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.

Art Swap Group

Hello crafty friends!

Our Art Swap Group has had another swap.

This time it was to make a post card with a season theme.

It could be the season we're in, our favorite season,

whatever we want as long as it has to do with a season.

I chose to use "Rose" (#17505) from 

Eureka! Stamps

My favorite season is the summer and what says summer

more than beautiful flowers?!?!

I stamped the roses onto a water color paper post card

with Staz-On ink then colored them with 

water color crayons.

For the background I colored a bit of the crayon onto an

acrylic piece and watered it down with water.

I wanted just a light blue for the "sky"

"Life is Good" (#16307) is also from 

Eureka! Stamps

I hope this post card brings some sunshine and warmth to Heather.

She lives in Australia, so as we are just going into our summer season,

she is going into her winter season.

When I receive my post card from the swap in the mail,

I'll post it for y'all to see.

Thanks for stopping by today,

leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Pocket card with Rose

Hello Crafters!

Today I have a pocket card to show you. 

I like making different styles of cards and I love this pocket card. 

It's simple to make.  I used a piece of cardstock cut to 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2" I also scored it at about 3 1/2" and folded that area forward to for the flap where the sentiment is.  I did trim some of that flap off as I felt it was a bit too big for the card.

The stamps I used are

"Rose" (#17505)

"Life is Sweeter" (#9102)

Both from QKR Stampede

I used the "Rose" stamp in a couple ways.

First I stamped the entire image onto the lower corner of the card with VersaMark ink.

Then I used just some of the leaves to stamp the other lower corner

 as well as the top of the pocket.

I made a card to slip inside the pocket.

I punched 2 circles, one slightly smaller than the other, layered them, folded them and adhered them to the top of the card.

I added a little embellishment from my stash. 

You could easily add a flower or a brad like this, or punch a hole and add a bit of ribbon.

I hope this card shows you that stamps can be very versatile, you just need to use your imagination. Use part of the stamp, use all of the stamp, use different kinds of ink for different effects and have fun.

I'm so glad you stopped by today.

Leave a comment if you would and come again soon!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Fussy cutting edges.

Are you a Pinterest fan? 

I am and I have found some wonderful cards there.

I seldom copy the card as is, rather I take an idea from a card and put my own twist on it.

That's how I came up with these cards.

I love the fussy cut edges and the one image done differently.

For this butterfly card I used

Small Lacy Butterfly (#58902)

from Eureka! Stamps

For this rose card I used

Rose (#17505)

from QKR Stampede

To stamp the edge, I first stamped onto scrap paper and cut out the image.

I used this as a mask.  I stamped one image at the bottom of the card, covered it with the mask, stamped another image overlapping the first, removed the mask and covered the image I had just stamped and continued this process up the edge of the card.

I then stamped one more of the image on white cardstock.

Now the cutting begins.  I fussy cut the edge of the card.

I then fussy cut the one stamped on white cardstock, the butterfly was colored first with FlexMarkers.

The cut out image is simply adhered over one of the images on the edge.

I stamped a very simple "ENJOY" onto the butterfly card, I believe this is a Close To My Heart stamp that I borrowed from a friend.

(Thanks Jen!)

The entire card front was then adhered to a white card base.

I'm thinking that I want to make another rose card and color the "different" rose.  What do you think?  Do you like the colored one or the plain one better?  If I do another one with a colored rose, I'll post it for y'all to see.

Why not stop over to QKR Stampede and Eureka! Stamps and see what images you may want to try this technique with.

It's fun and makes a beautiful card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Rose on book print

Hi stampers and crafters!

One of my recent favorite techniques is to stamp on pages from old books.  I have a couple books that I keep just for this purpose.

I just love the look of the print with the colored image.

Today I'm showing you a small card I made with
"Rose" (#17505) from QKR Stampede

I stamped the image onto the page from my old book and colored it with watercolor crayons.  You have to be careful with this as you don't want to have too much water on this paper or it will warp the paper or even cause a hole to form.  Just need to be careful.

I trimmed the image down and used an EK Success border punch on it and also on the kraft cardstock.

Thanks for stopping in today.  Leave a comment if you would like and then why not head over to the QKR Stampede store and see what you might find that would look great using this technique.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

QKR Stampede May Blog Hop

Good day and welcome to my post for the

QKR Stampede May Blog Hop.

If you have happened upon the hop, you will want to start at the

beginning so you don't miss a single thing!

If you have come from Ceal's blog, you are on the right track.

I'm sure she had a wonderful project to show you.

If you should get 'lost' or find a broken link along the way, just hop on back to the QKR Stampede Blog where you will find a complete list of the links for this hop.

The theme this month is floral images and I have to say that the floral images from QKR Stampede are some of my favorites!

For my card I chose to use "Rose" (#17505) and "Life is Good" (#16307)

One of my favorite techniques is stamping onto pages from old books.

I have a couple books that I keep just to rip the pages out of and stamp on them.

I used brown Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink for both stamps.

I colored the Rose with water color crayons with very little water. 

Since the paper is very old and not made for painting on, I had to be very careful how much water I used.  This kind of paper will warp and tear very easily if it is gotten too wet.

I was thrilled with how this turned out. The book page has a natural vintage look to it, so no need to ink it.

The faux brads in the lower corner are holes punched from an inked piece of kraft card stock.

I hope you have enjoyed my card.

Now head over to

Kristine's Blog

where I'm sure you will find something beautiful, she is so talented!

Also be sure to stop in to the QKR Stampede Shop and check out all the beautiful floral images they offer.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!