My Sheri Crafts Challenge #094: My Family

The challenge this week @ My Sheri Crafts is to create a family-themed project or card for a family member. My original idea had to be scrapped as my die cutting machine is 'ill' and out for repairs!  :`(  Sooo glad it's still under warranty and should soon be back and cutting like 'new' again!

Since my SIL just had major surgery and is home recovering, a Get Well Soon card for her fit the bill perfectly. 
I began with Heartfelt Creations China Fragments' Tea Cup stamp set that coordinates with Spellbinders' Nested Tea Cup dies I won last fall. LOVE both these stamps and dies, which were cut from white CS, colored with Copics to coordinate with Authentique's Delightful floral PP. The cup is aged with Black Soot distress ink and popped onto a doily  spritzed with Smooch Spritz Pralines & Cream. Want2Scrap's clear rhinestone 'steam' swirls from the cup's rim. A Lace Doily Accents border edges the left side. My sentiment from Little Paper Shop is stamped onto a JustRite Custom Antique Labels One Die that's accented on each end with halves of a decorative die from Lacy Doily Motifs, then laced with Martha Stewart ribbon tied into a bow to finish this card!
Hope it brightens my Sister-in-Law's day when she receives it and that you'll be inspired to create a family-themed project to post @ My Sheri Crafts now!

Masculine Get Well: Tim Holtz and JustRite Style

We've had a bunch of family/friends with various health concerns lately and I'm very hopeful it's over already! I needed a couple masculine cards and thought this would bring a smile to both intended recipients' faces. I chose PTI's Kraft CS, a staple for me when doing masculine themes, as well as darker colors.
I started with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base and using Spellbinders' Labels Seven, die cut a piece of Core'dinations' Ebony & Ivory with Kraft core and embossed with Diamonds in the Rough EF just along the edge, sanding lightly for more dimension. I stamped Tim Holtz fabulous old pickup truck in VersaFine Onyx Black, die cut again with Labels Seven and attached off center to my previous label. Next I used JustRite's Times New Roman 15-pt. Alpha stamps to create my sentiment (both inside and out), die cutting the front one with SBs' retired Labels 5, distressed with Black Soot ink, added screw brads and attached with foam tape.

Here's my stamped inside sentiment:

Masculine Well Wishes Card

When my mojo has gone missing, I scour the web hoping to find inspiration again. When all else failed recently, I decided to organize my beloved Spellbinders' dies and Sprightly Sprockets caught my attention. I CASEd a card I'd seen by Judy Hayes, changing up the papers, sentiment die and sentiment. I too sanded my gorgeous SEI papers and really love how this turned out -- perfect get well wishes for a male friend of ours!  I'm now hopeful my creative juices will begin flowing and I'll be posting again soon! Do you ever turn to CASEing a card for this same reason?
Papers: SEI's Windsor line
Stamps: Papertry Ink's Everyday Classics (Limited Edition)
Ink: Papertrey Ink's Dark Chocolate
Dies: Spellbinders' Labels Sixteen, Labels Eighteen, Labels Twenty-One, Sprightly Sprockets, Ribbon Tags Three
Miscellaneous: brads, sand paper

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #29: Get Well Soon

For My Sheri Crafts Challenge this week we were to create a Get Well card. Here's another of those cards, like sympathy cards, that we really need to have on hand for those occasions when we need one quickly! This Get Well Soon sentiment from JustRite's Just a Note set was perfect for Sheri's challenge and now I'll have a card on hand when the need arises.
EDITED TO ADD: Ooo-La-La -- this card won My Sheri Crafts Challenge!!! It's a really fun weekly challenge, so go check  out this week's challenge by clicking on the link above!!!
Paper: Bazzill CS; PTI Vintage Cream CS; Foofala DP
Stamp: JustRite's Just a Note
Ink: PTI's Melon Berry
Embellishments: Pearl from Stash; Copic R02
Tools: Spellbinders' Wizard, Flower and Pierceabilities Border Dies

CPS Sketch 128: PTI Everyday Classics Wishing You Well

This is a great CPS sketch and I used two fabulous PTI stamp sets, but my creative mojo seems to have taken today off (hope it's back tomorrow). After much effort expended, I decided I'd just go ahead and post this anyway. Sigh!

