Thank You Challenge Card

This card was made for another WCD challenge on the Paper Wishes Message Board.  The only requirements were that it should have a thankfulness theme and be mostly products from Paper Wishes. 

MATERIALS:

• Paper: "Kindred Spirits" Paper Pack, Purple from "Solid Jewel Tones" Paper Pizazz, "Vellum Dots 8.5"x11" Sheet" - all HOTP - also card base from PW and white card stock.
• Stamps: "Layering Flowers Stamp Set", "Thank You! Stamp Set" - both HOTP
• Ink: Purple Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Pad Set, Yellow/Green Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Pad Set - HOTP
• Dazzles: Purple Jewel Dazzles - HOTP
• Sharpie: Copper Metallic
• Clear Embossing Powder: (I think I got it from PW - not certain)
• Rectangle Cutting Die (Spellbinders)

METHOD:

• Card Base: Created side stair step from card base - then cut rectangular hole out of center of left side, & patterned paper that goes on top of it.
• Focal: On a rectangular piece of vellum stamped flower in 3 layers - adding clear embossing powder on each layer & heat embossing it between layers - sandwich over hole between card base & patterned paper layer. Stamped leaves on vellum - once again heat embossing each layer with clear embossing powder - then fussy cutting them. and adding them as you see. Stamped Sentiment on purple paper glued to card stock for stability - then fussy cut and added it.
• Back Step - Patterned paper background - Purple paper on white card stock with sentiment stamped in place before adding it to the step. Next, added the border strip (cut from printed "Kindred Spirits" download).
• Middle Step - patterned paper background, sentiment stamped in place. Flower added with foam tape (cut from printed "Kindred Spirits" download).
• Finishing - Drew around several Purple Jewel Dazzles with Copper Sharpie (so colors coordinated better than the original silver) before adding to the card.

Get Well Challenge Card

Fortunately, some of the challenges for World Card Making Day ran until Tuesday night on the Paper Wishes Message Board, so I was able to get a couple more completed.  This was for a challenge where we had to "pick our poison".  My choice - Arsenic - turned out to mean that I needed to make/use:

• Get Well card
• Blues
• Glitter
• Band aid or gauze bandage

 Here's my "Arsenic":

• Get Well - "Get Well Soon" sentiment = Silver Dazzles Greetings (HOTP) colored with blue Sharpie, "Miss You" = stamp from "Tiny Words and Images" set (HOTP)
• Blues - Blue glimmer paper from HOTP, Blues in Tags (printed "Family Ties" download - HOTP), blue watercolor pencils (PW), blue glitter, blue ink, blue Sharpie, blue velvet glitter ribbon
• Glitter - blue glitter, blue velvet glitter ribbon
• Bandaid or Gauze Bandage - Torn piece of Gauze (Johnson & Johnson!), I also thought the label (get well soon) looked very much like a band-aid

Here's what I did:

• Background - I tore piece of a gauze bandage and sprayed with sheer shimmer spritz. Next, I glued the blue glimmer paper to card stock for greater stability, and wrapped the gauze around it, gluing it in place. The sheer shimmer spritz is a bit tacky until it dries, so I used it as my glue for adding a sprinkle of blue glitter - spraying it again after the glitter had been applied to help ensure the glitter stayed where I put it!  Finally, I added the blue velvet glitter ribbon and attached the whole thing to the front of my card.
• Focal - stamp from "Jamie's Girls" stamps set (HOTP) - stamped on card stock, colored with watercolor pencils (PW) and fussy cut before gluing in place near the bottom.
• Sentiment: "Get Well Soon" - I thought this label (printed from Family Ties download) looked like a band aid & was a great background for the Silver Dazzle Words - colored blue with a Sharpie. It was added with some dimensional tape.
• Sentiment: "Miss You" - Another label from the same download - stamped in blue with a stamp from "Tiny Words & Images" set (HOTP).

More Heartfelt Sympathy

This second sympathy card was also made using elements from the Woodsy Wonderland paper pack from Heartfelt Creations.  Here's how I made it:

1)  Background:  I love this Glitzy paper from DCWV - like very fine glitter!  It is really pretty, and great as a background to showcase the focal!  I matted it on black to help pull the whole card together.

2) Focal: I separated the outer frame from the rest of the focal using a craft knife.  Then I glued the focal in place and added the frame with foam tape for dimension.

3) Border/Sentiments: The border sentiment at the bottom was cut from a longer piece and then matted on black.  The sentiment in the upper right corner was cut out and added with foam tape.

INSIDE:

For the inside, I used a framed piece from the set, added the sentiment (fussy cut from the set) with a brad, then matted all on the lavendar Glitzy paper and then on black.

Heartfelt Sympathy

It seems there is never time to make a sympathy card when you need one - and this time I needed TWO.  This post talks about the first, and the next post will describe the second.

I decided to make use of a paper pack I had purchased from Heartfelt Creations as I like the symbol of a butterfly at times like this. 

The background is a dark blue glimmer paper that was embossed with an embossing folder (not sure which one now).  I had a hard time deciding how to mat the focal picture, but finally decided the copper foil was the best that I had.  I used it to mat the sentiment (cut with a die from HOTP) as well.  The sentiment was cut from the paper and the butterfly was a dimensional one I got at the dollar store.

Here's the inside:

As you can see, I added light blue paper for the background of the inside, then used the dark blue and the copper to double mat the message - also from the paper pack.  The butterfly at the bottom was another from the dollar store.