SU Sympathy card

SU Serene Silhouettes

It’s Friday already…fun week here in Pittsburgh. My stamping girls and I had our three regularly scheduled classes on Wednesday and Thursday. And today, I am starting my new Friday night stamping class at our local Pittsburgh Mills Mall Stamping Spot! I am so excited to meet a bunch of new girls who are coming. I am even more excited for the new girls to meet some of my trusted friends who are coming, too. We are at max capacity and ready to have some fun. If you are local…check out my Calendar of Events and join us in the future!

But before class this evening…I get to share my Friday Mashup # 176 Challenge that Sara has for us this week. She has given us a sketch to work with that I did use. She also asked us to do Emboss Resist Technique. I do like that technique but wanted to use something I recently made so I did not mash it up. But that’s okay…I sure hope you play along this week:)

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Here’s your Mashup Challenge:
Create a project using the “Sketch.”
Create a project with “Emboss Resist.”
or Mash it Up! and create an “Emboss Resist project with the above Sketch”.

I recently went to a fun class with some demonstrator friends in Florida where I made this scene with the step-by-step instruction from my friend Pam Stoner- an uber talented artist. I was indeed surprised I did this…you know me…clean and simple…not usually adventurous as I would like but LOOK WHAT I DID!  Now, for some of you- even our hostess this week, Sara who does BEAUTIFUL sponging, it may not be a big deal to do some sponging and ink to paper techniques but this was new to me.

SU Serene Silhouettes FM 176

Yep, I did it- just look at that little mountain range in the distance! Now, can I remember how I did it? …time will tell. All I know is I went out of my comfort zone, and was pleased how my first attempt turned out pretty good. I better get some more practice since my girls want to do this…

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Serene Silhouettes, SU Bloom with Hope Hostess Set (sentiment)
INK: SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Tempting Turquoise, SU Island Indigo, Memento Black
PAPER: SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Island Indigo, SU Basic Black, SU Very Vanilla
TOOLS: SU Lattice EF (retired)
ACCESSORIES: SU Basic Black Candy Dots

Have a great weekend, and I hope you have some time to stamp!

SU Stippled Blossoms

I just adore the Stippled Blossoms stamp set- it is so beautiful when stamped. Of course, my best friend, the Stamp-a-ma-jig, makes it so easy to create a beautiful two-step blossom. With different posies and different leaves- a complete bouquet of loveliness from this one set # 126747.

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I decided to use it for my Dynamic Duos Soft and Subtle Challenge # 89 using Blushing Bride and Pistachio Pudding this week.

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I think the Design Team all had flowers on their minds this week….what will you do with the colors? I love seeing everyone’s take each week- you are all an inspiration to me.

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Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Stippled Blossoms, SU Simply Sketched Hostess Set
INK: SU Pistachio Pudding, SU Blushing Bride
PAPER: Su Pistachio Pudding, SU Blushing Bride, SU Very Vanilla
ACCESSORIES: SU Pearls, SU Blushing Bride Cotton Twill Ribbon (retired)
TOOLS: SU Lattice Embossing Folder

Make sure to visit the Dynamic Duos to see what the Design Team has created for you..

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog
Anne Marie Hile
Annette Elliott
Angel Johns
Caroline Bredeson
Cindy Brumbaugh
Holly Endress
JoAnn Burnham
Julie Gearinger
Michelle Bala
Sarah Fleming
Tenia Nelson

I was also inspired by Vicki Dutcher’s card at the MUSE Card Club #53 this week. The sympathy theme, the layers of bordering, and the clustering of elements on her card inspired part of my design- I just remembered I forgot to add a little butterfly on my flowers! Alas, I already gave it to my friend so I can’t do that now…

February Muse

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SU Simple Stems with SU Hardwood and SU Too Kind

Hello, friends! I tucked in tonight after running around like crazy in the freezing temperatures all day…brrrrrrrr. I cozied up with some new posies from the  SU Occasions Catalog. I have been itching to use the new SU Hardwood stamp so I used it as a background with the sweet sentiment from SU Too Kind. Ever play around so long with a card and nothing comes together? That is what happened with this card…I just couldn’t get what was in my mind onto my card so I just finished it and moved on…I did use the colors from ColourQ # 225 this week as inspiration.

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SU Simple Stems with Too Kind and Hardwood

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SU Loving Thoughts with the Lattice Die

Sandy at The Paper Players #176 challenged us this week with a White on White card/project.

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I love white cards and unfortunately needed to make a sympathy card for a dear friend so I set to work on one. In person, this card is so white and pristine but the layers and the White on White element were hard to capture in a photograph. I really ended up liking the simplicity of this card- I hope you do, too!

Here it is:

SU Loving Thoughts with Lattice

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Card Recipe:
STAMPS:SU Loving Thoughts
INK: SU Smoky Slate
PAPER: SU Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: SU Pearls
TOOLS: SU Lattice Die, SU Stampin’ Dimensionals

SU Secret Garden with En Francais Sympathy

Sadly, it seems I have needed to make more of these cards lately…but as I make one I think how the simple gesture of a card at a time of loss can mean more to someone than the sender may ever know. As I prepared for my week, I thought I would post this card for the Dynamic Duos Black Tie Challenge # 79 of Black and Smoky Slate hoping it might inspire someone to make a card that is sometimes a challenge to come up with at the moment you need it.

On a lighter note…as I posted it on the Design Team site- I thought, “Wow, everyone went with a Christmas Theme this week.” Ahem, note to self: read the fine print- DESSERT OPTION of Christmas. However, let this be a sample of OPTION- I guess I opted out…lol. Will you choose the dessert option of Christmas when you play this week? I can’t wait to see what you come up with this challenge…Go on over and check us out at the Dynamic Duos Challenge Blogspot.

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SU Secret Garden Sympathy DD 79

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Secret Garden, SU En Francais, My Sentiments Exactly for Sympathy
INK: SU Smoky Slate, SU Basic Black
PAPER:SU Smoky Slate, SU Basic Black, SU Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: Random black rhinestones
TOOLS: SU Bird Builder Punch, SU Secret Garden Framelits

Dynamic Duos Design Team:

Anne Marie Hile
Annette Elliott
Angel Johns
Caroline Bredeson
Cindy Brumbaugh
Holly Endress
JoAnn Burnham
Julie Gearinger
Michelle Bala
Sarah Fleming
Tenia Nelson

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