In Memory Of...

Happy Easter!

Today is a day to be joyful and a day to mourn. I think of Kevin's Oma. It will be a difficult day for his family, but I'm so glad they can all be together to celebrate her life. And as Kevin's brother said, it is fitting that we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord this weekend. We can be comforted to know that Oma is now with her husband, and with her Heavenly Father.

Today's post is a sympathy card for Kevin's parents. I followed the Deconstructed Sketch this week. It has potential for lots of layers! I also picked the colour combo from The Play Date Cafe, but added one more colour as I had a hard time incorporating just 3 colours in this sketch.

 

 

This is a nice soft and subtle colour combo - perfect for a sympathy card. I used Perfect Plum, So Saffron and Very Vanilla. I saw light green in the inspirational photo, so I decided to add Certainly Celery as the 4th colour. I added strips of designer paper for the top half and embellished the bottom half with Certainly Celery ribbon. The sentiment is stamped in Elegant Eggplant within an oval embossed frame. Stamped flowers and leaves border the frame.

 

 



 

Thanks for visiting. Have a blessed Easter!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Love and Sympathy, Bloomin Marvelous (Sale-A-Bration 2013)

Paper: So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Subtles DSP

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Tools: Embossed Oval Frame, Bird Builder punch

Accessories, Certainly Celery ribbon (ret.), pearls (Michael's)

A Spring Mother's Day Card

Saturday was a good day. I spent part of the morning doing devotions. I'm doing a topical Bible study, where I pick certain topics, search for related verses in the Bible and keep a journal. Currently I'm studying the topic of 'worrying'. I have a tendency to worry about a lot of things and I need to constantly remind myself that God is in control and he has my whole future in His hands!

I had a pretty productive day -- finished a few loads of laundry, did some housecleaning and made several gift card holders! Here's a picture of them in a few different colours:

I hope to have about 30 or so for the craft show. I also want to make masculine wallet gift card holders!

Last night, my hubby and I went to the aquatic centre for the first time. It was fun! We spent a lot of time in the hot tub, went a few times through the lazy river and relaxed in the sauna. We then went for a coffee date at Timmy's, using up the free coffees that Kevin has been winning through Roll Up the Rim. I, unfortunately, have had terrible luck! I think I've only won once!

I also had time to make today's card! I played along with two challenges: a clean and simple sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and a spring colour combo from Play Date Cafe.

 

I had a couple scraps laying around, one being the negative cut-out from the Little Leaves sizzlit die. I wanted to find a way to use it with this sketch. And when I looked at this colour combo with Play Date Cafe, I saw the Stampin Up colours Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo, and Certainly Celery. What a nice spring colour combo! Here's my card:

 

 

I like how clean and simple it is. The Island Indigo adds a pop of colour against the Certainly Celery. I love the coordinating polka-dot designer paper in Elegant Eggplant. I think these colours coordinate really well! I would have never thought to put them together!

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Tools: Little Leaves sizzlit die, Circles Nestabilities, Scallop Border punch, Word Window punch

 



 

Simon Says... Choose a Sketch!

Good morning!
It's chilly this morning! A brisk -10 deg C. And a chance of a few more centimetres of snow tonight. Ugh. I know I say this a lot, but it definitely does not feel like spring is on it's way.  Need to get through this last bit of winter! At least we aren't the only ones experiencing a longer winter than what they predicted. And there's a long weekend in sight! Gotta look for the silver lining :)  

For today's card I'm playing along with two challenges: Simon Says Stamp and Play Date Cafe. This is my first time participating in both of these challenge blogs and I look forward to playing along more often in the future!

Simon says... choose a sketch! I picked this one:

 

I needed a colour combo to get me started. I came across the Play Date Cafe and they have colour splash challenge this week - black and white with a splash of coral.

 

At first, I wasn't too sure about this colour combo. I find it hard to use black in my cards (except for stamping sentiments and some images). But I really like the splash of coral. Calypso Coral from the Stampin Up's soon-to-be-retired In-Colours is slowly becoming one of my favourites! Here's how I tied in these colours with the sketch above:

 

I like how it turned out! The upsy daisy flowers are a perfect silhouette against the bright coral. I added a black button and bakers twine to embellish the card. Since this is a 5" x 5" square card, I had to create an envelope for it, so I made it a matching one with Calypso Coral polka dot designer paper.

 



 
Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Neutrals DSP, In-Colour 2011-2013 DSP
Ink: Staz-On Black, Basic Black
Tools: Circles nestabilities
Accessories: Black button (CTMH), Black Bakers Twine (CTMH)