Hugs - PIP Challenge

It's time again for another Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge!  It's always an Anything Goes challenge and we're hoping you'll come on over and play along for a chance to win a great prize package.  Our sponsor this time is Beccy's Place.  Wonderful images and so many to choose from.

I'm using a wildflower image from Beccy's Place that I thought was so pretty.  It's been colored with Copics and Tri-Blend Spectrum Noir markers.  The frame die is from Gina K. and the butterfly from Lawn Fawn.  The sentiment is from a very old Simon Says Stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by...........
Lynn

Huff and Puff

It's been a long time since I did that 'huff and puff' business on a stamp - but tried it once again on this card.  The stamp is an old one from Stampin' Up and I dragged out my SU markers.  I colored the leaves in green and the tree part in brown - then huffed and puffed (several times).  Still had to go over it with the markers though.  Guess I just don't have enough hot air in me........Um........

I also used a snippet of some patterned paper, stamped the sentiment, and added the snippet of twine.  We always need this type of card even though I don't like having to make them.  It makes me sad but hopefully the person it's going to will know I'm thinking of them.

I'll enter this in the challenge at Pixie's Crafty Workshop (snippets).

Thanks for stopping by........
Lynn

Sympathy

It seems the older I get the more sympathy cards I need.  Guess that's just a fact of life.

The challenge at Addicted to CAS has the code word "Flower" so I'll enter this in their challenge.
I used the Love and Sympathy set from SU.  The background was stamped in Soft Suede and the image was stamped using markers.  I added a piece of organza ribbon to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by.................
Lynn

Huff and Puff

Hi again everyone - this is my second post of the day!!  If you're looking for the {Pin}spirational Challenge post, it's directly below.

It's time again for another challenge over at Shopping Our Stash.   This week our theme is Wooden it be Nice!  We want to see anything that reflects wood - like maybe paper, wood embellishments, trees, a log cabin or whatever........as long as it reflects wood.  Fun, right?  Check out the blog for inspiration from the DT.  Come on over and enter your creation and be sure and use up some of that stash!

I never seem to have enough sympathy cards and (just being honest here) as you get older you really need more of them.  Guess that's a fact of life though.  I'll never forget a neighbor of mine (who was 98 years old at the time) telling me that all her friends had died - then she put this big smile on her face and said that wasn't a problem as she just made new, and younger, friends!  Pretty good way of looking at things.  She lived to be 106.

Anyway, on to my card. I used an image from SU's Thoughts and Prayers set and stamped the image with markers.  This is SO HARD for me to do! You know, where you color in on the rubber with the markers and then huff and puff, then stamp!  I get it colored in, huff and puff until I feel like the house is going to blow down, and then stamp!  Sometimes it comes out ok, other times, not!  I just can't seem to get the vivid colors.   From my "stash" I used the image (haven't used lately), the paper (maybe never used?) beige ribbon (has been very neglected) and the small brown pearls ( the package was still unopened).

I'll enter this is the following challenges:  My Time Made Easy (Sketch), and Speedy and Friends (Sympathy card), and Squigglefly (Monochromatic).

Thanks for stopping by...........
Lynn

Going Downhill with Gnats

I know you're probably thinking......where in the world did she come up with a title like this for the card!

Well.......If you look REALLY close you'll see the image is a little crooked - kinda like going downhill.!  Not much, but a little.  Now, on to the gnats..........I stamped the image in VersaMark and then used black embossing powder and heat set it.  You can really get a good black image with this stuff, however....it gets EVERYWHERE!!!  I hate the stuff (but use it anyway).  To get it off the places where it's not suppose to be, I shake the card stock, blow on it, and even get a very small paint brush and try to get rid of it.   Before I heat embossed it, I really thought I'd taken care of all those little specks - not even!  So, I stuck the tiny butterflies over some of them but you still may see a few strays - just think of them as gnats hovering around the flowers! LOL

I'll enter this in the challenge at The Perfect Sentiment (Clean and Simple Sympathy)

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend and thanks for stopping by...................
Lynn

Sincere Sympathy

A friend of mine asked me to make a sympathy card for her so she could give it to a family that had lost a loved one. I CASEd this from a card I saw on SCS by "knightrone". Hers was not quite this clean and simple but I kept mine like this so it could be mailed without any extra postage. I really like the simplicity of it though. That bow is actually brown, but looks almost black in the photo. I used the Thoughts and Prayers stamp from SU and used some Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, and some DP I had in my stash.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving (if you celebrate this). All my company is finally gone and after five days of cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, etc......I'm really ready for things to be back to normal again.

Thanks for stopping by...............

Lynn