Heartfelt Sympathy

I have been wanting to ink up this stamp set all weekend.  I love this Sale-A-Bration free stamp set with any $50 order from Stampin' Up!  It's beautiful!


Stamps:  Heartfelt Blooms
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Smokey Slate
Ink:  Smokey Slate
Misc:  iridescent sequins

I sincerely hope that I don't have to use this card anytime soon.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

With Much Sympathy

Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card and this is how it turned out.  I'm not really thrilled with it, but wasn't really in the mood to stamp this afternoon. 

Stamps:  Paper Pumpkin Giftable Greetings (Aug '17)
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Vellum
Ink:  Basic Grey
Misc:  Basic Pearls, Butterfly Thinlets, Embossing Folder

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and staying warm.  I think it only got to a high of 16 degrees here in Northern Virginia!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Flower Sympathy

Unfortunately, I needed 3 sympathy cards in 2 days!  This is what I came up with.  I had to have a fairly CAS card so that I could produce them in an evening.

Stamps:  Simply Sketched, Peaceful Petals
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black
Misc:  ribbon, pearl

I made 6 total.  I hope I don't need any more any time soon!

Thanks for stopping by this evening. 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

A Simple Sympathy Card

I love "Toile Blossoms" by Stampin' Up, and I haven't used the stamps set in several years.  I got it out to make some CAS sympathy cards.  I used Momento Tuxedo Black ink and Snow Storm Smooth CS for the base of the card.  I really like the way this card came out.

Stamps:  Toile Blossoms
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black
Misc:  ribbon, ribbon flower, oval punch, scallop oval punch, charm

Thanks for taking a look at my card today!  I appreciate you stopping by.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Lotus Sympathy

I needed some sympathy cards to have on hand in case I need one.  So I made two of these.  The image is from the stamp set "Lotus Blossoms" by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  The sentiment is from the stamp set "Marsh Silhouettes".  Both of these sets are some of my favorite ones.  I cut a hole in the front of the card with my circle nesties, and stamped the small locus on the inside of the card.  I decided it needed something else, so I tied a ribbon and charm to the side.

Stamps: Lotus Blossoms, Marsh Silhouettes (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Lovely Lilac
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Lovely Lilac
Misc:  ribbon, charm, Spectrum Noir pens

Thanks for stopping by today.  Try to stay cool.  It's suppose to be in the upper 90's here with lots of humidity.  Great hair day!  LOL

Happy Stamping!
Patty

Another Sympathy Card

Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card for a dear friend who lost her grandfather.  I wanted to keep it simple, and so I used the stamp set "Love Remains" by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  I heat embossed the rose and cute it out with my nestabilities.  I ran the white background paper through the swiss dots embossing folder.  A little bit of ribbon and a rose charm, and the card was finished.

Stamps:  Love Remains
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy the Cat Black by MFP
Ink:  Versa Mark, Momento Tuxedo Black
Misc:  ribbon, charm, swiss dot embossing folder, black embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Speedy Fox & Friends Blog Challenge~~Sympathy

This week we were challenged to make a sympathy card for Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge.  Unfortunately, I've needed quite a few of these lately.  This one is a very CAS card, but I think it is very appropriate for a sympathy card.

Stamps:  All is Calm, Scenic Selections, A Walk in the Woods (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen
Ink:  Versa Mark
Misc:  Black embossing powder, ribbon

I hope you will join us this week for our sympathy challenge.  You may even be the lucky winner of a wonderful stamp set!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Speedy Fox & Friends Blog Challenge~~Black & White with a Spash of Color

This week's Speedy Fox and Friends blog challenge is to make and black & white card with a "splash" of color.  Well, I think I did a BIG SPLASH of color, and the black kind of got lost.  Oh well, I still think this is a pretty sympathy card.  I hope you will join us this week for the challenge and a chance to win a stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. 

Stamps:  Dogwood Blossoms, Oopsy Daisy (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen by MFP, Pink Pirouette
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Palette Noir Black (available @ MFP)
Misc:  MS pearls, MS border punch, MS butterfly punch, ribbon

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Mine is going to be very busy, so unfortunately it will go by much too fast!  LOL

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

2nd post today~~please scroll down for Speedy & Friends challenge card

I call this card Butterfly Sympathy.  I made it for today's Inspiration Challenge over on SCS.  The site for the Inspiration Challenge is called Hard to Find.  They had some really neat things on the site.  I chose a black & white butterfly pillow as my inspiration.

