Serene Sympathy

I don't usually create so many layers on my cards, but I felt that this truly looks stunning with all it's lovely layers.

My sister-in-law's Uncle just passed away from Esophageal cancer... and the ribbon color for that type of cancer is periwinkle.  Now, periwinkle is a grayish-purple color... so I chose the Wisteria Wonder as my main color.  I know it's not periwinkle, but it's the closest I could come up with.

I broke up the sentiment 'With Sympathy', so it was stacked instead of in a line by using tape on the portion of stamp that I didn't want stamped.

I used a sharpie to color the pearls black.

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Bloom with Hope, Serene Silhouettes
Paper - Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder DSP
Ink - Wisteria Wonder, Basic Black
Accessories - Big Shot, Square Lattice TIEF, Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Sharpie (Non-SU)

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Hope Blooms

I saw this layout in Cardmaker Magazine, and wanted to play with the stamps/papers that I had.  I like how it came out.
I used the colors Wisteria Wonder and Old Olive (Old Olive is one of my favorite colors!).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Bloom with Hope
Paper - Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink - Memento Ink, Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities, Old Olive Blendabilities, Wisteria Wonder
Accessories - Big Shot, Ovals Collection

Something with a Twist

As I started creating this card..... it took A LOT of time to get to this point.  Which, I am very pleased how it turned out.

I had originally thought just to use the flowers in a straight line with a sentiment on the top.  Easy.... and not a lot of though to the design.  As I was punching out the flowers, they reminded me of the flowers in Hawaii....and the coconut drinks that they have there. (My mind is constantly thinking of Hawaii.... we love it there!)

Anyway, back to my thought process, as I was using the Big Shot (to make the top portion of the Early Espresso cardstock curved and using the Woodgrain TIEF), I decided that the sentiment should go on the bottom rather than the top.  I used the 'Something to Say' heart stamp to create the leaf.

In creating the "straw" I used the 'Bloom with Hope' stem stamp and just drew in the oval for the top of the straw.  Cool - huh!

I finished the flowers up by adding Dazzling Details to the center of each flower!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Something to Say, Bloom with Hope, Itty Bitty Banners
Paper - Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink - Early Espresso, Tangelo Twist, Pear Pizzazz, Pistachio Pudding, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
Accessories - Blender Pen, Big Shot, Woodgrain TIEF, Ovals Framelits, Itty Bitty Accents Punch, glue dots, Dazzling Details, Bitty Banners Framelits

Petals of Hope

I really like how this one came together.  I wanted to create poinsettias out of the Petite Petals stamp set.... I was originally thinking only three.  I decided to pair it with the Bloom with Hope stamp set.

After stamping the leaves with Mellow Moss.... I felt that they needed to be colored in....since the 'poinsettias' were a solid color and not just the outline.  I colored them in using the lightest color in the Old Olive Blendabilities set.

I felt the Stylish Stripes complimented the panel of flowers and leaves quite beautifully.  I finished the card by rounding the edges.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Bloom with Hope, Petite Petals
Paper - Mellow Moss, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Mellow Moss, Old Olive (blendabilities)
Accessories - Petite Petals Punch, Stylish Stripes TIEF, Big Shot, Corner Round Punch, glue dots

Prayerful Blooms

I needed a 'get well' card and was inspired by Karen Barber's lovely card with her blooms over all the edges that I decided to create one of my own.  Karen's card had more color and more blooms, so I wanted to be a tiny bit different and just stick with orange and yellow blooms (although, I did use red on the berries).

Thanks Karen!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Bloom with Hope, Thoughts and Prayers
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink - Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Real Red, Memento
Accessories - Blendabilities Color Lifter

Tropical Bloom

Here is a card I "copied" from Heidi Baks.  Her's was so tropical looking that I wanted to try my hand at creating something similar with the stamps, inks that I had.

You may view here card here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2390024?&cat=500&ppuser=140136

Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies Used:

Stamp set - Bloom with Hope

Paper - Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Whisper White

Ink - Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Early Espresso

Accessories - masking, sponging