Just Add Ink #39 - Beyond Blue

We have another great challenge at Just Add Ink this week....Just Add Blue. Beyond Blue is a National Depression Initiative and October is Beyond Blues Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month.

We have been encouraged to make a card or something to give to a friend, a stranger, or just someone we don't know very well to say hi, that we're thinking of them, that we care or just to make someone smile! How awesome is that!!! I'm sending my card to a friend who unfortunately has terminal cancer and I have been very slow in getting a little package in the mail to her. I hope it brightens her day just a little!You can see my tutorial on how I made this rose, using the Fancy Flower Large punch.... here. Check it out and let me know what you think!

stamps: friends 24-7, en francais, occasional quotes
ink: marina mist, night of navy, crumb cake, whisper white
cardstock: confetti cream, night of navy, marina mist
1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon in night of navy, basic pearls, sponge daubers, hemp twine, Top Note die, Lots of Tags die, fancy flower large punch

Just Add Ink #35 - Sympathy

I haven't stamped all week but somehow my desk is covered in stuff - how does that happen?! I'm in the process of getting a nice big L-shaped bench built for my craft room and I'm absolutely hanging out for that! It'll be so nice to be about to spread out a little more and hopefully still have room to put my new photography light box on it as well so I don't have keep moving it around the house to get it out of the way!

But here is my challenge for Just Add Ink #35 - a "Theme Challenge" - Sympathy. I made two in the end and the more I looked at them the more I couldn't decide which one I like better, so I'm adding pics of both!

I have only used Sponge Daubers to create this scene and I tore a piece of cardstock to make my "mountains" shape and fiddled for a long time with them. I like this type of card for a Sympathy card because it says to me "peace & tranquility" and I love the quote for a Sympathy card as well.stamps: occasional quotes (level 3 hostess set), pocket silhouettes
ink: certainly celery, garden green, wild wasabi, bashful blue, baja breeze, night of navy, chocolate chip
cardstock: whipser white, gloss white
hemp twine, sponge daubers

Thanks for coming to have a look!