Sympathy card

Good Morning,
A friend asked me to make a sympathy.   It is not a fun card to make but a very important card to give.  She asked for a 5 x 7.  Now, if you are my regular blog reader, you knew I always had a hard time making a standard A2 card and  I was not thrilled to be asked to make this huge card but I took on the challenge.

Here is the card.

I am embarrassed to tell you how long it took me to make this card.  But I thought it turn out pretty nice.  I turned in the card to her yesterday and she liked it.  Phew!!!  A note to self: I should have more confident in myself. :)

The card layout was from an old Mojo Monday.

Supplies: all SU card stocks - Kraft, basic black, retired DSP, and Very Vanilla
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, and Black Stazon
Ribbon - Very Vanilla
Brad - black  (none SU)
Word window punch and Modern Label punch

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Helen

More net cards - Up dated with a link at the bottom

Hello,

I really love how the second net card came out.  So I wanted to see how the other colors would look.  And here they are.

Tempting Turquoise. 

Riding Hood Red.

Just plain white printing paper with glitter but of course the glitter didn't show up on this one. Card stock is Elegant Eggplant.

I created a pocket under the butterflies and place an insert for writing on all the cards.  The flourish is from clear stamp that I bought from Walmart.

Thank you so much for visiting.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

P.S.  I was intrigues by the string art so I went on line and did  a google checked and here is a link to a few free string art patterns that you could try.

http://www.stringartfun.com/section.php/2/1/free-patterns
Have fun!

Cards for A Charity Foundation

Hello,

I have a friend who needs 20 mother's day cards.  She needs all the cards to be simple and pretty.  The cards base must be green.

So here they are:  This first rose here I used Rose Red reinker.

The second one here I used Pretty in Pink and Rose Red reinker.

Here I used Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie.

The last one here, I used only Pumpkin Pie reinker.

I wanted to make all 20 of the cards using the Manhattan embossing folder but had second thought and made a few different ones.  What do you think?  Can these cards be Mother's day card?

Thanks for taking a peak!  Have a lovely day!

Helen

Mini Purses Treats

Hello,

I saw this nugget purse on Chic'n Scratch blog and can't resist it.  So here they are.

I ran out of the chocolate  nugget but had plenty of pure chocolate Kisses.  Can you believe I don't like pure chocolate?  I only eat chocolate that is cover something.

Since I was using chocolate kisses for the mini purses,  I changed the paper size.  My size is 2 x 5 and I made these.

I wasn't happy with the front flab.  I know sometime I am very hard on myself. (smile)

So I thought may be I'd try to use the tag die cut that I got from Joann's clearance rack a while ago.  Here they are.

I ran them through the big shot again using the embossing folder to give them some textures.  What do you think?

Then a friend is going to need some mini treats for both men and women.  Here are the men version.

The one on the right is just plain card stock.  The one on the left I used the faux alligator technique.

Here they are together.  Cute aren't they!

Thanks for looking. 


Helen

Echoes of Kindness note card Day 4

Hello,
I am still playing with this set "Echoes of Kindness"  (retied).   I stamped the flower using black Stazon and colored with Stampin' Up! marker, Pretty In Pink.  Then added glitter on the flowers.  I added the ornament punch for the flower vase.  Wasn't my idea to use the ornament punch for the flower vase.  Had been seeing around for sometime now.  Then I also added three pink half back pearls. A gift from Barbara Diane.  I love everything about this card. 

I just love how all the pink paper, the ribbon, and the pearls,  coordinated so well.  They were bought from three different places!

I love the layout and how this card looks so much, I made two more card using Asian Artistry a level two hostess from the current catalog.

I am going to enter one of this card for a PPA challenge.  It seems to fit the criteria of the challenge called KISS (keep it simple, sweetie!). 

Thank you so much for visiting!  Have a lovely day.

Helen

Echoes of Kindness note card Day 3

Hello again,

Here is another card. 

All this week cards  are very similar.  I hope you enjoyed as much as I do.


Helen

Second Net card

Hello,

I finished this card early this afternoon but the weather had been so nice and I decided to work on my yard.  I am happy to say it's ready for some flowers.

Here is my second net card.

I was meant to use two different colors for the net but forgot.  For this net I used the same yarn that I used for the crochets flowers.  I really like this one.  I figure out how to make the net just one layer.  The net looks cleaner than the one from yesterday.  I decorated the front with the mini roses that I made and added a few pearls.  Love it!

Here is the inside.

I had three layers of butterflies for the inside and added dimensional between each butterfly.  After I cut out the butterflies I put them in the embossing folder and ran them through the big shot again.

Here is the side way looks.  The butterflies on the inside of the card pop out through the opening of the net.

Thank you for looking. 


Helen