Hello and welcome back! This is my second post today - I'm not sure I've ever done that! This card is for the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Fab Friday.
Here is my card:
Sympathy cards are always the hardest ones for me to make. I wasn't sure if this color combo would work for this card, but I think I like it.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamp set: Heartfelt Sympathy
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Sweet Sugarplum cardstock; Falling In Love DSP
Ink: Sweet Sugarplum
Accessories: Lace Doilies, Soft Sky seam binding ribbon (retired)
Tools: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Circles Framelits, Tear & Tape, Fine-Tip Glue Pen, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is inspired by the sketch challenge at Stamp Ink Paper and the color challenge at Paper Craft Crew.
Here is today's card:
I used the Up & Away Thinlits to create the balloon and to cut the clouds out of the Whisper White layer. The sentiment is from the Lift Me Up stamp set. I cut the stamp apart and used the other half of the sentiment on the inside of the card.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamp set: Lift Me Up
Paper: Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Whisper White, Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, and Elegant Eggplant cardstock, Carried Away DSP (Sale-A-Bration item available FREE with a $50 purchase!)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Tools: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Precision Plate, Paper Piercer, Up & Away Thinlits, Banner Punch (retired), Fine-Tip Glue Pen, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for the challenge at What Will You Stamp?
And here is today's card:
I have a friend who will be celebrating a milestone birthday next week, so I wanted to make a special card for her. She told me recently that she has trouble with the "5" birthdays, but not with the "0" ones; hence, this card. Here's the inside:
We joked that she could just celebrate the 35th anniversary of her 30th birthday, so that's where I got the idea for this card. To be honest, she seems closer to 30 than to 65! I hope she likes this card, and I hope you all like it too! :)
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamp set: Number of Years
Paper: Pool Party, Watermelon Wonder, and Whisper White cardstock; Birthday Bouquet DSP (retired)
Ink: Pool Party, Watermelon Wonder
Accessories: Watermelon Wonder dotted lace ribbon (retired)
Tools: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Large Numbers Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is inspired by the challenges at the Paper Players and SUO. #PP328 is a clean and simple card with a flower, and #SUO166 is a challenge to use any kind of embossing on a card.
Here is today's card:
I got the inspiration for this card from the Annual Catalog. I love this image for the lace edging and it is gorgeous embossed in copper! I also embossed the birthday sentiment before trimming it out with the label framelit.
It turns out that the Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon I found in my stash is the perfect addition to this card. Now you know why I never get rid of anything! :)
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used:
Stamp sets: Grateful Bunch, Endless Birthday Wishes
Paper: Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, and Pink Pirouette cardstock
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke, Versamark
Accessories: Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon (retired), Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder, Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Tools: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Lots of Labels framelits, Blossom Bunch punch, Heat Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, SNAIL
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is inspired by the color challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.
And here is today's card:
I fell in love with this set when I first saw it in the new Occasions catalog, but I wasn't sure if I would be able to figure out how to use it. I probably wouldn't have come up with this color combination on my own, but I think it works. The vase is stamped off once before putting it on the card front. My Island Indigo stamp pad is one of the old felt pads so I got a bit of texture in the stamp. I think I like it that way! The sentiment is stamped on vellum with classic ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder to set it.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used:
Stamp set: Thankful Life
Paper: Basic Gray, Flirty Flamingo, and Whisper White Cardstock, Vellum Cardstock
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Island Indigo, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories: Island Indigo Bakers Twine (retired)
Tools: Project Life Corner Rounder Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Mini Stapler (retired), SNAIL, Mini Glue Dots
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is inspired by the challenge at What Will You Stamp?
And here is today's card:
One of my favorite aspects of this stamp set is the coordinating Sunshine Wishes dies. I used the flower and the butterfly to add a bit of interest to the card front.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used:
Stamp set: Sunshine Wishes
Paper: Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder, and Whisper White Cardstock
Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Old Olive, Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: Sunshine Wishes dies, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, SNAIL, Fine-Tip Glue Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips
Hello and welcome back! Today's card is inspired by the challenge at The Paper Players. It's a card in black and white with just one additional color.
