Sympathy Cards

Sympathy cards are always so hard to make. I had a lot of fun making these and absolutely love they way they came out! Some are ideas I've gotten online and some are ones that I came up with. Thanks for looking :)

File Folder Card using Bleach

This is probably one of my favorite cards. When I started I didn't know where I was going with it. I found the flower stamp in the $1 bin at Joannes. I knew that it would be perfect for stamping with bleach so when I got home I prepared everything and stamped the image multiple times on yellow cardstock just playing with it. I loved it! So then I stamped and embossed the image in black on the same color card stock and this time I took my blender pen and brushed the bleach over the open area in the flower. Loved it again! So now I had these 2 images and wanted to use them so I started putting things together and ended up making a file folder card! I sewed around the edges on the front to hold my background paper in place. I popped up the main flower and added a little brown ribbon. For the inside piece I stamped the image in brown and again sewed around the edges to mimic the front. I also distressed and scuffed the edges of the main layer of cardstock. I then took the stamp again and created the envelope so that it would match the card. I so love the way this card turned out!!!!!

Embossed and Distressed

I embossed my main image and then went over the entire piece with broken china distress ink. I went over the edges with vintage photo distress ink and stamped my sentiment. Simple and quick card!

Best Wishes

For this card I just stamped a with a floral background stamp. I colored what I wanted with my glaze pens. I then stamped the image on another piece over a sentiment that I stamped first (I just masked it before I restamped the background) and cut out just a portion of the image, dolled it up a bit and then popped it up over the original stamped image on my main card.

Potted Flower card

Used SU! markers to color the image in then stamped it. I added a little iridescent medium to the flowers and pot for added sparkle. Inked the edges and tore the inside card layer for a more rough look.

Thinking of You Crossword

For this I embossed a crossword background stamp and then finished it off with some alphabet stickers I had lying around. Nothing Fancy but I been wanting to use that stamp.

Stampin Up! Aviary Set

Just a quick card using a stamp set from Stampin Up! I just got. The sentiment is from the Be Yourself set from Close to my Heart.

Wish you were here Card

Using $1 stamps from Michaels I created this fun card. The envelope was stamped 3 times and layed for dimension.

Embossed Cards

For the first card I used all stamps made by Wendy Vecchi. I stamped and embossed the flower and swirls and then pop dotted them up. I stitched on a piece of ribbon then gathered it and adhered it to the card.

The second card was stamped and embossed using an embossing powder that appears distressed. I love it!

On the third card I used a CTMH stamp set stamping all the girls but one is black then embossing over them with clear. The sentiment is a stamp from the $1 bin at Michaels.

Microbead Cards

I stamped the main image and then cut is out with a nestabilities die. I then added a sheet of double sided adhesive to the image and poured microbeads over it. I heated it slightly with my heatgun to set the beads. It add just a little extra something.

Perfect Pearls background

I stamped the background stamp in vesamark on silver paper and then wnet over it with my silver perfect pearls. After setting it with finishing spray I added the sentiment. This card is gorgeous in person but I couldn't capture it well with the camera.

Flocked Cards

I used flock on all these cards. The flock was adhered down using Stamp and Bond embossing powder. I just love the texture of these images. The sentiment on the bear card I just printed off my computer.

Magical Marquee Scratch and Sniff Card

This is the coolest card! Not only are the cherries inside scratch and sniff but when you open the card the curtains move and reveal them! The card was made from a tutorial I found HERE. It looks like an easy card to make but getting everything lined up perfectly is a pain but oh so worth it in the end! The scratch and sniff is made by combining black cherry koolaid powder and clear embossing powder.