With Sympathy

 The ultimate "Thinking of you" card is a sympathy card. I hate to make one when I need one...I prefer to make a bunch of them assembly style...and keep them on hand for when one is needed. I used CutCardStock.com's FABULOUS Classic Crest Natural White Linen card stock-precut by the store in 4.25x5.5" pieces...so handy and on sale this month. The card bases were constructed with Environmental Desert storm 80lb card stock. I used the exact same stamping and die cuts for every card...I just used different ink combinations. There are 6 different cards to check out... Thanks for stopping by...Lee-Ann Kubinec :)

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***pan down to check out my pictorial and the recipe

Pictorial:

 -Choose your card stock-Classic Crest Natural White Linen 80lb cover card stock, Environmental Desert Storm 80lb card stock(make an A2 size vertical card base...)

-Choose your dies, a 4x5.25" stitched rectangle and a label die(mine are both from Jaded Blossom)...use both and cut your classic crest natural white card stock...add a full sheet of it to the front of the Environmental card base that you've made...so it looks like a cream card.(I use a Vagabond die cutting machine for my diecutting)

-Choose your stamps-2 flowers and a sentiment from Jaded Blossom. Stamp the sentiment onto the label with an acrylic black and Versafine onyx black ink

 -Choose your inks-I chose Altenew ink cube sets and stamped light to dark in a pleasing arrangement.

 -Add your stamped panel to the card front with ATG tape...or your chosen adhesive...add your sentiment label to front of the card with foam tape for dimension...I then added Nuvo Crystal drops to the centers of the flowers as an embellishment.

here are some other colour combos...

Recipe:

1. CutCardStock.com-Classic Crest Natural White Linen 80lb cover stock-in 4.25x5.5" pieces(HERE), Environmental Desert Storm 80lb cover stock
2. Jaded Blossom-Stitched Rectangle dies(4x5.25"), Label dies, Simple Sayings, Jaded Blossom Addict
3. Altenew inks-purple card-(soft lilac, lavender fields, deep iris, midnight violet), light green card-(bamboo, parrot, olive, forest glades), darker green card(frayed leaf, moss, evergreen, jet black), orange card(buttercream, warm sunshine, caramel toffee, paper bag), brown card (sand dunes, rocky shore, mocha, espresso), grey card-(limestone, silver stone, industrial diamond, pure graphite)
4. Nuvo Crystal Drops-ebony black, dark walnut, oyster grey
5. Nuvo Glitter Drops-honey gold
6. Nuvo Jewel Drops-pale periwinkle
7. Versafine Onyx black ink

Valentine's with CutCardStock.com

Hi everyone...I've bean thinking about coffee-I mean you...lol! Isn't that always the way?? January is the longest month EVER!!!!! You are trapped between December which is a Christmas craft and card making extravaganza and February...Valentine's Day. I have another non traditional Valentine's day card to share. I made this using Classic Linen card stock(which is on sale this month at CutCardStock.com) and Tindalo Woodgrain card stock. Linen card stock is the perfect paper for ink blending-I was surprised how nicely the ink blended on this card stock...who knew? So run...and get some for yourself this month!!!! Thanks for stopping by...Lee-Ann :)

**pan down to check out all the products that I used and the tutorial...click HERE to check out the CutCardStock.com store and blog...

Tutorial

-Choose your paper products

-choose your stamps and dies-mine are from Jaded Blossom

-Cut the Classic Linen card stock with your dies-coffee dies and a 2 3/4"x4" Stitched Rectangle and a 3 1/4x4 1/2" Scallop Rectangle. I use my Vagabond die cutting machine.

-I also cut a heart die with the linen card stock along with a coffee wrap die with the Tindalo woodgrain card stock

-I ink blended 3 colours on my scallop rectangle background, the heart, coffee cup using my Distress Oxide inks and Distress ink blending tools and sponges, I then sprayed them with the Distress Sprayer with water to distress the ink blending...waited a few minutes then soaked up the droplets with a paper towel

-I then stamped my greeting repeatedly with the same oxide inks and an acrylic stamp block

-I cut the Tindalo Woodgrain card stock in half vertically with my Tonic trimmer and scored it at 5.5" with my teflon bone folder and my Martha Stewart score board to make an A2 vertical card base, attached my layers with foam tape...assembled my coffee cup with Nuvo Glue and added a hem bow with multi medium mat glue...then added Nuvo Crystal Drops to embellish.