The  butterfly images are from the soon to be released (next Tuesday) set called "Scenic Selections".  I stamped the images and sentiment with VersaMark ink and used black embossing powder.  The white squares are 1 3/8" and the black squares are 1 1/2". 

Stamps:  Scenic Selections
Ink:  VersaMark
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen
Misc:  black embossing powder, MS edge punch

I hope you're having a great Saturday. 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Butterfly Sympathy

I needed a sympathy card & this is what I came up with this evening.  It didn't photograph real well, but it's cloudy here, and that could have something to dowith it.  I heat embossed the sentiment with Speedy the Cat Black Embossing Powder.  The sentiment is from the stamp set called "A Walk in the Woods" by Mark's Finest Papers

Stamps:  A Walk in the Woods
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy the Cat Black Linen by MFP
Ink:  Versa Mark
Misc:  Sizzix embossing folder, Speedy the Cat Black embossing powder, pearls, Sizzix Embosslit Beautiful Butterflies

I hope you're having a wonderful week!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Swan Sympathy

I needed some sympathy cards to have on hand at work, and this is one of the ones I came up with.  All supplies for this card are available at Mark's Finest Papers  You can't really tell it in the picture, but there is a small swan charm hanging from the ribbon. 

Stamps:  Floating Along, A Walk in the Woods (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow  Storm Smooth, black
Ink:  Versa Mark, Palette Noir
Misc:  black embossing powder, swan charm, ribbon, Sizzix embossing folder

Have a wonderful evening.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Camillia Sympathy

Today's Ways to Use it challenge was to "make it pop", so I stamped the white camillia 3 times, cut them apart and then layered them with pop dots.  I outlined it with black glitter writer from Martha Stewart.  The other camillias were stamped in Versa Mark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I put stickles on the ferns and leaf punch outs. 

The camillia is from the stamp set called Apples and Camillia and the sentiment is from A Walk in the Woods, both from Mark's Finest Papers

Stamps:  Apples and Camilla, A Walk in the Woods
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Black
Ink: Palette Noir, Versa Mark
Misc:  Martha Stewart fern & leaf punches, MS black glitter writer, stickles, white EP, pop dots

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!  And I hope Santa is very good to you and brings lots and lots of paper crafting items!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Rose Sympathy

Unfortunately I need a sympathy card and this was what I created tonight.  I hope it brings them comfort.  All of the  supplies can be purchased from Mark's Finest Papers.  I embossed the black but you can't tell it in the photo.

Stamps:  Summertime Roses, A Walk in the Woods (sentiment)
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Black
Ink:  Palette Noir, Versa Mark
Misc:  Embossing Folder, Black Embossing Powder, ribbon, charm, nesties

Don't forget to comment every day that I post a card for your chance to win my blog candy.  The more times you comment the more chances you have to win!  Good luck!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

White & Black Sympathy Card

I needed more sympathy cards to have on hand and this is another one I came up with. The charm was gold tone, but I embossed it with silver embossing powder to match the card better. All supplies can be found at Mark's Finest Papers

Stamps: Summertime Roses
Paper: black, snow storm smooth
Ink: Versa Mark
Misc: white EP, ribbon, charm, silver EP, Tim Holtz EF

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Sympathy

I needed some sympathy cards to have on hand. This is what I came up with. What do you think?

The base of the card is going grey, stamped with going grey to create some texture. The image is stamped in basic black on whisper white, layered on top of basic black cute out with my nesties ovals. The sentiment is from "hope & comfort" from SU. The butterflies are a MS punch with silver 1/2 back pearls in the middle.

Today went by fairly quickly at work. I got a lot done, and I feel better than I have in a few days. So all in all, today was a great day!

I'm one of the coordinators for the next VSN over on SCS. (I can't remember if I've mentioned this before or not.) Anyway, we're working away at getting ready for the mini at the end of Jan, and then the main event in Feb. The theme is the Olympics, and it should be a blast. Please think about playing along with us. If you are having trouble finding the link, leave me a comment with your email &/or phone number & I'll walk you through it.

Happy Stamping!

Patty & Winnie