In Sympathy

Inspiration

This card was made for a co-worker who lost his father to cancer recently. It's based on sketch challenge 193 at Splitcoast Stampers, using Tim Holtz techniques for coloring the tag.

Ingredients

Note: finished card size is 5" x 7"

Stamps

Tim Holtz - Flutter (Stamper's Anonymous)

Tim Holtz - Papillion (Stamper's Anonymous)

Sympathy Sentiment (Heartfelt Creations)

Paper

Soft Suede (SU!)	7" x 10", scored at 5", and 2 1/2" x 3"
Crushed Curry (SU!)	1 1/2" x 7"
Bermuda Bay (SU!)	1" x 4 1/4" (3 pieces)
Alla Prima (Prima)	3/4" x 4 1/4" (3 pieces), and 2 1/2" x 3"
#5 Manilla Tag (Ranger)

Ink

Distress Ink (Ranger)

Jet Black Archival (Ranger)

Bermuda Bay (SU!)

Accessories

Lacy Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Classic Oval - Large Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

Fiber (unknown)

3-D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

ATG (3M)

Scor-Pal

Cutter Bee Scissors (EK Success)

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

Start with a piece of brown card stock measuring 7" x 10", score at 5" and fold. Using black ink, and holding the butterfly stamp in your hand instead of on an acrylic block, randomly stamp various butterflies over the card front.

BACKGROUND LAYERS

Cut a strip of yellow card stock to 1 1/2" x 7", and mount vertically on the card front 3/4" from the left edge. Cut 3 strips of blue paper to 1" x 4 1/4", and 3 strips of patterned paper to 3/4" x 4 1/4". Mount each strip of patterned paper onto a blue strip, then mount horizontally on the front of the card.

TAG

I made this tag using the "Spritz & Flick" technique from Tim Holtz. First, using the blending tool cover the tag with colors. I used Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint, and Wild Honey. When you have those blended the way you like them, add Brushed Corduroy around the edges of the tag. Now, spritz some water into your cupped hand, and flick droplets across the tag off your fingers. You can do a little or a lot.

When the tag is dry (you can dry them with a heat tool if you want to), stamp the image on both tags using black archival ink. Dry the image with a heat tool.

Tie fibers through the hole in the tag, then mount it on the front of the card using foam squares.

SENTIMENT

Stamp the sentiment in blue ink on patterned paper, and cut it out using a classic oval die. Cut/emboss a brown lacy oval. Mount the sentiment oval onto the brown oval, and mount on the card using foam squares.

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My Kind of Guy

Inspiration

Welcome to another Heartfelt Creations' Wednesday! This card was made with the new Heartfelt Creations' release - the My Guy Collection.

I used the "Spritz and Flick" technique from Tim Holtz. Yes, I'm taking Creative Chemistry 101 - it is a GREAT class, although it mostly makes me want more time in my craft room!

Don't forget to visit the Heartfelt Creations blog to see all the beautiful creations from the design team. It's only a few more weeks until a new team is chosen, so be sure to have your input counted by voting for your favorite 5 designers!

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 5" x 7"

Heartfelt Creations Products

HCPC 3462: My Guy PreCut Set

InLinkz.com

Paper

More Mustard (SU!)	7" x 10", score at 5"
Tattered & Worn (Paper Studio)	4 7/8" x 6 7/8"
Old Olive (SU!)	4 1/4" x 6 1/4"
Not Quite Navy (SU!)	3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Manilla Tag #8 (Ranger)	2 tags

Ink

Distress Inks (Ranger): Barn Door, Chipped Sapphire, Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo

Black pigment ink (ColorBox)

Accessories

Blender Tool (Ranger)

Ink Blender Foam (Ranger)

Mister (Ranger)

heat tool

Brad (Paper Studio)

Twine (No Time to Stamp)

3-D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

Scissors

ATG (3M)

Scor-Pal

Rotary Trimmer with straight and deckled blades (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

Cut a piece of yellow card stock measuring 7" x 10", score at 5", and fold.

MATS

Using a deckled blade, cut the following pieces: 1) patterned paper measuring 4 7/8" x 6 7/8", 2) green card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 6 1/4", and 3) a 3 1/2" square of blue card stock. Cut the blue square diagonally down the middle to create 2 triangles. Use green ink on a foam blender to distress the edges of the green mat. Use blue ink to distress the edges of the blue triangles. Mount them to the front of the card as shown.

TAG

I made this tag using the "Spritz & Flick" technique from Tim Holtz. First, using the blending tool cover the tag in color. I used Barn Door, Chipped Sapphire, Crushed Olive, and Wild Honey. When you have those blended the way you like them, add Vintage Photo around the edges of the tag. Now, spritz some water into your cupped hand, and flick droplets across the tag off your fingers. You can do a little or a lot. Create 2 tags using the same colors.

When the tags are dry (you can dry them with a heat tool if you want to), stamp the image on both tags using black pigment ink. Dry the image with a heat tool. From the tag you like least, cut out the 4 words (My Kind Of Guy).

ASSEMBLY

Mount the words to the front of the whole tag using foam squares. Cut 5 pieces of twine about 6" long. Fold them all in half and thread them through the hole in the tag and loop the ends through the fold and pull the ends tight. Push the brad through the twine and the hole in the tag, and fold the ends on the back to hold it in place. Mount the finished tag onto the front of the card using 3-D foam squares.

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