With Sympathy

A short while ago, my neighbour

sadly lost her granddaughter aged 32.

She had fought cancer solidly for 3 years,

but eventually after numerous surgery,

her body could not cope with anymore.

I know the entire family so I made

this card for Rose to include them.

 I wanted a simple design,

So I made a watercolour panel slightly

smaller than the main die cut panel.

Inked with altenew Puffy Heart

& Purple Wine.

The panel was die cut with TIm Holtz

Mixed Media & A Sizzix Dandelion

 

Inside I added to border details

& some Lilies (Viva Decor)

along with a fitting Sentiment

(border & Sentiment free stamps)

Creative Stamping.

My sister's birthday.

This first card is the actual

Birthday Card.

I made a pop up element

for the inside.

Stamps are Craft Consortium

Tell the Bees.

Gorgeous illustrated range of paper 

is also available, with ribbon

& sequins.

I coloured using Inktense pencils.

 Here is the inside

Showing the pop up.

In hindsight I wish that

I had added a tiny bit more depth

to the section but it was my

first attempt!

 This next card was made

to send her gift.

Here I used distress oxide inks

over heat embossing.

Colours are

Wilted Violet & Broken China.

Stamps are cover gift from 

Creative Stamping Magazine.

The inside was stamped

using the same set. 

I stamped some images, cut them out

then stuck them overlapping

each other slightly.

The fruit are from a

French company Aladine

I cut a slit in the bowl

& tucked them in.

Her gift is a years subscription

to Jamie Oliver's magazine.

I folded the renewal email

confirmation to add inside

with her number etc.

A Joke Card & New Baby Cards

 This first card was made for a joke.

A friend & neighbour broke a toe

while rescuing a spider in the bathroom.

Photos are poor quality as it

was late by the time they were taken.

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 These next two cards were made for a work colleague.

He and his partner have just had a baby girl.

This first card is for the proud parents.

 This second card for the proud big brother.

The photo on the bottom is a little blurred!!

I made both using the free stamps from

Papercraft Essentials issue 145

Safari Friends.

I used Tonic studios scalloped square die,

Spellbinders scalloped circle die,

Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle dies,

XCut mini cloud die,

Sara Davies Banner Die

Watercoloured using Inktense Pencils