Category Archives: Sympathy

Prized Peony in Fresh Freesia

Give your projects a graceful touch using the gorgeous Prized Peony Stamp Set and Peony Dies. This set makes amazingly beautiful floral cards and several warm greetings. I paired it with one of the sheets of paper from the retired Sale-a-bration Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper. Update: After I hit publish, I noticed that the card has a stampin’ dimensional that should not be there!😁 Card Measurements: Base card: Basic… Read More »

A Sympathy Card using Forever Blossoms

Today’s card was created in answer to a team challenge to make a sympathy card. Because I wanted simple yet elegant card I made one using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder as the focal point. The stamp set used was the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set. I stamped the image with Versamark and then embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and the Heat Tool. The sentiment is from the Positive Thinking Stamp… Read More »

Nature’s Harvest

We all hate to make these type of cards but especially if it’s for a member of your family. This one is for my sister and the family of Michael Anthony Martinez who passed away last month. He was the most delightful, funny, awesome, loyal and caring nephew a person could ask for. He was taken much too soon. RIP Mikey💕 The stamp set I chose for this card is… Read More »

Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper

I loved the Pansy Patch bundle as soon as I saw it in the new catalog! I bought the whole Pansy Petals Suite Collection so I could get the paper, embellishments, etc. For today’s card, I’m using one of the printed images from the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper. I cased the card created by Stampin’ Up! but change a couple of things to make it my own. I fussy cut the flower image with our… Read More »

Masculine Monday and Saying Goodbye to Rooted in Nature

The Rooted in Nature Stamp Set and Nature’s Roots dies are just one of Stampin’ Up!’s many amazing sets that can be used for masculine cards and in this case, a masculine sympathy card. Today’s card is for the son of my girlfriend from high school. He lost a close co-worker recently and I wanted to let him know I was thinking of him. The background panel is Basic White Cardstock which was… Read More »

Simple Sunday with Flowers for Every Season

Here’s to You Paper Pumpkin Brilliant Butterflies Hey Chick Bundle Retiring 2019-2020 Colors Well it started out as a simple card and then I couldn’t stop!:) I wanted the beautiful Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper to be the focal point of today’s card. It was just going to be the DSP and the sentiment. Then I looked at it and it looked incomplete. So I added the flowers… Read More »

Brilliant Wings

Today’s card is for my cousin who lost her son to COVID-19. I saw this card on Pinterest and loved it! It’s by Tammy Wilson. It’s not exact copy – I did change things up a little. The butterfly die cut is from the Brilliant Wings Dies which is part of the Butterfly Brilliance Collection. I then ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the 3D Script… Read More »

Hydrangea Hill – Sneak Peek

Merry post Christmas! It will be a short week and then it’s the New Year! I am so excited and optimistic about this coming year. One of the reasons is the new Mini Catalog. I absolutely love it – especially the Hydrangea Hill Suite! With our Paper Snips, I cut out a floral image from one of the sheets from the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. For the background, I… Read More »

Paper Pumpkin, Prepaid Subscriptions and Sale-a-Bration

If you have been thinking about subscribing to Paper Pumpkin, now’s the perfect time to jump on board. Why? From now through March 31, you can earn FREE Sale-A-Bration item(s) when they purchase a 3-, 6-, and 12-month subscription. So much winning! When you buy a prepaid subscription (Level 1 $50, Level 2 $100), you will get FREE items during Sale-a-Bration Now is the best time to try Paper Pumpkin.… Read More »

Woven Heirloom

  For the happy times and sad times, the hard times and glad times, the Woven Heirlooms Stamp Set from the Woven Heirlooms Product Suite has just what you need. The pattern paper in this suite is simply gorgeous!  I used it for the background on today’s card. I didn’t have the Terracotta Tile Ink nor card stock so I substituted Calypso Coral and I think it is a good… Read More »