Stamping 411......So Sorry

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

Sorry I am late posting my 411 Challenge Card this week. 

Have had a few things going on with DH that kept my focus elsewhere.

He is home from the hospital now and taking it easy.

Now onto my card.

Here is this week's sketch:

Pretty easy and straight forward layout.

I used two Stampin Up sets for this one, the flower is from the pretty "Summer Silhouettes"  and the sentiment is from the "So Sorry" set. Don't you love that pretty font?

The base of the card is white card stock and the next layer is Primrose Petals, one of the new in colors this year. I then used a new Embossing Folder and white card stock again for my next layer

The pretty embossing folder is called Lacy Brocade and is available in the new Stampin Up Holiday Mini.

The DSP is from the pretty "Fan Fair" pack. I used the Labels Collection Framelits for my main image piece. I stamped my flower stem with old olive ink and then use primrose and my stamp a ma jig to add the blooms. I stamped the blooms a second time with out re-inking to ge the lighter effect. 

The sentiment is also stamped with sentiment and primrose ink. The "So Sorry" is one stamp and then the "for your loss"  is another single stamp. There is many other sentiments to go along with the "So Sorry",  this set is really a nice with the variety of sayings. 

I added a little embossed butterfly made with the Beautiful Wings embosslit die. I used some of the primrose ribbon and some silver brads for my accents. 

Be sure to head over to the Stamping 411 Blog to see what the rest of the operators did with this fun sketch!

Thanks for coming by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos...Sympathy

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using this week's colors on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

I used the pretty flower from the Stampin Up "Blooming with Kindness" stamp set.

I first die cut out a shape from the Apothecary Accents Framelits and used the negative piece over a piece of very vanilla card stock and sponged some crumb cake ink around the edges.

I stamped the flower using early espresso ink over one of the sponged edges. 

The sentiment is from the retired "Close as a Memory" stamp set and was stamped with early espresso ink as well. I used my stamp a ma jig to line it up. I used one of the new piercing templates to pierce around my sponged shape.

The base of my card is a 5-1/2 inch x 11 inch piece of early espresso scored and folded in half.

 I then used two pieces of crumb cake that I embossed with the chevron EF.

 I added them to the top and bottom of the base. 

I then matted my image piece with more early espresso card stock and added it to the base.

 I used some retired very vanilla satin ribbon across the bottom. I couldn't believe that my roll of this ribbon is almost gone and I don't have another, I stocked up on some of the satin ribbon when it retired and somehow missed this one. :( 

I added some basic pearls to the corners and called it done.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki