With Deepest Sympathy

Hello crafting friends.   Today I would like to share a sympathy card I made for a friend who recently lost her brother.  These are without a doubt the hardest cards for me to make. 

These are the dies I used to put this card together.

Paris Edges ~ Elizabeth Craft Designs

Flourishes & Branches ~Elizabeth Craft Designs

Anja's Flower Set ~ Marianne Designs

I began with a 5.5" x 5.5" square card and centered the Paris border on it. I normally use the grid on my craft mat to help me centre my card and then the dies on my card.

Now it's time to cut the other pieces. I used all five layers to make the flower and cut a few flourishes for the leaves. I always tend to keep Sympathy cards on the plain and simple side and this one was no different.

Once the front of the card was made, I worked a little on the inside. I cut a mat of the same paper as the flower and adhered it to the card. To finish it off, I stamped the greeting with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

As I've mentioned before, every so often, Dies R Us runs a big sale on international dies. During these times, you will find dies from companies such as Marianne Designs, Lea'bilities, Joy Crafts, etc. The best way to know about these fabulous sales is to subscribe to the Dies R Us Newsletter. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will be able to enter your email address and be put on their mailing list.

Also, in case you haven't heard, Dies R Us now sells a great variety of crafting products, not just dies!  You really need to take a few minutes and see what there is available. I bet you will find something from your wish list :-)

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope I was able to inspire you to use your dies, create a project, and come play along at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the first and fifteenth of every month.

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Water Fairy Birthday Wishes at Crafty Gals Corner

Hello crafting friends. Hope you're all doing well!
Time for a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner!

Challenge #118 ~  Use Pastel Colours

Our sponsors this week are:

Fabrika Fantasy

Prize ~ 3 digital images

Odd Ball Stamps
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

Sasayaki Glitter
Prize ~ 1 Digital Image

When I saw this gorgeous Water Fairy from Fabrika Fantasy, I knew it would be the perfect pre-coloured image to play with the new dies that I got for my birthday :-)

Crafty Ingredients:

Card base shape - Marianne Designs - Anja's Butterfly

Stamped grass border - Marianne Designs - Cattails Border Stamp

Water lilies - Marianne Designs - Tiny's Small Waterlily

Cardstocks - GinaK.

Birthday stamp - Michaels Dollar Bin

Memento Inks used for shading

So happy you came for a visit today.  I hope I have inspired you to make a project to play along with us this week.   You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 18 April 2017, to link your project to the Crafty Gals Corner blog.

Till next time, happy crafting!
Hugs,

Gina Le Cat Witch at Crafty Gals Corner

Hello crafting friends. Hope you're all doing well!
Time for a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner!

Challenge #117 ~  3+ Layers

Our sponsor this week is:

MoonFlower Digi's

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

Using Gina Le Cat Witch from MoonFlower Digi's, I created this Halloween card. It's never too soon to work on your Halloween stash :-)

Crafty Ingredients

Card base ~  Recollections - 5.5" x 5.5" 

Card stocks ~ Recollections

Mat die ~ Marianne Designs - Anja's Circle

Broom and Bats  dies ~ Cottage Cuts

Sprig Flourish die ~ Spellbinders

Halloween Town Border die ~ Impression Obsession

Stamped Sentiment ~ Michaels Dollar Bin

Flowers ~ Recollections

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope I have inspired you to make a project to play along with us this week.   You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 11 April 2017, to link your project to the Crafty Gals Corner blog.

Till next time, happy crafting!
Hugs,

Challenge #112 at Crafty Gals Corner ~ Add Ribbon!

Hello crafting friends.
It's Wednesday, so time for another challenge at Crafty Gals Corner!

Challenge #112 ~  Add Ribbon!

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

Scrap N Dipity
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

Lacy Sunshine

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

AMB Illustrations

Prize ~ TBA


This week I chose an image from Lacy Sunshine called Victorian Winter Emily, and made this Christmas card. As you know by now, I love making Christmas cards and take every opportunity to make one :-)

I used the Anja's Oval die from Marianne Designs to create my card. I cut out Emily using my Cricut Explore, coloured her with copic markers and adhered her to the front of the card. I made a small embellishment by using the sprigs that came with this die set, ribbon from Michaels to make the bow, berries from Wild Orchid Crafts and little green sprigs  punched out using a MS punch.
On the inside, I used a stamp from Cardz TV called Tiny Tidings and stamped it using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope I have inspired you to make a project to join in the fun with us.  You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 7 March 2017. 

I would like to play along with the following challenges:
Hiding in My Craft Room ~ Any Holiday
Die Cuttin Divas ~ Ribbons & Bows
ABC Christmas Challenge ~ E, F, G ~ G is for Girls

Till next time,
Crafty hugs

Challenge #99 at Crafty Gals Corner ~ 3 of a Kind

Hello crafting friends.  Happy Wednesday!  Hope your week is going well!

This week our challenge is "3 of a Kind"

Our sponsors this week are:

My Besties Shop / Etsy Bestie Store

Prize: 3 digital images below

Conie Fong

Prize: 3 digital images

I used the Bella with Rose image to create this adorable Valentine's card for my little granddaughter.
This makes it the first card for Valentine 2017 :-)

I used my Silhouette to cut Bella Teddy and to flip it and cut it again. I glued them back to back with the white twine in the middle to create a spinner. My "3 of a Kind" for this challenge are the flowers and the gems that adorn the doily ribbon die, which is from Marianne Designs.
For the inside I used two sets of Cardz TV stamps - Happy Days and Beary Sweet.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today. Please take a few moments and visit our blog for some awesome inspiration from my DT sisters.  Also, don't forget to visit our wonderful sponsors this week.  You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 29 November 2016, to link your project to our challenge #99, "3 of a Kind", at Crafty Gals Corner.

Wishing all my American friends
a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Challenge #98 at CGC ~ Any Holiday

Hello crafting friends.  Happy Wednesday and welcome back!

This week our challenge is "Any Holiday"

Our sponsors this week are:

QKR Stampede

Prize: 3 Digital Images

The Paper Nest Dolls

Prize: $20 gift Certificate

Using Vintage Carolers by The Paper Nest Dolls, I made this card.

Crafty Ingredients:

Card size - 6.5" x 5"

Card stocks - GinaK

Image printed on XPress cardstock

DP - Paper Studio

Lamp post die - Marianne Designs

Merry Christmas die - Yvonne Creations

Poinsettias - my stash

Music brads - my stash

Copic markers

Stamp - Great Impression Stamps

I hope you enjoyed your visit today. Please take a few moments and visit our blog for some awesome inspiration from my DT sisters.  Also, don't forget to visit our wonderful sponsors this week.  You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 22 November 2016, to link your project to our challenge #98, "Any Holiday", at Crafty Gals Corner.

I would like to play along with the following challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Use Scraps Saturday
Beccy's Place - A Month of Holiday Cards

The Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

Create with TLC - Anything Goes

The Daily Marker - 30 Day Colouring Challenge

Till next time,
Crafty hugs,

November Challenge at CCAYR ~ Santa or Elf

Hello and welcome back crafting friends.  It's November already! 

That means there are about 30 days for you to get all your Christmas cards in the mail! 

Our challenge for you this month is to add a Santa or an Elf to your project.

Our sponsor this month is 

Robyn's Fetish

Prize ~ 3 digital images

There is also a prize from Deanne, our DT coordinator.  You will be able to see what it is by visiting the CCAYR blog.

Here is my card using Santa and Tree image from our generous sponsor.

Crafting Ingredients:

Card base - tri-fold card using Recollections 6.5" x 5" white envelope

All other card stock - GinaK

DP Paper - Scraps drawer

Trees - Cottage Cutz dies

Bells - Marianne Designs dies

Image coloured in using copic markers

Front greeting stamp - Cardz TV

Inside sentiment stamp - Great Impressions

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit today and will play along with us.  Please take a few minutes and visit the Christmas Cards All Year 'Round blog to see all the wonderful projects my DT sisters have made.  Remember that we now have two teams ~ The Gingerbread Gals, who post on the 1st of each month and the Christmas Belles, who post on the 15th as a reminder and further inspiration for you :-)

Till next time,

Crafting Hugs

Challenge #95 at CGC ~ Anything Goes

Hello crafting friends.  Welcome back!

This week our challenge for you is one of everyone's favourites :-)
It's Anything Goes!

Our sponsors this week are:

The Paper Shelter

Prize ~TBA

Bugaboo Stamps

Prize ~ TBA

Lemon Shortbread

Prize ~ TBA

I used JJ Christmas Cheers digi from Bugaboo and created my card for this challenge.

Crafting Ingredients:

Card base - Recollections - 6.5" x 5"

Card stocks - GinaK

DP - Recollections - Christmas Noel

Bells die - Marianne Designs & Cottage Cutz

Copic markers used to colour image

Stamps - Cardz TV - Very Merry and Naughty or Nice

I hope you enjoyed your visit today. Please take a few moments and visit our blog for some awesome inspiration from my DT sisters.  Also, don't forget to visit our wonderful sponsor this week.  You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 1 November 2016, to link your project to our challenge #95, "Anything Goes!", at Crafty Gals Corner.

Till next time,
Crafty hugs,