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With Sympathy

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For this post I come to you with a card that is my answer to 3 different challenges. The Paper Players Challenge #PP458 is a color challenge using Merry Merlot, Pretty Peacock, Cajun Craze and any Neutral, my chosen neutral is Very Vanilla. The Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge #051 is a With Sympathy theme and the Global Design Project challenge #GDP206 is a Sketch. Put the 3 together and they can create 1 card.

Nobody enjoys creating Sympathy cards, however, the circle of life deems them necessary at times. Recently, in my corner of the world, we have lost several family and friends, making it necessary to create more of these cards than I would like. I don’t like creating these cards but the first half of this year has made me realize I should probably have a few on hand. These challenges helped me plan and create several of the same card to keep on hand.

The color challenge was already in my wheel house, lately those have been my go to colors. Maybe because temperatures of 100 or more, really put one in the mood for Fall and cooler temps now! The Global Design Sketch just helped to pull everything together. Have I mentioned this is my birthday weekend? How was that for a segue, talk about the circle of life! We won’t discuss age….though it is quite a round number! So I will be taking off the weekend to be with my family and friends. Thus another reason to combine challenges.

For this card I chose to go with a half sheet of Merry Merlot as the base, cut to 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″ for a standard top folding card. I cut a mat from Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla with the Stitched Rectangle dies. One of the circle Stitched Shape dies is the base of the focal leaf images from Rooted in Nature, all 3 leaf images from the stamp set are used and are stamped in Merry Merlot, Cajun Craze and Pretty Peacock, then die cut with their coordinating die from the Nature’s Root Die set. The Very Vanilla mat panel is embossed several times, using the coordinating matching leaf embossing dies in the coordinating Nature’s Root Die set.

Attached to the Card front with liquid adhesive, is the 2 die cut mats and a strip of Come to Gather Designer Series Paper. This pattern drives home even further the use of the 3 main colors in the color challenge.

I arranged an assortment of the die cut leaves on the stitched circle, attached my sentiment under the leaves and attached all elements to the circle with liquid glue. The sentiment “With Sympathy” is from the Flourishing Phrases Stamp set. The sentiment is heat embossed on Very Vanilla Cardstock with Copper Embossing powder. I fish tailed the end just for a bit more interest. I attached the focal image to the card base with dimensionals. To jazz up the card front a bit more I added a copper Leaf trinket and few copper sequins from a retired Stampin’ Up! sequin assortment.

Inside cannot be forgotten….I attached a Very Vanilla liner and embellished it with a couple more leaves.

If you would like to learn more about these challenges, the design teams that make up these challenge sites or to see what other talented designers created for the challenges hop on over to The Paper Players Challenge , The Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge , and the Global Design Project challenge.

Thanks again for stopping by and spending a bit of your time with me. I hope you enjoyed learning about this Suite in the 2019 Holiday Catalog. Hopefully you were even inspired a bit. Below are pictured links to all the items in this suite and the othr coordinating sets, click the link of the item to be taken to the online store where you can learn more about each item. I will return soon with something new. Until then keep crafting, exploring and creating. See you soon.

Product List

Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $42.00	Nature’s Roots Dies [146341] $39.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $35.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [145372] $30.00
Merry Merlot 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146979] $8.75	Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119684] $8.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $9.75	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [150880] $8.75
Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $11.50	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad [147112] $7.50	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad [147085] $7.50	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50
Leaves Trinkets [146343] $8.00	Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder [141636] $6.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

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You will definitely want to keep 2 things in mind while thumbing through this catalog. First, what is the budget? If it looks like you may spend $150 or more DO NOT use the Host Code. You will earn rewards from Stampin’ Up! that you will want to take advantage of and a little Thank You gift from me. Please DO use the Host Code if your order is under $150 so you will receive a little Thank you gift from me and a tutorial. Second, if you are spending enough to use the Host Code, would it be more advantageous to you and your pocket book to join the club? For only $99 including shipping, you can put $125 worth of this gorgeous Holiday product into your starter kit, that is a bargain and a win/win, all the way around. Get more for less. Once you become a member you are now a demonstrator and part of the discount club. You will now save 20% on every order you make. There is no pressure, if your in this for the love of stamping – stamp away and enjoy your discount. If you want to make it a business you can go that route and earn as much as a 25% discount on all of your purchases. Click here to JOIN and enjoy that discount on all of your purchases.