Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Stesha Bloodhart

Today we get to share our cards CASE'd from the amazingly talented Stesha Bloodhart.  Please click on the links below to jump through and have a look at all the talented Crazy Crafters I'm hopping with today.  When I saw the card of Steshas card that I chose to CASE I knew immediately it was "the one". I have a good friend that I worked with for over 25 years as a Paramedic, he retired from the job a couple of years ago, but friencships forged under those circumstances are for a lifetime.  He is as much my husbands friend now as he is mine, and I may one day even forgive him for reitroducing my husband to Motorbikes (don't get me started on that one!) I thought this was the perfect card to send to a male friend to let him know I value our friencship, as I know he struggles from time to time with PTSD.  So thankyou Stesha for inspiring me to make and send this card to a dear friend.

This is Steshas amazing card.

I love the elegance of the Gold Acetate with the Black Cardstock and the Black & Gold accents.

This is My Card.

I have used a Sticker from the Eastern Gold Vinyl pack to outline the sentiment circle and used the Stitched Shapes framelit circle to give it a little texture around the edge, it fits perfectly with the image! The sentiment is from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set.  

Stampin Up have such a wonderful array of Gold accents at the moment.  It makes it very easy to add some Bling!

Please click on the list below to progress through the Hop.  I'm sure you will find mountains of inspiration from the talented Crazy Crafters.

Here is a list of the products used in making this Card:

Basic Black Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Gold Foil Sheets
Fabulous Foil Desogner Acetate
Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers
Layering Circles Thinlits
Stitched Shapes Circle Thinlits
Gold Embossing Powder
Metallic Sequins
Mini Tassels
Gold Mini Sequin Trim
Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set

In need of a Sympathy Card.

Yesterday I found myself in need of a Sympathy card to give to my Cousins family. She died suddenly from complications of the Flu at only 47 years old.  My stash of cards did not contain a single Sympathy card.  I guess making cards makes me happy, so I haven't previously felt the need to make a sad card for the sake of crafting.  Yesterday however, I felt the need to personally make a card for my Uncle to pass on my condolences for the loss of his daughter.  Although I haven't seen my cousin since we were little kids due to her parents marriage breakup, her dad (my dads brother) has continued to be a part of our lives and is being a great support to my Dad who is battling cancer.  My Uncle, and every other non-crafter out there, probably has no idea about how much time, effort and thought goes into the crafting of a card, but I felt better giving a card that had "me" in it rather than one purchased from a shop.  I can now find motivation and satisfaction in creating Sympathy cards.

I did have to search the Holy Grail of Ideas AKA Pinterest as I had no idea where to start with a
Sympathy Card.  I found a beautiful card that I really liked which was made by Kay Miller of My Joyful Moments. If you get a chance check out her blog.  She is not a SU demonstrator but I have used her card for inspiration and adapted it to use SU product.  Thankyou Kay for sharing your work.

I also put together a "Hello" card at the same time.  I used a mishmash of stamp and dies sets for these cards.  I loved the simplicity of the original card and tried to maintain this on my version.  I really like the mix of grey and white with just a pop of colour.  

Thankyou for viewing my card.  I have listed all the products below that I used to create these cards.

Happy Crafting!!

PRODUCTS

Whisper White Thick Cardstock
Smoky Slate Cardstock
Simply Scored
Striched Shapes Framelits
Bouquet Bunch Framelits
Lots of Love Stamp Set
Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
Better together Stamp Set
Timeless Textiures Stamp Set
Flirty Flamingo Ink Pad
Smoky Slate Inkpad
Glitter Enamel Dots