Recipe:

1. CutCardStock.com-Classic Linen(Classic Natural White)(HERE), Gmund Woodgrain card stock Tindalo-111 lb(HERE)
2. Jaded Blossom-Stitched Rectangle dies, Scallop Rectangle dies, Coffee dies, Banner dies, Coffee Break stamp set
3. Distress Oxide ink-spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, fossilized amber
4. Nuvo Crystal Drops-English Mustard
5. Hemp Twine
6. Distress Sprayer
7. Paper Towel
8. Acrylic stamp block
9. Tonic Guillotine Trimmer
10. Vagabond Die Cutting Machine
11. Ranger Ink Blending Tool and Sponges
12. Nuvo Glue
13. Ranger Multi Medium Mat
14. Teflon Bone folder
15. Martha Stewart Score Board

Love with CutCardStock.com

 It's time to share a little love with the world...Valentine's day is just around the corner...and I have another non traditional Valentine to share that I made with my new favorite color-Gravity Grape Astrobright-LOVE! The perfect purple! It's also on sale this month at CutCardStock.com. I saw a card on Instagram that had paper weaving on it...and I thought to myself-Lee-Ann-you have never done that-why? I decided to give weaving a try and loved the outcome-great texture and it adds a lot of interest to your focal point...the heart. Thanks for stopping by...Lee-Ann :)

**pan down to check out the tutorial and to see all the products that I used...click HERE to check out the CutCardStock.com blog and store


Tutorial:

-choose your products(CutCardStock.com)

-choose your dies and stamps(mine are from Jaded Blossom)

-cut a 4.25x11" piece of Basis white cover stock and score at 5.5" to make a vertical A2 size card base-cut a 4x5.25" rectangle of black eclipse Astrobright card stock using a die, then cut a heart centered in the upper portion of card...then cut strips of card stock...or use border dies like I did here

-I use a Vagabond die cutting machine to cut all my dies 

-I then used my black card stock piece with the heart cut as a stencil and traced the heart on my card base...this gives me a spot to make sure my weaving will fill the whole heart-I just weave like you do in kindergarten...I stuck with stripes instead of a checker board-I alternated the widths for some interest

-I then snipped of the edges of the stripes and glued the edges down using Nuvo glue

-I chose a sentiment and 2 stamps that look like decorative tape and positioned them on my card front(after I dusted the entire from with my EK Success powder tool to avoid stray embossing powder) and stamped with versamark ink using my Misti...then sprikled with Ranger embossing powder and melted the powder with my Marvy Heat tool

-I then attached my card from to the base with foam tape for some dimention

-I then cut some small heart dies with my Vagabond and Gravity Grape card stock and applied them in a visual triangle...and then added some Nuvo drops

Recipe:

1. CutCardStock-Astrobright-gravity grape 65lb cover stock-HERE, Astrobright-eclipse black 80lb cover stock-HERE, Cougar white 80lb cover stock-HERE, Basis white 110lb cover stock-HERE
2. Jaded Blossom-Valentine designer tapes, Valentine dies, Banner dies, Card mat dies, Border dies, Heart dies 1
3. Versamark
4. Ranger detail white embossing powder
5. Nuvo Crystal Drops-simply white, crushed grape
6. Nuvo Glitter Drops-white blizzard
7. Misti stamping tool
8. Foam tape
9. Nuvo Glue
10. Tim Holtz shears
11. Vagabond die cutting tool
12. EK Powder

Valentine's with CutCardStock.com

Christmas is over for another year...for us card makers...Valentine's day is next and coming quickly! If you are like me...you need to get those Valentine's made before the end of January so that you have time for mailing. I have a quick Valentine's day card that I made with Astrobright's card stock...it's on sale this month...so jump on over and buy some of this awesome card stock. I used the beautiful Gravity Grape along with my favorite card base card stock-Basis white 110lb. Thanks for stopping by...Lee-Ann :)
**pan down to check out my tutorial and to see the products that I used

TUTORIAL:

 -choose your card stock-Basis white, Astrobright gravity grape

 -choose your stamps and dies

-cut a 4x5.25" stitched rectangle out of the grape card stock and Basis white card stock, also cut a 4.25x11" rectangle of white card stock and score at 5.5" with a bone folder to make a Vertical A2 card base

-cut the purple card stock with the Balloon border...then cut the white rectangle with cloud dies...you need 3  pieces to layer...and because you first cut a stitched rectangle...you get that cool stitching detail around your layers

 -stamp your sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink and a Misti stamping tool on your top cloud layer, bottom left

-stamp the hanging heart stamp on the balloon with Versafine ink-then continue to stamp the string on the cloud layers using an acrylic block

-assemble the card layers using ATG tape and foam tape for some dimension

-stamp the heart onto a piece of grape card stock and trim with scissors and color the edge of the heart with black marker...then glue the heart in place with Ranger Multi medium mat

-lastly add your embellishments

Recipe:

1. CutCardStock.com-Astrobright gravity grape 65 lb card stock-HERE, Basis white card stock 110lb-HERE
2. Jaded Blossom-Valentine panels stamp set, Cupid Airlines stamp set, Border dies 2(balloon and cloud dies), Card mat dies
3. Versafine onyx black ink
4. Queen and Co-toppings-II sequins(purple)
5. Pretty Pink Posh-Sparkling Clear Confetti mix
6. Spectrum Noir clear sparkle marker
7. Nuvo Crystal Glaze
8. Nuvo Glitter drops- white blizzard
9. Nuvo Crystal drops-Crushed Grape
10. Misti
11. Vagabond machine
12. Tonic paper trimmer
13. ATG gun
14. Foam tape
15. Teflon bone folder
16. Ranger Multi mat medium
17. EK Success tweezers
18. EK Success Scissors