Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Masculine Sympathy Card and a Bonus Card

Hi Dreamers!
I have been busy in the craft studio making cards all week.  I have decided to make some more charity cards.  I am making cards for two charities this month---More on that in later posts.

Last week I, unfortunately, needed a sympathy card for a good friend whose mother passed away.  I wanted it to be masculine,of course.  I picked some dark decorative paper and did a little stamping on it.  And, added a die cut with sentiment.    I made a second card with my working sample.  I thought I wanted a tree on this card, but I did not like the tree.  The piece with a tree, however did make a nice smaller card (at the bottom of this post).




Materials:
CS: Gray
Decorative Paper: Brown (K&Company), Stripe, textured medium and light gray (the solids were on the reverse of the stripe)
Stamps: all from Stampin' Up




Instructuions:

  • Make a 5 x7 inch card from gray CS
  • Add a strip of the striped DP
  • On dark brown DP stamped the diamond background stamp with a dark brown ink






  • Die cut two labels from the textured DP
  • Stamp the sentiment on the light gray label
  • Layer the labels on top of each other and add to the card front



Bonus Card:
This is the card I made with my sample.  I added a tree stamp as well as the diamond background stamping.
CS used: teal -Bazzill; Chocolate Chip and Black - Stampin' Up.  So, a nice litttle bonus card from the left overs.




Challenges:
613 Avenue: anythign goes + use your stash
Fashionalbe Stamping: anything goes
That Craft Place: anything goes
Cards 4 Guyz: nature
Bloggers challenge: sympathy



Next time I will have a shabby chic card for you!!  Stayed tuned for that.  Hope you are having a great day.  See you soon.  Love ya.
Karen

9 comments:

  1. I like the card you made with the left overs and adding the tree makes it perfect for our Nature challenge. Thanks for sharing with us at Cardz 4 Guyz. Caz

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  2. These are both lovely cards Karen.
    Always nice to use up those scraps for another card.

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  3. Lovely masculine Sympathy card! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

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  4. LOVE it,
    Thanks for joining us at FSC !
    xxx Ellie xxx

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  5. Very classic card, Great job! Thank you for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create. Amy A.,DT

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  6. A great card - perfect for our nature challenge.

    Thanks for playing along at Cardz 4 Guyz this week x

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  7. Great guy cards, Karen. :) You've got a perfect blend of masculinity and elegance.

    So nice of you to pop over to my blog today! I'm waving my arm at you wildly....helllooooo!

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  8. lovely cards...Thanks for joining us at That Craft Place..Hugz Gayle xx

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