Sympathy

 

Hi everyone, thanks for your visit.

Today at My Time To Craft we are starting a new

two weekly challenge. We all sadly at some time or 

another we need to send a Sympathy card.

Please see the creations from the DT.

I have made a CAS card, I used a bought

embossed card, where I stamped a lovely simple

grass scene from Stamps Away, an old favourite for when

they did produce stamps. 

Take are and stay well. 

Thinking of You or Sympathy

Hello, today Sparkles Monthly Challenges begins

a new challenge chosen by Cathy.

Thinking of You or Sympathy

Please  take a look on the blog, the DT have again created some

wonderful inspirational and caring cards. 

We all at one time or another , sadly need to send

 a card to let someone know we feel their saddness.

For my card, I have kept it simple. Matted and layered 

with deep red and cream card.

The main image is of a poppy stamp from Hobby Art.,

coloured with Promarkers.

A sentiment stamp and pearls from my stash to complete. 

Sympathy

For the next week at My Time To Craft (MTTC) 

our challenge is to enter a project for 

SYMPATHY

At some time or another, sadly, we all have to deal with the loss 

of someone, please share your cards with us. The Design Team

have some wonderful inspiration on the blog.

Materials Used

6" x 4" card made from an A4 sheet of cream card,

Black mat card

Stamps used - Anita's - Background and Sentiment

Flower is by Personal Impressions

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans and Black Soot

Three black gems

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My Time To Craft

Sadly there comes a time in everyone's life when we need to provide a Sympathy card ~ 

we at My Time To Craft realise this form of card is probably one of the most difficult cards to create. I suppose my approach may be classed as being old fashioned. However,  I have a theory about Sympathy and Thinking of You cards. When making other cards, I suppose my aim is to convey, 'Look what I've done for you'. When making a Sympathy or Thinking of You card, my aim is to convey my message of condolences in a simple and understated way.  For this card I used~~~~~~~

White, grey and black card stock.

A template for a small rectangle.

DI Pumice Stone

Tree Stamp and Birds from Inkylicious

With Sympathy stamp from my stash ~ unknown make.

We know it's not easy but why not have a go, when you don't really need one and put it away. 

Minimal cards for TIOT

This week at Try It On Tuesday we are returning to making a card. The clean and simple style has become very popular, so we are challenging you to make a MINIMAL card. At a recent card class I run, we tackled one of the diffficult cards we all dread making, Sympathy and Thinking of You cards. From one dark green A4 (UK) card, here are two cards I made. They are the same in size and style, only the stamps are different. The first cArd I used for the background a fantastic background stamp from Anita's, it is so versatile. I used TH Distress ink Peeled Paint for all of the stamps used. The daisies are from Sheena Douglas. The second card, I created the background using a piece of Christmas Sequin waste, secured it to the card, then with a piece of cut and dry foam, I stencilled through to achieve the strip of stars.  the stamp is again a favourite of mine, the agapanthus which looks so calm and serene. i do hope you like my two samples. I look forward to visiting you this week, hoping you will enjoy the relaxation of making, if not a simple card, then certainly a minimal card. Good luck and enjoy.

Target 1000 entries - My 4th card

My fourth card for Less Is More attempt to reach 1000 entries in the Anything CAS Goes challenge. Sorry it's another sympathy card, but recently have held a class for Sympathy cards, clean and simple. I think cream and brown is as elegant as black and white but softer to the eye. This is such a simple card I measured the piece of card I needed, to be matted onto a piece of brown cardstock. Stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, a beautiful swirl stamp from Elusive Images, added a sentiment and 3 dark brown pearls.
Hoping to get at least one more made. Fingers crossed ladies.

Aiming for 1000 - My Third Card

My third card for the Less Is More attempt to have 1000 entries this week in Anything CAS Goes. I covered the upper and lower thirds of the card with copy paper, secured with low tack tape. I then added, a small amount of Milled Lavender to the upper section and Stormy Sky to the lower section. Dabbed with the copy paper to dry. I then stamped the centre trees from  Inkylicious and the outer trees from Elusive Images.  I have added With Sympathy, however, in the pipeline I am going to add some snow and make several for Christmas cards.

Where have I been?

Good question. It seems ages since I blogged, well I have been looking around and commenting where I am a DT member. I have had a computer problem which I don't think is resolved as yet, my son is coming on Monday to give it an overhaul or clean up. I have been child minding for two days, so life has been busy. I did manage to make several cards for my class last Friday, we are now up to the letter S - so I started with Sympathy, not always easy cards to make. This is one of them, I wanted both easy and more involved cards to suit needs and to maybe take some folk out of their comfort zones. I used Broken China and Chipped Sapphire DIs. The  daisy flower stamp is from Sheena Douglas, which I embossed with Stampendous White E.P.