With Sympathy

Hello Blogging Friends,

Today I am sharing a Sympathy card I recently made for a friend of mine.  I always have a difficult time making these, it seems like I never know where to start.  But I like this one turned out.

 Ingredients:

The Greetery Shapely Hearts die

Simon Says Stamp Etched Dragonfly die

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layered Flourish Stencil

Miss Ink Stamps Mouse Flower Stencil

Dusty Concord distress oxide 

Peeled Paint distress oxide

Tim Holtz Purple Mica Spray

White card stock

Lavender paper

Black paper

Iridescent paper

Black ink

With Sympathy stamp

Foam Tape

For this A2 card I started by making the base of the card with White card stock.  I took a piece of white card stock, the Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil and some Dusty Concord distress oxide and applied it with one of my blending brushes on the corners and then I took the Miss Ink Stamps Mouse Flower Stencil and some Peeled Paint distress oxide and applied that to the middle of the card with a blending brush.  I took the Tim Holtz Halloween Purple Mica Spray and sprayed that over it.  I added that to the card.  I took some Lavender paper and the Greetery Shapely Hearts die and cut out the heart.  I some Dusty Concord to add to the heart.  I took the With Sympathy stamp and some Black ink and stamped that onto the heart.  I took some foam tape and added that to the back of the heart and added that to the card.  I took the Simon Says Etched Dragonfly die and some black paper and some iridescent paper and cut out the dragonfly, pieced it together and added it to the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori

Can't Wait To Sea You!

Hello Blogging Friends,

It is my turn on the Dies R Us Blog today and I am sharing a fun Underwater Scene card:

For this A2 card I started with White card stock to make the base of the card.  I took a piece of Ranger Distress Watercolor card stock, my blending brushes and several Distress Oxides and blended them onto the paper and then spritzed it with water and let it dry.  I took some sand paper and ripped it with a ripping tool and inked the edges with Brown ink and added it to the bottom of the distress paper.  I inked the edges of the distress paper with some Aqua ink and added it to the card base.  I took several different shades of green ink and the  the plant dies from the  Sue Wilson Can't Wait To Sea You die set and cut out the plants and added them to the card.  I took some Bronze glitter paper and the seahorse die and cut it out twice.  I used a Black marker to draw an eye on each of the seahorses and then I added them to the card wrapping them around the seaweed.  I took the turtle die and some Green paper and cut out the turtle, I rubbed some Brown ink on his back and added him to the card.  I took the iridescent paper and the Memory Box Octopi dies and cut them out and added them to the card.  I took the sentiment and some Blue paper and cut that out and added it to the card.  I really like how this underwater scene turned out!

Memory Box Curious Octopi dies

Sue Wilson Desings Necessities Collection ~ Can't Wait To Sea You

Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide

Bundled Sage Distress Oxide

Salty Ocean Distress Oxide

Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori

Turner Syndrome Awareness ~ You Are Beautiful

Hello Blogging Friends!!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing all the wonderful cards my blogging friends have made for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop!!

Thank you for all the love you are showering on me and my fellow bloggers!!  We all love reading your comments about what you like about our cards!!

If by chance you haven't stopped by the blog hop yet ~ there is still time to hop through and leave a comment, tell us one thing you learned about Turner Syndrome and maybe even win a prize!!  Just hop over here.

Here is a card I made using Sponsor Lavinia World stamps to make!!

Ingredients:

Lavinia World Moments Like These stamp

Lavinia World Forest Spruce stamp

Lavinia World Snow Shrub stamp

Watercolor paper

White card stock

Black ink

Spiced Marmalade distress oxide

Squeezed Lemonade distress oxide

Bundled Sage distress oxide

Salty Ocean distress oxide

Faded Jeans distress oxide

Wilted Violet oxide

Sentiment stamp

Green gems

For this A2 card I started by making the base of the card with White card stock.  I took a piece of Watercolor paper, the distress oxides and my blending brushes and added the different colors onto the paper, overlapping them as I went along.  I took some Black ink and the Moments Like Theses, Forest Spruce, Snow Shrub stamps and stamped them onto the paper.  I took some Black ink and inked around the edges and added it to the card base and I stamped the sentiment with Black ink. I took some Green gems and placed them onto the card.

I will be sharing more cards all this week, so be sure to stop back each day!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lori

Lavinia World Challenge #19

Hello Lavinia World Friends!!

Today is the start of a new challenge on the Lavinia World Challenge Blog:

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Lavinia World Challenge #19

Ingredients:

Druids Inn stamp

Let Your Spirit Take Flight stamp

Fairy Foragers stamps

Ken Oliver Color Bursts

Neenah Desert Storm paper

Watercolor paper

Black ink 

For this A2 card I started by making the base of the card with a piece of Neenah Desert Storm paper.  I took a piece of Watercolor paper and wet it down with my spritz bottle and then I took some Ken Oliver Color Bursts and sprinkled them on top of the wet paper and then dried it with my heat gun.  I spritzed more water onto the paper until I got the colors I wanted.  I took some Black ink and the Druid Inn stamp and stamped that onto the paper.  I stamped the Fairy Foragers and the Let Your Spirit Take Flight stamps onto the paper too and then I attached that to the card base.

The theme for Lavinia World Challenges is always "Anything Goes" using a stamped image (sorry no digi stamps, but rather rubber or clear stamps are perfect).  The winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to Lavinia World.

Now hop on over to the Lavinia World Challenge Blog to see what the talented Design Team have created for this challenge!

Lavinia World now has their very own Facebook group called Anything Lavinia.

Not only can you share any of your projects that use Lavinia products (stamps and papers), you can also enter our challenges there!  There is a specific Album for each challenge for you to upload your projects.  If you enter tour challenge on the Lavinia World Challenges blog, the theme is Anything Goes.  If you enter our challenge via the Anything Lavinia facebook group, it must include a Lavinia product (stamps or papers).  Entries from both Lavinia World Challenges and Anything Lavinia will be combined and one winner will be chosen by the Designers to receive a $15 Gift Certificate from Lavinia World.

Now hop on over to the Lavinia World Challenge Blog to see what the talented Design Team have created for this challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!!