B is for Bereavement.

 B is for bereavement, and I have had to make two such cards over the last couple of weeks.

Here are the two cards - both totally different styles.

This one has a mat of Blackberry Bliss card stock, then a mat of  Painted Blooms DSP on top of this.

Stamp set  used is Love and Sympathy- both flower and sentiment-

these were stamped in Blackberry Bliss and Wild Wasabi ink,

then cut using the Labels Collection Framelits

then stuck onto a larger Label die cut from the same set in Blackberry Bliss card stock.

A knot-less bow tied with Wild Wasabi seam binding ribbon makes a simple embellishment.

This second card is a page from the Adventure Bound Designer Series  Paper stack,

layered onto Wild Wasabi card stock themn onto a White base card.

A simple sentiment - from the Petite Pairs stampset is stamped then punched 

with the Large Oval punch, then glued onto a punched scallop oval.

A very CAS card, but I think it looks quite surreal and serene.

Print Poetry with flat flowers

Today it is another Stampin' Up Sister's birthday - Nicola's and here's my card for her.

It's a different version of the card I posted last Tuesday , when I said that 

whoever received it  had to live locally. 

 This is a flat flowered version that will go through the Royal Mail system 

with just a normal 1st Class stamp on it - fingers crossed!!!

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The colour combo of this is Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse and Very Vanilla.

I have used a different sheet of the Print Poetry DSP Stack - which you will be able to order

from the 1st February from the Spring Summer Seasonal catalogue.

Instead of the raised flowers, this time I have used punched flowers, 

using the Boho Blossoms and Itty Bitty Flower punch.

(I think it was Laura's suggestion to put the the flat flowers underneath the sentiment)

For the centres of the flowers and the "dots" down the scalloped edge I have used 

the waste produced from the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border- they are so tiny!

The sentiment is stamped onto very Vanilla card and punched with the Large Oval punch,

layered onto Crumb Cake card cut with the Scallop Oval punch,

then finally layered onto Midnight Muse card cut with the Decorative Label Punch.

Hope that it still goes through that narrow slot at the Post Office!!

Happy Birthday Nicola - have a great day!!