So Sorry for Your Loss--#tgifc313

This week's TGIF Challenges theme challenge is Dogs and Cats.  I was working on card ideas, when a friend's sudden loss, made up my mind for me:

For my card, I used the retired Happy Tails stamp set with the very best sentiment for my friend's loss.  I also used the retiring die set, Stitched Be Mine (#151814), and two returning die sets, Forever Flourishing (#152714) and Cherry Blossoms (#151456).  The splatters image stamped randomly under the leaf branches is from the returning Forever Fern stamp set. 

Card stock used:  Gray Granite, Soft Sea Foam, Highland Heather and Basic White. 

Ink used:  Soft Suede, Gray Granite, Soft Sea Foam.  Basic Pearl Jewels complete the card.

Be sure to visit the TGIF Challenges Blog here for great inspiration for your dog and cat projects.

Have a good day!

--Sara Nell

  

Mother's Day Blossoms--#tgifc307

Lately, I've been pulling out the stamp sets that I love but haven't used in a while.  I had a plan for my TGIF Challenges sketch challenge this week, but it went out the window when I saw the beautiful Forever Blossoms stamp set (#151457) sitting lonely and unused on my shelf.  The cherry blossoms are just so pretty:

The blossoms image was stamped in Basic Gray on Whisper White card stock, then colored with Rococo Rose (#154900) and Soft Sea Foam (#154902) Stampin' Blends.  It was die cut using the coordinating Cherry Blossoms dies (#151456).  The blossoms were layered over two Vellum circles die cut using the Stitched Shapes dies (#152323) and a layer of Balmy Blue card stock embossed with the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder (#151474).

The greeting is from the Strong & Beautiful stamp set (#148732).  It was stamped in Basic Gray on a 1/2" strip of Whisper White card stock.  The ends were punched with the Banners Pick a Punch (#153608) to create the banner.

A layer of Rococo Rose card stock, a Rococo Rose card base and some Pearl Basic Jewels (#144219) complete the card.

Find more wonderful projects using this sketch over at the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Have a wonderful weekend!

--Sara Nell

  

Cherry Blossom Merci--#tgifc256

It's inspiration challenge week over at TGIF Challenges and this week's inspiration is products suites in the Spring mini catalog.  My inspiration comes from the Parisian Blossoms suite and the Cherry Blossoms dies (#151456).  

I started my card with a piece of vellum card stock embossed with the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder (#151474).  This was layered over a patterned paper from the Parisian Blossoms specialty designer series paper pack (#151192) and then over a Petal Pink card base.

The blossoms were die cut out of Whisper White card stock and colored lightly with Petal Pink light and dark Stampin' Blends (#147272).  The smaller flowers were layered into the larger ones and then each was centered with a Champagne Rhinestone (#151193).  The flowers were arranged over a branch die cut out of Basic Gray card stock.

The greeting is from the Parisian Dies.  Three were die cut and layered together.  The three dots for over the "i" were lost in my hands, so I colored a Basic Pearl with the Light Basic Black Stampin' Blends for my dot.

You'll find lots of wonderful projects inspired by the Spring mini over at the TGIF Challenges blog here.

Hope you are all staying safe and creating a bunch of wonderful projects.

--Sara Nell