Blog Tart Winner, A Card and A Project…
And the winner of an abundant amount of crafting loot is…
from random.org
185 Kelsey Forester
Happy Birthday Tony!
Hope you have had a great day!!
Please email me your info {email link under my pic}.
I have a couple projects for you today. The first one is a card I made for my half brother and his family. His mother recently passed away suddenly. Sympathy cards are always hard for me to make. I want to make them pretty, but not too overdone. I want the person to know that I put time and effort into my work, but I don’t want the card to overpower the message that I am trying to convey. KWIM? The most important thing to me is that the person that I am giving it to knows that they are cared about and that I am sorry that they are in pain. It’s also hard to find the perfect words to go into a card. I have to admit, sometimes Hallmark wins me over for sympathy cards. This card uses Julee’s Mojo Monday sketch FROM THIS WEEK!! Stop the presses, I’m on time on this one for once!!
I have another project that I want to share with you today, too. This was one of the projects that was an example for last month’s My Favorite Guest Designer Challenge over at Splitcoast. It is made from scallop circle punches. You may have seen Lauren’s tutorial using Nestabilities the other day. I have just about all of the Nestabilities and when I saw her tutorial I just wanted to smack myself on the forehead! Duh!, Why am I still using punches for this project!? BTW…you may want to keep your eyes peeled for more of these…Lauren and I have been chattin’! All stamps in this project are from MFT.
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Hooray for Kelsey! I know what you mean about sympathy cards! This basket is adorable…can’t wait to try one…so little time and so much to do! lol
That little box is so stinkin cute! I love that bunny with his big ears!!
WOOHOO!!
This made my rainy day so much better! Thanks!
I’ll email you right now!
Congratulations Kelsey!
I am also with you when it comes to sympathy cards, however, you did a perfect job on yours.
That bunny is so adorable - great project.
I hope your DH had a wonderful birthday.
Teresa
Adorable basket and I love your simple but elegant sympathy card.
Happy belated to tony!
Hugs!
Congrats to Kelsey!! Lucky girl!!
Beautiful Sympathy card and adorable Easter basket!! I love your shading on the bunny and the butterfly!!
Love the basket ~ I so need to order that bunny set!
I love those cute little bunny baskets! Looking forward to all of your genious work with these in the future. Also, your sympathy card is beautiful and appears to convey the message well. Thank you for sharing! I feel the same about the wording with the sympathy cards, but you do such a great job!
It is so hard to make a sympathy card but you did a beautiful job, Jen! And the bunny box….TOO CUTE!!
Congrats Kelsey!!! I think you’ve accomplished everything you wanted with your sympathy card,it’s absolutely gorgeous!
And your little basket is soo cool!!!
Great card! How did you do the background with the lines? Is it DP or did you use a stamp? It is very simple, but adds so much!
Love the little treat holder too! Adorable! :0)
Very clever little baskets (hmmmm…..I have the rectangles…might need to make another “investment”)…
You’re sympathy card is wonderful too……simple, yet elegant
Very beautiful and elegant sympathy card. And I love the little bunny box! Too cute!
These are both fantastic.
That bunny box is AWESOME!
Adorable project and a lovely card Jen. Great colors for the sympathy card - serene yet hopeful.