Addicted to CAS - 232 Sympathy

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS, Vicki is our hostess and she chose the code word.. Sympathy.

To create my card I started with a top folding white card base and a white panel. I used the Rosy Life hot foil plate along with some opal foil. The greeting is a word die by The Makers Movement.

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Also if you will notice the new Black and Teal MISTIS are in stock, click the picture  below to order yours! 

Thank you! 

Poppy Prayers

Today I am up on the Picket Fence Studios blog with this card featuring the Poppy Blossom stamp set. 

It's our birthday month and we have been having guest designers everyday and giveaways. Nicole and Matt are so generous they have allowed each of the DT to give away a $100 gift Certificate and I am running mine on Instagram (@cealp) so be sure to hop over and find out how to enter for a chance to win.

I also have a discount code for you follow this link --> PFS20 (case sensitive)

To make this card I started with a top folding white card base and a white panel cut down a quarter of an inch smaller.  I stamped the poppy image in our Black Hybrid ink and colored it using Copic markers, after I finished coloring it I used the new Floral Damask stencil, some Gina K  (Sea Glass) ink and the Life Changing Blender Brushes to create the background.

To finish the card I placed the focal panel back in the Misti and over stamped it to make it darker and added the greeting which is from the Peach and Piper set.

You have until Sunday May 19th 11:59 EST to leave comments here and on instagram, winner will be notified on my blog and Instagram  afterwards. Be sure to check back tomorrow for another post and more chances to win. 

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Thank you for your support! 

Wild Roses

Happy Friday! 

My card today isn't for a happy occasion because it's for a friend who lost a loved one. I do hope it will bring a little joy.

To create this card I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel. I stamped the Wild Roses on the white panel with Black Amalgam ink and colored them using Copic markers. I partially ran the panel through an embossing folder and then added a thin strip of washi to separate.

To finish the card I added the greeting at the bottom.

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Thank you for your support! 

Peaceful Roses

For todays card I am playing along with the 30 day coloring challenge at The Daily Marker.  I am using the set Peaceful Roses by Gina K Designs. This stamps is gorgeous and definitely gives off a peaceful vibe.

This card is going to a grieving family of an officer who was killed in the line of duty. It takes a very brave person to work in law enforcement these days, I pray daily for all of our law enforcement officers as well as our military, I hope you do also because they need it.

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Joy Clair Release Week Part 1

It's release time at Joy Clair and we are switching things up and instead of all in one day you will get four days of fabulous from the new design team. 

Here is a list of designers that are in today's line up

Martha Lucia Gomez

Helen Gullet

Betz Golden

Karen Letchworth

Lindsay Adreon

Connie Hyde Mercer

Ceal Pritchett

Kerry Urbatch

My card uses this gorgeous set Martha's Flowers designed especially for our design team coordinator Martha Hernandez. Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card so I paired it up wit one of our older sets Heartfelt Sympathy. 

Sketch #727

It's time for a new sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers.  I love plying along with the challenges over on Splitcoast, there are no prizes but its fun to play along and interact with all the card makers there.  Here is this week's sketch, hope you will come lay along with us. There is no time frame so it's never too late.

To create my card I started with a White top folding card base, a white panel cut down with a stitched die, a strip of design paper, a black oval and stitched oval using the oval dies by Gina K. The stamp I uses is by Picket Fence Studios, Lily Bouquet and it's a beautiful stamp and so fun to color. 

Unfortunately this card was made because someone lost a loved one. Sympathy cards are becoming more frequent for me to have to create.

Sketch Time

It's time for a new challenge at CAS-ual Fridays and we have a fun sketch for you.

What are your playing for? 10 winning entries will be highlighted on this blog each Thursday before a new challenge is set to go live the next day.  In addition, Michele has generously offered up a $25 gift certificate to the overall winner at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. And if that weren't enough, if the chosen winner has used CAS-ual Fridays stamps and/or dies as the main focus in the card, that gift certificate will increase to $50. 

Once again I a needed more sympathy cards and the Peace & Comfort set is perfect for those. To create my card I started with a white top folding card base, added some washi tape on the corners and then  stamped the greeting from the Peace & Comfort set then added some flowers from the Peaceful Garden set. 

Peace & Comfort

It is tie for another challenge at CAS-ual Fridays 

Sequins add such pretty bling to a card, I hope you will play along.

To create my card I started with a top folding white card base and the Peace & Comfort set by CAS-ual Fridays. 

Misti and Reverse Confetti Bloghop and Giveaway

Hello and welcome to the collaboration hop between My Sweet Petunia and Reverse Confetti. You are in fir lots of inspiration with some amazing designers. You should have arrived here from Deanne's blog if not there is a list at the bottom of this post so you don't get lost.

You will want to leave a comment on each blog because there are prizes, one lucky commenter will win a $60 shopping spree at My Sweet Petunia and another lucky commenter will win a $60 shopping spree at Reverse Confetti, but you have to leave comments on all the participating blogs in order to qualify.

You must leave your comments no later than March 25 @11:59pm CST.

The winner will be announced on both the My Sweet Petunia and Reverse Confetti blogs Tuesday March 27th

Now for the details on my card.

I started with a top folding white card base and a white panel that I used for the background with the new Stitched Rays by Reverse Confetti. I stamped the images from the new set Tall Blooms and colored them with Chameleon pens, to get the outside images to both turn inward I used a Mirror Image stamp along with the Original Misti. 

The middle image I cut out with the coordinating Tall Blooms Confetti Cuts and then popped it up with foam tape. The stitched circle is the Fa La La Circle also by Reverse Confetti. To finish the card I added the sympathy greeting also from the Tall Blooms set but I masked off the bottom portion and just used the "With Sympathy" and embossed it in white. 

Melissa is next on the hop and I am sure she has a gorgeous project to share.

here is a list of participants, don't forget to leave comments.

Amy Tsuruta

Ilina Crouse

Lisa Henke

Jeanne Streiff

Susan Liles

My Sweet Petunia

Tricia Barber

Kia Gibson-Clapper

Deanne Kuntz

Ceal Pritchett

Melissa Phillips

Giovana Smith

Audrey Tokach

Chris Dayton

Kathy Schweinfurth

Stephanie Severin

Laurie Schmidlin

Janine Tinklenberg

Amy Rohl

Dina Kowal

Heather Hoffman

Jana Millen

Reverse Confetti

Jennifer Timko

Kelly Lunceford

Joan Bardee

Olga Moss

Judy Rozema

Jeanne Jachna

Susan Wymer

 Lydia Fiedler

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