Crosses of Hope for a Christening

Hi everyone!

Well I know this is late...I actually had this card on the Sketch Saturday challenge blog in time, I just hadn't had time to blog it! Anyway, here is my DT card for this week's challenge. First the sketch...

I made my card for my friend's lovely daughter's Christening this past Sunday.

I used an old favourite stamp set, Crosses of Hope, as I love this particular cross from it! I embossed the background using the Lacy Brocade TIEF, and finished with some butterflies from Papillon Potpourri.

I heat embossed the cross with Silver Stampin' Emboss, then added it to my MDS generated sentiment, which I mounted onto a panel of Silver Glimmer Paper for a little sparkle. 

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Christening Tin

Good morning all!

If you were here yesterday you'll remember me mentioning a Christening tin I made for a friend, for her little boy's Christening today. Today, I'm going to show it you!

I have used an old baby milk tin for this and all Stampin' Up! products, albeit quite a few are now retired. It just goes to show that even the retired items all still very useful!

The peg is holding lots of little pieces of paper for guests to right their prayers and wishes on for little Harry. I punched them using the Artisan Label Punch.

The sentiment is from an old set called Crosses of Hope...still a frequently used set for me! You can still get the digital download of this set on MDS.

I used the Banner Punch for his name, Simply Stars for the decoration and Trefoil Cross for the main cross.

Here it is with the matching card I made yesterday...

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What are you up to today? I have church, Christening and dinner at Jen's...yay! Have a good one whatever you're doing!

A Pretty Baptism Card

Good morning!

We have another fab sketch for you over at Sketch Saturday, this time designed by Debra.

Isn't a fab sketch? I used it to design a Baptism card for a baby in our congregation at church.

I have used a lovely die for the cross and dusted it with chalk to give some subtle colour. I punched little flowers from the Bitty Punch set, chalked the bottom layer, and added a hole punched pink dot to the middle of each flower, finishing with Crystal Effects.

The ribbon is a retired Stampin' Up! one and the sentiment was created using MDS.

Current Stampin' Up supplies used

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Crosses of Hope

Good morning!

I had such a lovely afternoon designing wedding invitations with Jen yesterday! I have 3, possibly 4 weddings to cater for this year, so it was nice to sit and play with different ideas and materials. One thing we did discover, Tombow glue, available from my online shop, is perfect for attaching vellum to anything! It is actually invisible! I can see a lot of it getting used in our future ventures!

Anyway, you probably want to see a card right? Ok well then I might just spoil you!

 This set of pretty Easter Cards is made using the Crosses of Hope stamp set. Now I know the physical set is retired, but the digital version on MDS is still available for only £1.50, and the best thing is that you can resize them to whatever size you like!

I teamed the crosses (which I coloured with my Stampin' Write Markers) with the sentiment from Blessed Easter, available from the Spring/Summer catalogue and finished with two of the tiny butterflies from Beautiful Wings Embosslits. I love the coloured card blanks I used in these cards...they really give that touch of spring!

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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I'm off to church now, then work, but I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with something nice to show you.

In the Frame (again)

Good morning!

Well what a disaster the rugby was! I only have one thing to say...gutted! :(

So, moving on....I had a lovely evening out with my girlies last night and got drenched coming home! But this morning I've woken to bright sunshine so I'm smiling :) 

I do still have to go to work though so here is a quickie I made this morning for the Less Is More - Frame It challenge.

I have used Crosses of Hope and stamped in Regal Rose. 

I stamped off the sentiment once before stamping onto the card to make it a little more subtle. I did stamp it directly onto the frame panel originally, but it didn't stamp quite right so I had to cover it! The butterfly is the bitty butterfly punch. I finished with a few tiny nail art gems.

Supplies

Stamps - Crosses of Hope

Ink - Regal Rose

Punch - Bitty Butterfly

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Ok, I need to get going to church, then work...might be back later if I have time :)

Christening #2

Good morning!

It's all bright an sunny here again, although there is quite a heavy looking frost...nicer than rain though!

I am going to show you another of the Christening/Baptism cards I made yesterday.

I have used the Crosses Of Hope set again, and stamped it in Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose.

The embossed strip is left from yesterday's card, and I stamp my sentiment perfectly in place using my Stamp-a-Majig. 

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Stamps - Crosses Of Hope

Ink (markers) - Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Embossing Folder - Lacy Brocade

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Challenges

Addicted To Stamps - Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Old, New, Borrowed, Blue (new stamps)

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft - Embossing

Partytime Tuesdays - Die Cuts

Retro Sketches - #53 (I turned it, hope it counts...)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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Sweet Stampin' - It's All Embossing

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Pink

Lady Ann's Challenges - Anything Goes

I hope you get to enjoy the sun today. I'm at work so I won't!

Have a lovely day!

Christening card

Good evening!

I wasn't going to post this until tomorrow but I just notice the challenge at Freshly made sketches runs out shortly! So I had better get it linked up quickly!

I realised whilst on my stall at the weekend that I only have 2 christening/baptism cards left so I decided to make a few today, with my new Crosses of Hope set. 

For this first one, I stamped the cross in embossing ink and embossed in white. I like the subtle effect. I embossed the panels either side and added some pink organza ribbon from my stash.

A close up of the cross...

It's tough to get a good photo of white on white embossing, but it's really pretty! I finished with the sentiment and some nailart gems.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Stamps - Crosses Of Hope

Ink - Embossing, Pretty In Pink

Embossing Folder - Lacy Brocade

I would love to place an order for you...please contact me and I will be more than happy to help!

Don't forget, Sale-A-Bration is coming to an end on 22nd March, so get your order in now and choose your free items for every £45 you spend!

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - #75

Crafty Boots - Old, New, Borrowed or Blue (new stamps)

My Time To Craft - Embossing

The Ribbon Girl - Add Ribbon or Twine

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Pink 

Phew! Think I'm on time!

I'll be back tomorrow...have a good evening! :)