May each new day ease the burden of your sorrow...a sympathy card

Hello~

I don't often make sympathy cards because they are very difficult for me to make. Because it's such a raw emotion, I usually have to seek inspiration to get started when I am in need of one. My heart is always aching for the intended recipient. 

I embossed a panel from Pink Pirouette cardstock to compliment the beautiful flourish in the focal image. I stamped, die-cut, embossed my focal image using a woodgrain impression plate. I inked the edges slightly using a tea stain die. I added a strip of floral patterned paper down the center finishing off with some rustic twine, a bow and button. 

For my inspiration, I turned to the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. Although it's a picture of Petit Fours, I took away the beautiful colors and used the oval woodgrain mat as my inspiration. 

I am also sharing this at Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes!

Thank you for stopping by!   

~Tammy~

Waltzingmouse Blog Party - February

{I am beyond tickled, thrilled, honored, YOU NAME IT to have my card mentioned as a Trigger Target on the Moxie Fab Blog today! Thank you so much! I am beyond excited! AND AND AND I I just read that it caught the eye of the designers for the Waltzingmouse Blog Party! Wow! Thank You Again I am Humbled!}


Hi all! I am joining in for my first ever Waltzingmouse Blog Party! I can never seem to get my act together or I am just going in a 100 different directions, but for someone who totally and I mean totally adores this stamp brand it's about time I joined the party! I sure hope you can join too! You can get the details here.

The theme this month is to use doilies. Well if you visit me often then you know I am no stranger to using them on my projects, so I am going to ride this trend as long as I can because I LOVE using them!

Here is my Doily card!

On a cream card base I layered a beautiful patterned paper by Graphic 45. A portion of a doily was added to the right side of my card front adding a frame from Vintage Labels 10.  A few layered die-cut circles were added to the center of the label onto which the beautiful Prima Rose bloom has been added!  I created a fussy seam binding bow to top of the label further embellishing with more beautiful paper blooms.  To compliment the doily theme, a lace chain border was added to the top portion of the card.

I used Thanks from Say it Loud adding a doily peeking out below the sentiment banner. One last final finishing touch is adding a beautiful pearl button tied with a double twine bow.

That's it for me today, I hope you are inspired to play along with the WMS Blog Party!

I am also linking up with the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - I've a Notion

Sunday {Fun}day - Anything Goes Link Party
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Vintage / Shabby
I will be back later this evening for The Ribbon Reel's latest challenge! See you then!
Thanks for peeking in! I am so happy you did!

~Tammy~

Let's Go Chill out Love!

Hi Ya! 

{Eek, Jill at Everyday is an Occasion featured this card Sunday February 10, 2013. You can click here to read her post. Thank you so much Jill}

I really really needed a stress break, so I escaped to my craft room which is a big mess from working on several projects, but I just needed to craft to craft. So I just moved a pile to another pile and this is what I came up with.  I needed fun, cute and a little love and then a *sigh*!

I used the fox from Chilly Chums and paper pieced him with Lunch Bag Kraft from The Kraft Journal  and his little face, tail, and ears are actually teeny tiny white and pink polka dot patterned paper.  The sentiment was a combination from Chilly Chums and Falling for You.  I die-cut a pennant banner from the same patterned paper I used on the fox and added some darling punched hearts to the centers.  Using some of oldest bling I own in my stash, I added it between the pennants. It's so tiny, I avoid using it. Hence why I have had it like Fur-ever! I am pretty sure it's as old as when they invented bling for Scrapbooking and survived a move from Hawaii! 

The patterned papers are a mixture of Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker and My Mind's Eye. I took a length of Hemp Twine and wrapped it around the card base and tied off in a bow adding a button. 

I found inspiration at the following places:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Use Polka Dots

Drunken Stampers Challenge - Furry Creatures

Shopping our Stash - Using our oldest Bling

Papercraft Star - Love

Sunday {Fun}day - Link Party
Thanks to Lyndal, I am linking this to Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.

Hope you enjoy my little card today! Thanks for peeking in on me!
~Tammy~

Tuesday Trigger on Friday...

Hey all!

**Wohoo this card made Top 3 at Card Crafter's Circle**

It's finally Friday!  Are you ready for the weekend?

It's been over a year I think since I have played along over at Moxie Fab or a Tuesday Trigger.  2011 was a crazy year without a lot of extra fun crafty time.  Here's to hoping that 2012 allows for that! :-)

Here is what I came up with for the current Tuesday Trigger!

Here is the Tuesday Trigger.

I flat out had FUN with this one! I used several different card making goodies on this "number"! The stamps I used are Stampin' UP! Big Deal Numbers, Happy Birthday sentiment from Delightful Dahlia by PTI.

I hope you enjoyed my approach to the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. It sure was fun creating it!

Edit to note: Thanks to Jennifer, I have learned about a new challenge and will participate at Card Crafter's Circle: Make it Colorful Challenge.

Have a Fantastic Friday!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Stampin' UP!: Big Deal Numbers, Papertrey Ink: Delightful Dahlia 

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Stampin' UP! and Jenny Bowlin
Other:  Dies: PTI, Spellbinders Labels 4, Punch: Martha Stewart

Thinking Snowflakes...

Well, I may not be seeing snowflakes here in Hawaii, but I was inspired to create this card by this weeks Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger.

Here is what inspired this card.

Doesn't this look so yummy?

Here is a close up!

For my focal point I used my Winter Woodland's Cricut Cartridge and added Frosted Lace Stickles and I set to dry. I stamped the different snowflake images from Stampin' Up Snow Swirled and Wilson Designs Snowy Wishes in Aqua Mist and Chocolate Chip. I tied it off with an aqua mist bow across the top and add a ribbon embellishment. On the back of my Whisper White panel I added some pop dots for dimension. 

I am also playing along with: Fab 'n' Funky - Going with the Flow,  The Craft Pad - Snowflakes, Our Daily Bread - Snowflakes, Die Cuts Dreams Christmas - Use a Die Cut, Totally Papercrafts Challenge- Untradtional Christmas, Paper Cutz - Anything Goes, Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Get Those Christmas Cards Done.

That is it for now! I hope you have a great day!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps:  Stampin' UP!: Snow Swirled, Wilson Designs: Snowy Wishes

Paper: CS: Stampin'  UP! PTI

Ink: Stampin UP!, PTI
Other: Ribbon: PTI Cricut, Embellishment: Martha Stweart, Stickles

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday! Let me just start off by saying I saw this Halter Top and I loved it and found instant inspiration to create a fun and chic card that reflected the colors in this beautiful top! 

So, here is my approach to this cute summary number above! This is for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Challenge.

I was feeling like a TALL card today to get out of my A2 size rut! :)!! With VersaMark ink I randomly stamped a hibiscus background on the So Saffron layer to bring forth the inspiration pattern in the halter top. I then added my layers accordingly.

I used my Cricut to create this hip and fab chic. If you look close, she has a halter dress on! I finished off by adding a hibiscus at the bottom to pull out the black and white flower in the top.

I hope you had time to create something today in your part of the world!

Warm Aloha,

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: PTI: Distressed Stripes, SU: Do the Hula

Paper: SU: Basic Black, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Blush Blossom

Ink: Noir Black, VersaMark

Other: Cricut: Life's A Beach, Forever Young, Foam Squares. Corner Rounder, Basic Black Ribbon