Love, Joe & Peace

Happy December!

I’m slowly (very slowly) checking off my Christmas to-do list.  Here is another Christmas card to share.

SUPPLIES Stamps: Bells & Boughs (PTI); Silver Bells (WPlus9); Woodland Wreaths (WPlus9); Believe (Penny Black: 30-310) Dies: Bells & Boughs (PTI) Color: Various Green Inks (Hero Arts); Versafine Black Onyx (Tsukineko); Clean Color Watercolor Markers (Kuretake) Other: Clear EP (Ranger); Queens Gold EP (Ranger)

I used a variety of stamps to create my leaf border.  They were stamps with various hues of dye ink.  I added a few red berries to add a change of color.  The bells and ribbon were stamped and embossed with gold powder.  I colored them with watercolor makers.  The sentiment is from Penny Black.

Until next time!

 

Sympathy Card

A dear friend passed away suddenly last month.  It took me by surprise.  She was a caretaker to my children – a warm, kind and loving woman.  She left us too early – just getting to know her new grandchild.  My heart, as well as my family’s, goes out to hers.

I decided to make this card for her family.

Stamps: with florish (Penny Black); Fresh Cut Florals (WPlus9); Sympathy (Words to the Rescue – Art Gone Wild)

May she rest in peace.

Case Study Challenge #145

Hello!

I decided to play along with this week’s Case Challenge #145.  The muse for June is Lisa Spangler.  I love her clean and modern style!  Here is her gorgeous card:

There are so many beautiful things about Lisa’s card.  I so love the embossed background and I love the simple sketch.  I took these 2 elements and used that in my card.

SUPPLIES Stamps: Diamond Pattern (40-169), Eloquence (30-162) – both Penny Black; Heartfelt Mix (WPlus9) Dies: Banner Trio (WPlus9) Inks: Distress Inks (Tim Holtz/Ranger); Turquoise Archival Ink (Ranger); Butter Bar Mid Tone Ink (Hero Arts); Watermelon Pigment Ink (Ranger); Black Dye Ink (Hero Arts) Other: Versamark (Tsukineko); White Embossing Powder (American Crafts); Pearls (Michaels); Glossy Accents (Ranger)

For the background, I stamped and white embossed the Penny Black background stamp Diamond Pattern on white CS panel.  I then randomly sponged various yellow Distress Inks (Scattered Straw, Old Paper and Antique Linen) on panel, leaving small areas of white.  From the clear set Eloquence, I stamped and fussycut the 3 different size flowers in turquoise, yellow and red ink.  Pearls were added to the center of each flower and randomly scattered on the CS panel.  Finally, I added a sentiment (from the WPlus9 set, Heartfelt Mix) on 2 different size banners.

And just a few things to share over at Penny Black…

Be sure to visit the Penny Black blog.  Jen Nelson is being featured as the guest designer. You can check out her cards all this week on the blog.  

And I can’t wait for these!!!!  More information to come!  Eek!