Sweet Sunday Sketch 199 { Heartfelt Sympathy}

IT's sketch no.199 with the Sweet Sunday Sketch team. We hope you'll play along with us. I pulled out the pretty Collecting Moments papers by Fancy Pants to make a sympathy card. Sadly, I needed one this week. I was happy to have the sketch to make this card come together easily. 
I decided to use my Reverse Confetti Stamps (it's also our December Blog Hop day, be sure to check out my next post). The Lots To Say stamp set is one of those sets you'll reach for time and time again. I do. It has a greeting for every occasion. I stamped the sympathy sentiment in Midnight Muse ink onto a polka dotted pattern from the same paper pack. 

 Along the side I added some Factory Green vertical stripes from So Stripey. 

The sketch called for three small round elements along the bottom of the sentiment. I wanted to add a touch of pretty so I rolled up some Mini Rolled Rose Die-namics and tucked in a few Leaf Filled flourishes. I cut two of those and cut them apart to fit on my card layout with out hiding any of the sentiment. 
Here is the sketch.

 Be sure to hop on over to Karen's Blog for all the Challenge details. 

Then follow me to see what the rest of the  Sweet Sunday Sketch Team did with the layout. 

Dana White

  Dawn Easton 

                 Jackie Pedro                   

Jodi Collins 

Karen Giron 

Karen Motz 

Lori Tecler 

Lynn Put 

  Melissa Hubert 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back in a bit with another Reverse Confetti treat. 

Sketchbook Sat.102 {sorry for your loss}

Let's face it. Sympathy cards are never fun to make, but sadly we need them. I do think it helps me feel better knowing that I can create something special that will hopefully ease the pain of a friend or loved one.  

I used the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge for today's card along with some MFT pretties.

 I got some of the latest release goodies from My Favorite Things.  I was so intrigued by the new Plaid Background Builder stamp set. I started out easy with this card and only created stripes. Love me some stripes and in the new Fuse Green.....YUM!!! I stamped the stripes at an angle in a tone on tone look. 

I figured roses were appropriate for the occasion and in a subdued color scheme of Sno cone, Berrylicious, and Midnight Muse (SU!) made them a perfect fit. I tucked in a little bit of the new Olive ink on the leaves and the sentiment is from Clearly sentimental about Sympathy.

That's the sketch for this challenge. I did cut my card base a little narrow, so I could have my roses pop off the edge of the card. I cut my card to 3.75 x 5.5 inches, allowing my card to still fit into an A2 envelope just fine. 

 Stop by Iwona's blog for all the details. Gosh, I love that girls talent!

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WSC115-{thoughts and prayers Poppy}

Welcome back friend! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for the the Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch with the MFT Crew! I needed a sympathy card, so I took advantage of the sketch and the pretty new Pretty Poppies set by Lisa Johnson. I.Am.In.Love. The set is just stunning and I can't stop using it.
 You can see all the Brand Spankin' New products HERE!
Today I pulled some pretty, soft, muted patterns of paper from the Studio Calico-Sundrifter. They coordinated beautifullly with the MFT Pink Lemonade Ink.

The sentiment is from Clearly Sentimental about Sympathy. I stamped in in kraft ink right over top of my Sour Apple stems. I used the Poppies and Leaves Die-namics to cut out my stamped flower (I stamped the poppy on to the new Smooth White card stock)  and then popped it up with a foam dimensional. I added some Crystal Microbeads to the flower center. 

The sentiment panel was cut with the Circle Stax 1 Die-namics in Sno Cone card stock and then mounted on a  Designer Labels 3 Stax cut from Natural cs. 

I also added another touch of the soft aqua color, Sno Cone, with a Little open scallop border Die-namics. After stitching my two larger panels, I used the Hemp Twine to wrap around and tie tie a double bow. 

Here is this week's Sketch. Be sure to play along with us. 

Be sure to play along for your chance at the weekly prize, valued at up to $20 in vouchers to the MFT Boutique. You can submit your entry using the keyword MFTWSC115 to theGallery at Splitcoaststampers. Entries for this week’s challenge will close on Tuesday, March 19th at noon EST.

Stop by kim's Blog for all the Details!

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