With Sympathy...

This is the fifth sympathy card I have needed in the last couple of months... five too many, if you know what I mean.  I know that there are others faced with making sympathy cards - where there is no expectation of happiness, stress relief or the joy of sending something that will make the recipient smile.
What I can do is share an idea, a design, technique or tool that might make this process a little easier for someone else out there.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• The sentiment die is by IO Dies.

PAPER:  

• Recollections - "White", 110# Wt. from Michaels used for the base card & the image panel.  

EMBELLISHMENTS:

• For the flowers I used Paper Tole Technique to give the punched shapes dimension.  The flower petals are from a "Carla Craft" punch, the center is a "Punch Bunch" and the fern is with a "McGill."
• The image panel is elevated on fun foam to keep that layer as pristine as possible during mailing.

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craftroom Door – ATG Always

Crafting From the Heart -#124 – ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Fab & Funky #316 – ATG

Penny's Challenge #292 – ATG

Inspiration Destination #100 – ATG TOP PICK

Sweet Stampin' – NO DP

Pile it On #115 – Die Cut Embellishments

Incy Wincy Designs – Get Well /Sympathy

As You Like It - #87  Your Favorite... Shape of Card & Why [I spend so much time doing Paper Tole on most of my cards that I often don't wander from the A2 basic card shape.]

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Spring is Here!

I have not done a shaker card for ages!  I have to tell you... it was PAINful trying to match up the stamped version on the background with the hole cut in the foreground!  I wanted the lines behind my bunny - not over the top [as in stamped on the acetate]!  Phew - it will be another long time before I do another one!

This is my DT card for Aud Sentiments' "Easter or Spring Sentiment" Challenge.  I have a secret to share... it is really slow right now on this challenge - here is the perfect opportunity to have better odds to win an incredible prize from Great Impressions!  Their store [check it out!], has Rubber stamps [I am RubberMAD after all!] and the prize they are offering is FIVE stamps from their store!  You can enter up to five times and you have till Tuesday, 2/24 to get your projects in! The team has provided some fun ideas HERE and you will find the rest of the factoids there about the challenge - most important is... big hint: DON'T FORGET THE SENTIMENT!

The snow globe is a 1995 rubber stamp from Raindrops on Roses  [all three of the stamps are red rubber - sometimes I just have an uncontrollable urge to get back to my roots!] and the bunny is from Delafield Stamp Co... also older than the hills.  The sentiment is from ?? - I gotta check on that.  I made the embossed lines on the darker teal CS with a Scor-It & the big ole beautiful satin double bow was made on a Proctor Bow Maker.  The little plastic Easter egg confetti was added before sealing up the globe. The inside was made from CS left from the front and two pieces of leftover ribbon.

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Sweet Stampin' – Inspired by a Song [Here Comes Peter Cottontail]
Crafting from the Heart #47 – ATG
MarkerPOP #62 – ATG 10 only
Clear It Out – Holiday / Stash: Gold or Yellow things [Easter/Yellow "confetti" eggs in the globe]
Through the Craft Room Door – ATG
Simon Says Wed – Add a Little Texture [Embossed lines, bow]
Inspiration Destination #21 – ATG   DT Favorite
Quirky Crafts #4 - 2015 –Our Best Friend PET [Our rabbit's name was "Potter"]
Party Time Tuesday #195 – ATG
Top Tip Tues – Use Rubber only [Yep!  all three stamps - red rubber]

SUPPLIES

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the image; CS is from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: plastic egg "confetti" and teal satin ribbon are from stash.

INKS: the images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer & colored with Copics: 

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny