Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

The week 11 prompt for the 52 cards challenge was something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

I made some sympathy cards using some Visible Image sentiment stamps which I had borrowed from Lisa

My new is the stamped and punched flowers (both Stampin' Up), my old is the patterned paper - scraps from a page kit and I think is Melissa Frances and well the blue is fairly obvious. 

I love both of these sentiments and once my self imposed stash diet is finished I will definitely get them for myself.

I also made some Christmas cards to fit the challenge criteria.

 

Once again a borrowed stamped image, highlighted with some very old bling - a pack of papermania gems that I found in the bottom of a drawer, the papers are new and blue

Thinking of you cards - Blogtoberfest #17

These are the cards that I hate making the most but sadly they are one of my best sellers,  I tend to use the sentiment Thinking of You as it does make the card more versatile and could be used for other occasions other than as a sympathy card.

These are some of the ones that I made for my last fundraiser and they all sold.

Stamped butterflies - Hero Arts
Stamped backgrounds - Kanban
Patterned paper - Papermania
Butterflies - printed from Swirlydoos and coated with rock crystal Stickles
Sentiments - Personal Impressions
Stampin' Up punches

Sympathy cards

I was recently given an order to make 12 Sympathy cards and I must admit that I struggled with it a bit - after male cards, they are my least favourite cards to make and to come up with enough ideas to make 12 was not easy.

Anyway they are done now and here is a small selection of them -

 

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Lighthouse stamp - Stamps Away and Kanban

Stamped swirl - Kanban

Teddy bear - Penny Black

EK Success Medium retro flower punch

Deckle edged Nestabilities

Large sentiments are computer generated and printed on SU Whisper White cardstock

The rest you can find in this blog post

Butterfly Thinking of You

Nat's week 4 of the 52 card challenge was to use this lovely sketch

I have just been given an order to make some sympathy cards, plus I needed one to send as well so used the sketch as I was struggling with inspiration.

Supplies used 

Papermania paper pad
Martha Stewart doily lace punch
Kanban lace stamp
Kanban die cuts
Personal Impressions sentiment stamps
Stampin' Up oval punches
Butterflies downloaded from Swirlydoos - coated in Rock Crystal Stickles
Doilies from Sarah's Cards

This last card I did for this month's card challenge on Going Buggy which was to use grey, red and white