Sadly another sympathy card

We got word that a very special lady had

passed away.

She and her sister are very loyal customers of

my husbands and we have come to be friends with

these sisters.

Wendy was diagnosed with cancer only a matter

of a few weeks ago, it took over very quickly.

I wanted to make a card for Donna, the other sister,

and this is what I made.

I love how this card turned out.

I heat embossed the rose with silver embossing

powder, then covered it with a mask.

(Rose from QKR Stampede)

I made the mask by stamping the same image onto 

a piece of white card stock and fussy cutting it.

After covering the rose with the mask,

I used Peacock Feathers and Broken China

Distress Inks and blending tools to 

ink over the entire area.

Removing the mask revealed the rose image

that I think turned out beautifully.

The background is silver vellum.

Adding that bit of ribbon, finished the card off

nicely.

I know Donna will appreciate this card and

our thoughts and prayers are with her.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

Eureka! Stamps Challenge - Teal or Turquois

Hello blog friends!

It's time for another Eureka! Stamps Challenge.

For all the particulars check out

The Eureka! Stamps Blog

This week our theme is
"Teal or Turquoise"

I decided to use

"Peacock Feather" (#6301) and

"Happy Anniversary" (#9004)

from Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the Peacock Feather randomly on a piece of white card stock with VersaMark ink.  I then brushed mica powders over the stamped image.

Mica powders are available through Eureka! Stamps.

When you go to the online store, search "mica powder" and you will find several different color sets to choose from. 

I used the same technique for the sentiment, then added a bit of extra powder and rubbed it on with a make up sponge to color the background.

I find if you just brush it on lightly it will stick to the VersaMark,

but if you give it a good rub, it will stick to the paper.

Once I was happy with the coloring, I sprayed the pieces lightly with hair spray.  Yes, you read that right, hair spray.  It works as a fixative, just be sure to use an aerosol spray, not a pump style.

It only needs a very light spray.

I know this isn't a very good picture,

but I wanted you to see the shimmer of  the mica powders.

 

I hope you've been inspired in some way and will join the challenge.

Now pop on over to the Eureka! Stamps Store and see what set of mica powders you might want.  They really are a lot of fun to use.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. Leave a comment if you will and

come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Wedding pages

Hi everybody! 

 I just realized that I haven't been posting any pictures from the Wedding Scrapbook, so I thought I'd put up a few.

First let me apologize for the poor quality of the photos, I was having a very tough time with reflections and lighting.  I didn't want to remove all the pages from the protective covers, so sorry, you'll have to suffer with the reflections.  LOL!

These first 3 layouts are of the bachlorette party.  Unfortunately, I wasn't there, but Renee had plenty of pictures posted on her facebook page the I could lift.

In the first LO in the upper left is the invitation to the bachlorette, Renee ask me to make the invitations for here and I loved doing it.  I thought I had posted them at the time, but I don't see the post anywhere.

This layout shows the "older generations"  Pictures with Renee's Mom and Aunt and my Mom and Sister in Law, Joel's Mom, and a group picture.

I lifted all these pictures from her facebook of Renee with her friends.

Now on to the wedding.  This page is the beginning of the wedding section of the book.

This has an invitation, directions to the location and a recipe request card that was sent with the invites.  (I designed and printed the recipe cards for her too)

They used peacock feathers in the wedding, so I tried to get them into the book too.  The peacock feathers on the right side are stamped with a stamp from Eureka! Stamps.

Below you can see a close up of the stamped feather.

I hope you have enjoyed these pages of the Wedding Scrapbook.  I'll post more soon, well that is if I don't forget again.

There are a lot more to see!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this post, leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Until next time, Happy Crafting.