Simple Sympathy Card

It's Thursday--and what a week it has been.  A week ago I attended a funeral for a close friend and wanted to make a card to send to his mother to just let her know I was praying for her.  As I started to design the card I found this great pattern paper in my very large stash.  DCWV has a stack called Serenity is very nice and has a lot of masculine patterns and colorations.  I thought it was the perfect mix of soft with the flowers and the masculine with the neutral colors.

The base of the card is cream card stock, layered with a mint green stock that I ran through the cuttlebug using the leaves folder.  I attached the chocolate satin ribbon before I layered the pattern paper to the card.

I did ink the edges of the mint green to give it a little definition.

The sentiment is a two parter; one for the outside one for the inside.  I used the Card Chatter-Sympathy (D1476) which is available in the just released Close To My Heart idea book.  I used the same layer pattern from the card base and stamped the sentiment in chocolate ink on white card stock.

Here is the inside and second half of the sentiment.  I always have a hard time with sympathy cards but find that if I keep it simple my results are always good.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to leave those comments as there is another stamp give away this week.  Every day counts as well as comments on Pink by Design for Tuesday of this week.

Next week starts the relaunch!  Some great blog candy to be had and many projects and videos to share so make it a habit to stop in for each new post!
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Today is the day......

I am so excited that today is the first day you are able to view the new Close to My Heart Idea book on line--just click here to go to my website and see all the new products.

I also wanted to share the February Stamp of the Month.  Almost all the stamps work back to the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge.  This awesome set can be yours for $5 with a $50 purchase or $17.95 on its own.  I you are a member of my CTMH Club you will get this and 5 other sets, $25 in free product, and a free stamp organizer worth $12.95, as well as other discounts and specials.  There are also special give aways only for club members.  I only have a few spots left and want to get them filled quickly--if you would like to be a part of this fun group please email me so I can get you all the info for the club.

I have been filming some of the new products and the first club kit for this go round and I will be sharing that with you all in the coming days.

Because I have only a few more spots to fill the first there will be something extra for each of those that take the open spots!!

Head on over to check out all the new products, papers, and embellishments--this is the best book yet!
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Bryan

Happy Tuesday--I have been crazed with work lately--Super Bowl time is always busy and I am off to Indy this weekend--wish me luck!  Speaking of luck--here are the lucky winners of last weeks give away!

pruttybirdJan 26, 2012 03:36 AM

love the way oU made he kit your on with a few xtra details )

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jjocarlsonJan 26, 2012 10:55 AM

what a wonderful stamp set. Thanks for the chance to win. I am a follower. Thanks for the inspiration.

Hugs
Joyce Carlson
jjocarlson@yahoo.com

To claim your stamp set simply email me with in 10 days at scrapguyblog@yahoo.com with you mailing info and I will get them off to you right away.

If you are following all the CHA uploads from the show you can head on over to the Stop and Scrap website to see many of the collections already up on preorder--I have already placed two orders--I am such a sucker for paper.

2.1.12 brings the launch of the new CTMH idea book and this one is really good!  I have just a few spots open in my monthly club.  This round you will get all the stamp of the months, at least $25 in select product credit and a stamp organizer worth 12.95.  A total of almost $150 in free product! I really is a great deal--email if you would like to be one of the lucky few to fill the remaining spots.

Today is my day over at PBD so head on over there to check out today's project---Pink By Design Stamps

Quick and Easy Double Page Layout

It's Thursday and I am counting down to Friday.  Today will be very busy and filled with lots of emotion--more on that later.  If you have followed my blog of a while you will know that one of my secrets is KITS! Yes I admit I love me a good layout kit.  They are usually fast, all the bits and bobs are in one place, and you can spend more time on the personalization than the layout--cause the best part about a kit is putting your unique spin on it.

This fun kit is from Out on a Limb Scrapbooking--the kit only cost $6.00.  All the bits were cut and sized for the most part.  The kit included few instructions but a very clear picture.  At their sight they have tons of layout kits as well as a bunch of Chalk Ink colors for $1.99 and a ton of ideas!

Here is the left side page!

And the right side of the layout--

So for the cupcakes I added some bling with glitter.  The top layer was sent through my zyron upside down and than glittered with MS gold glitter.  The under layer was prepped the same but I used a super fine clear glitter. 

So for the balloons, I used a PBD leopard background stamp (a two step stamp) for the pattern.  I first stamped the first layer in a like color tone to the paper.  Once dry I stamped the second layer with versa mark ink and than applied fine embossing powder and used my heat gun to set.  I love a good heat embossed accent.

For the photo mats I wanted to make them pop a little so I inked the edges and sent them all through the cuttlebug with the same embossing folder.  One of the photo mats had a little bit of ribbon that was also supplied in the kit materials. 

I hope you like the layout--and go check them out--they have TONS of fun layouts and if you like scrapbooking and are sort on time you can get a whole scrapbook for about $72 and say 10 hours of putting them all together--for a priceless gift or memory book--I think its a great deal!

Remember to leave those comments for your chance to win one of the CTMH stamp sets.  Today counts for double. 

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Thanks for Popping by-

Happy Tuesday everyone--I am on my way home today but want to share a preview on my PINK BY DESIGN project that is up on the design team blog for today--once you finish here head on over to check out this fun and tasty project

I have two more layouts and a fun post left this week so make sure to leave a comment on each for you chance to win one of this weeks two CTMH stamp sets. 
Stamp set one:

Stamp set two:

(this one is January Stamp of the Month!)

If you leave comments on my blog as well as over at the PBD blog you get double chances to win--so head on over to Pink By Design Team Blog and check out the project and leave comments there--while there make sure to check out some of the AWESOME design team projects--this team will Wow you daily with newness and a fresh take!

See you back here on Wednesday--

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And the winner is...............

Sorry this is late but the winner of last week's stamp set of the week is-

SarahJan 19, 2012 08:09 AM

Your mustaches look fabulous! And your website redesign looks great too. The color combo is super.

Congrats Sarah--you have 10 days to email me at scrapguyblog@yahoo.com to claim your stamp set.  Please put BLOG CANDY WINNER in the subject line and include you mailing address in your e-mail.

Leave those comments as this week there are two sets to give a way!!!
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A B C's of Love layout

It's Friday and I am back at work after two day of being shut up due to strep! I hate being sick.  Not back to 100% but I have to get back to work!

I have a fun single page layout to share with you today.

The letters are from K&Company as are the papers used along the side.

As I arranged the letters I wanted to hide a message of sorts--so I used pop dots on the I, Love, U so that it stood out .

I used a distressing tool on the paper edges to give the pink and red papers a bit more of an edge.  I like how these papers with the rough edge and a black and white photo will tie together!  The photo could be holding hands, a kiss, the back of to heads a hug in shadow--the possibilities are endless.

So I used the Art Philosophy cartridge and the stamp set I gave away last week for the tickets.  The February ticket was heat embossed with ruby embossing powder and edged in black.  The journal ticket I used my own hand writing  and it says, "26 letter is all I have to tell you how much I love you!"

Leave the comments to ensure you get the best chance to win this weeks stamp giveaway.  Today there were two posts here on ScrapGuy and my post over at Pink By Design and those comments count as well!  Winner will be announced on Sunday along with a guide for the week.

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