Here is today's card:
Thoughts and Prayers has long been my go-to stamp set for sympathy cards. I used the reverse spotlighting technique on the tree and then added some retired ribbon and the sentiment stamped on a retired punched shape.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used:
Stamp set: Thoughts and Prayers
Paper: Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Basic Black, Pool Party, and Whisper White cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Pool Party ribbon from the Sycamore Street combo pack (retired)
Tools: 1-1/4" circle punch, extra-large oval punch (retired), Tombow Multi Liquid Glue, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals
Hello and welcome back! Today's card was inspired by the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Can You Case It. FMS#271 is a sketch challenge and CYCI#144 is a color challenge.
I'm trying to get caught up on my birthday cards, since I'm planning to do #imbringingbirthdaysback for a second year. Last year I mailed 230 cards, 112 of which were birthday cards. I don't think I'm going to beat that this year, but I want to make an effort. Here's today's card:
I've got several sets from the new Occasions catalog and most of them have not been inked yet, so I thought I'd start with this one. It's a pretty simple card, but those Balloon framelits really make it pop.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used:
Stamp set: Balloon Adventures
Paper: Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, and Watermelon Wonder cardstock
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Watermelon Wonder, Smoky Slate
Tools: Balloon Pop-up Thinlits, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Fine-Tip Glue Pen, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals
Hello and welcome back! Today's post is not stamping related, but I've been talking to some friends about it recently and thought this was an easy way to explain my latest craft project, as if I needed another one! :)
Social media, particularly Facebook and Pinterest, are great for providing lots of ideas for new projects. This one, for a temperature blanket, came from a bullet journaling group on Facebook. When I searched it on Pinterest, lots of ideas came up, but there were a couple that I decided to use when creating my blanket.
Before I show you my project, let me explain a little about what a temperature blanket is. It's not an electric blanket. :) It's an afghan that you create in rows or squares and the color of the elements is determined by the air temperature (high, low or average) on the days of the period you are making the blanket for. I originally planned to make a blanket for myself for 2017, but then decided to make one as a first anniversary gift for my son and daughter-in-law. They married on June 5, 2016 and live in Washington, just outside of Seattle. I used the Weather Underground website to look up historical weather data, and I'm using the high temperature for each day.
Here are a couple of photographs of the blanket so far. Notice the photobombing cat! :)
I'm using a pattern from the Red Heart website for a Corner to Corner Throw. The Crochet Crowd has a great video tutorial on YouTube that shows how to create this blanket. This pattern is crocheted in "squares" so the tricky part is calculating how many "squares" to crochet for each day. I used an Excel spreadsheet to help me with the math (geeky, I know!) and calculated that I need about 25 squares for each day. Sadly, the numbers don't come out even, so somewhere along the line I'll have to figure out what to do about the extra squares I need. Maybe I'll add additional squares for a couple of holidays with some sparkly or unusual yarn. I only need about 3 days worth, so it shouldn't be too bad.
The actual temperatures are just recorded on a piece of graph paper so that I can cross off each day as I finish it.
My color chart is written on there too, to help me remember, but just in case you can't read it, I'll add it here. All yarn is Red Heart Super Saver and all temps are Fahrenheit.
91 and above Cherry Red
86 - 90 Light Raspberry
81 - 85 Pumpkin
76 - 80 Carrot
71 - 75 Gold
66 - 70 Bright Yellow
61 - 65 Cornmeal
56 - 60 Tea Leaf
51 - 55 Paddy Green
46 - 50 Real Teal
41 - 45 Pale Plum
36 - 40 Medium Purple
35 and below Royal
As you can see in the photos above, the blanket starts in the summer. A lot of temps were in the Gold range, so I've already had to purchase another skein of that color. I'll probably be needing another Bright Yellow and Cornmeal as well. I wish I had thought about my colors a bit more before I started because the yellows and golds are not my favorites. I would have rather had more greens and blues. Oh well, there's always next year! I'm waiting until it's finished to decide whether to do the edging in white or off white.
I've only been working on it for a few days and I've already gotten through the first three months. I'm hoping to get it caught up to the current day; then I'll only need to crochet each day as it comes.
I hope this encourages you to give this type of project a try. There are lots of ideas out there, especially on Pinterest, so have fun with it!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