Paper: PTI's Kraft & Summer Sunrise CS

Ink: PTI's Summer Sunrise, Cognac, Burnt Sienna, Dark Chocolate

Stamps: PTI's Everyday Classics & Birds of a Feather

Embellies: Hero Arts gems

Tools: WeRMemory Keepers Corner Rounder

Tea for Two Get Well Card 1

For my Get Well card I've used another stamp set borrowed from Gwen, PTI's Tea for Two, paper piecing the teapot. I also used the same patterned paper for a "paper ribbon" threaded through my sentiment piece. This is another fabulous set that is high on my Wish List because there are so many fabulous ways to use these gorgeous teapots & various sentiments!!!

Papers: PTI's Kraft CS; SEI's Windsor Line CS

Stamps: PTI's Tea for Two

Ink: Memento's Rich Cocoa

Tools: Spellbinders' Curved Rectangles; SU's Horizontal Slot punch

Free-Standing Pop-Up Get Well Card III

We needed another quick male get well card for my husband's brother who is in the hospital, so I made my old standby, since it got rave reviews the last time I sent it to a hospital patient! It was a hit because it takes up so little space & stands up well on its own!!! All I have to add to this one is a quick note on the bottom rectangle, sign our names & pop it in the mail today. My previous two similar cards are here & here! My fun get well card for a female can be found here. Always good to have one or two on hand, though I rarely do - LOL!!! At least I've got this quick/easy one to go to for either a male or female, as well as a child if you used bright, fun papers - the possibilities are endless!!!

Please pardon my poor photo this morning, but with our overcast skies, this is the best I could do - the blue papers are actually all the same & the top "B well" is the true shade!

Paper: Making Memories Cosmopolitan Collection cardstocks
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: PTI's Palette Dark Chocolate
Embellishment: American Crafts Ribbon
Tool: Spellbinders Wizard & Circle Nestie

Get Well Card for Norma

My SBS22 Sister, Norma, received and posted this card on her blog recently, but I wanted to go ahead and post it because this half-window card I found here on Vicki Hook's site was so much fun to make! Vicki has some awesome tutorials there! It was a bit challenging for me, because of the size of my scalloped paper (I wanted them on all edges!), but I really like how it turned out. Unbelievably, the only DP I could find in my stash that really matched the scalloped Bazzill was this tulip DP. Though it's NOT very fall-like, it's bright & cheery, which I think we need when we're not feeling well -- flowers always seem to brighten difficult days!!! The matching chipboard tulip sealed the deal!
Paper: Bazzill Scall0ped cardstock; DCWV DPs

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ink: Versacolor's Opera Pink

Embellishments: DCWV's spring chipboard elements

Tools: Wizard & Round Nesties

Free Standing Pop-Up Get Well Card II

For the second time in 3 weeks I needed a guy's get-well card - a trend I hope does not continue. My good friend Ilene's husband is the intended recipient, so hopefully she'll be too busy taking care of him to be blog hopping before his card arrives! She's a card maker (who was directly involved in getting me into this wonderfully addicting hobby), so I know she'll keep my surprise to herself. Since my mojo is slowly returning, I wanted to finally post something I created - been way too long!

My other friend Lucy's husband is in the hospital for an extended stay & she let me know that his card (posted on 8-17) was perfect because it takes up very little space & stands up nicely without constantly falling over. That was my intent. I kept Randy's card simple, both because I think guys prefer that & to open/close easily!

Splitcoaststampers written instructions can be found here, but I always change the width to 4 1/4" to fit an A2 envelope.

Paper: Making Memories Cosmopolitan Collection cardstocks

Embellishments: Making Memories Mini Curling Tags; American Crafts Ribbon; sticker letters from stash

Tool: Making Memories Tag Curler

Free-Standing Pop-Up Get Well Card

A fun & quick get well card for a male friend that we need to pop in the mail tomorrow. The Splitcoast Stampers' written instructions can be found here. Designing Diva, Judy, first shared this awesome card with our card group.
Simple to make & fun; you just have to be careful not to add too much bling since it folds flat for mailing. I always make mine from an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of cardstock, so it will fit in an A2 (quarter-fold) envelope. I included a photo showing it "flat" & ready for the envelope.
Try one! I think you'll enjoy making & sending it!!!
Paper: American Crafts Bookshelf Series: Seuss (DP front & solid back)
Stamps: Paper Trey Ink's Hello Friend & Hero Arts' Get Well Soon
Ink: Tsukineko's Versafine: Sepia
Tools: Making Memories Stapler; Stampin'Up Round Tab Punch