lol

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Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight

Wild Wasabi, Island Indigo & Elegant Eggplant

Punch:  1/2" Circle

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice

Bigz Die:  Daisies Flower #2

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges!

Fabulous Florets Sponged Flowers

Sponging demonstration!  That's what I made this card for.  For some crazy reason I volunteered myself to do a demo at my upline's meeting again.  I survived...barely. lol  Actually I love the demo meetings and they've really brought me out of my "way too shy" shell.   I didn't want to do too much thinking (talk about lazy! lol), so I used a couple of colors on flowers that I had made before and used the sketch challenge Less is More for my card's design.

Zoomed in a bit...

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Stamp Set:  Fabulous Florets

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral & Wild Wasabi

Embossing Powder:  White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Nature Silhouettes

Today's card is for my brother-in-law, so Happy Birthday to you!  I really do enjoy making masculine cards and would love to have more sets out there.  Here's hoping Stampin' Up! comes out with at least four or five really great ones in the new catalog because this one is retiring. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Nature Silhouettes & On Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Night of Navy, 

Always Artichoke & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Early Espresso

Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice  

Thinking of You

Today's card is for a coworker who lost her mother-in-law Sunday.  I know the "Live, Laugh & Love" sounds unusual on a Thinking of You or a Sympathy card, but she posted a tribute to her mother-in-law telling everyone how she lived out these three words everyday in her life.  It was very touching and when I read it I thought of the stamp that had these words (minus the happy birthday!) and knew I wanted to add them to the card I sent her.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Apothecary Art, On Your Birthday & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Baja Breeze & Pink Pirouette

Stamp and Write Markers:  Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink & Wild Wasabi

Edgelits Dies:  Adorning Accents

Embossing folders:  Adorning Accents

Framelits Dies:  Labels Collection

Blossom Birthday

Today's card is one I made for my mother-in-law's birthday.  I saw a video for a neat card idea here from Julie Davison and decided to give it a try.  I did change the dimensions a bit to make it a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4 " card and instead of adding the DSP to the card, I used a sheet of the DSP...that's because I don't have any paper that's 12 x 12" and that's the size you need to make this card.  I really wish pictures turned out as nicely as what we see in person, because this is really an elegant card.

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Stamp Sets:  Old retired ones!

Card Stock:  Mocha Morning Specialty DSP, Basic Blalck and Crumb Cake
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Black
StazOn:  Black
Punches:  Blossom, Decorative Label, 1" Circle & 3/4" Circle
Jewels:  Basic Pearls
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

RHSSC 34 - Thoughts of You

Welcome to another Red Hot Stampers sketch challenge.  I really wasn't sure what I was going to do for this sketch, but finally decided to use one of my favorite color combos with the stamp set Inspired by Nature...one of my favorite sets that's retiring. :(   Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers blog to check out a few more sketches.  If you're game play along. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Inspired by Nature & Loving Thoughts

Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Whisper White

Stampin' Write Markers:  Marina Mist, Perfect Plum & Wild Wasabi

Bigz Die:  Circle Scallop #2

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Circle Scissor Plus

Brads:  Glimmer Brights

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist