Thursday, July 12, 2012

Encouragement/Sympathy Card for Mojo Monday - Using Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Hi all you wonderful crafters/readers out there!!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.  It is 107 in LA area today and a good day to stay inside with the air conditioner.   I hope you are all staying cool this summer with all these record breaking temperatures!! 

CTMH has just started their yearly Convention in Dallas, TX and I just got my first look at the new Idea Book.  Awesome new products!!   The new Autumn/Winter Idea Books will be available here online to view August 1, 2012.  I can't wait for you to see all the new products and the great specials we will be having.  We have a new Cricut Artiste Cartridge coming out; which I can't wait to buy!!  It has 700 images just like our Art Philosophy Cartridge.  They have  a line of new markers and new papers, new stamp sets and so much more!!  Can't wait to share them with you!!  Pre-order from me now and get free shipping!!  Comes out August 1, 2012!

Our team - The Damask Diva's are going to have a blog hop on the 1st of each month to show the new products and our beautiful creations; so stay tuned.  Our first blog hop is scheduled for Wednesday, August 1st; so be sure to check back here to follow our creations with the new products.
  
I created this card using a Bugaboo Digi Stamp and CTMH Florentine Paper Packet following Mojo Monday 249 sketch. I am using this card as a Sympathy card; but it could be used for any kind of encouragement card.  I stamped two sentiments inside using CTMH "Card Chatter - Sympathy" and CTMH "4 My Friend" stamp set as well.  I like combining the stamp sets to give you several sentiments in one card.  I love all the digi stamps with our wonderful CTMH paper packets and combining them with our CTMH stamp sets as well.  They make a great combination.
  


Inside of Card - Using both CTMH "Card Chatter - Sympathy" and CTMH "4 My Friend" stamp sets
I used the Florentine Paper Packet and one of the strips found in the packet as well to create the inside of this card.  The paper is actually darker in spots where there is writing on it.  I used CTMH Olive ink for the sentiments. 






I really enjoy following sketches and I love Mojo Monday.  I try to use their sketches as often as I can.  Drop over to their website and check out the beautiful creations by other crafters.  Make It Monday is another great challenge blog; which has a huge number of entries for you to view each week, as well.  All the challenge blogs are a great place to see awesome creations every week; so stop in and check them out.  See the list below and just click on the links.


Don't forget to check out my Virtual Card Club where everything is sent to your home to create beautiful cards. Tell your friends or give it as a gift for someone you love. They will be thrilled. Check out the details under the Virtual Card Club tab at the top of the page. Here is a picture of the first 4 cards created for my card club. Email me at: purpleglocreations@socal.rr.com to join today!!



Supplies used for this card:

Card Base - 5 x 6 1/2 card
Paper (Same weight as card stock)- Florentine Paper Packet with border from same packet
Card Stock for sentiment square - CTMH Brown Bag from same paper packet
Digital Stamp - Bugaboo Stamps - Faith Block
Ink for inside card - CTMH Olive
Bling - CTMH 3-D foam tape
Bling - Want2scrap.com
Adhesive - Tombow Adhesive

I used Prang Colored pencils to color the flowers and butterflies.  I combined several different colors to get a color as close to the main paper color as I could. 

Green leaves and vines:
Dark Green
Pine Green
Apple Green
Green
Roses
Mahogany
Yellow Orange
Butterflies
Blues - not sure which shades I used on the butterflies.  It was several together.  I forgot and put them away before I wrote them down.  Sorry. 


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - Sketch # 249
Make It Monday - MIM # 97 - Bugaboo Stamps
Crafty Bloggers Network - Challenge No 1 - Anything Goes
Fashionista Challenge - Challenge # 4 - Winged Things
Incy Wincy Designs - Summertime
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Challenge # 18 - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More - Summer Blooms
Southern Girls Challenge - Challenge # 48 - Pearls
Jackson's Digital Expression - Anything Goes Challenge # 12 - with Color option
Loves Rubber Stamps - Challenge # 8 - Sweet Summer Days
Colour Q - Challenge # 145 ( I think mine are pretty close to same colors.)
Deep Ocean Challenge - Challenge # 29 - "Sea of Love"
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Challenge # 168 - Inside Out
Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday # 177 - Use A Sentiment As The Main Focus
Paper Time Tuesday - PTT # 76 - Let's Get Punchy
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge # 106 - Hot Colors
Twisted Tuesday - 2TC14 - A Holiday Pick Two - Yellow (golden yellow) and Diecut
365 Cards - Day 131 - 3 - 2 - 1; 3 embellishments, 2 patterned papers, 1 stamp
Crafty Boots Challenges - Bingo - Green, Pearls and yellow
Heart 2 Heart - A Geometric Challenge - Line, Line, Circle, Square
Lexi's Creations - Challenge # 69 - For A Friend
Catch The Bug -  July's Anything Goes Challenge
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge - Challenge # 16 - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Friday's - # 66 - Anything Goes
Stampin Sisters In Christ - Challenge #147
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge # 36



Thank you so much for visiting my blog.  I hope I provided some inspiration for you with my card.  Please take time to leave a comment.  Thank you for those who leave comments.  It is greatly appreciated by all the bloggers who show their creations to provide inspiration. Be sure and leave other bloggers your wonderful comments as well.  It is your comments that keep us creating time and time again.  We love to hear how our creations inspired you or just a friendly hello makes us happy.  Have a super fantastic day!!!

Remember - Keep On Creating   
  

62 comments:

  1. I like the colours of the paper you have chosen, and the flowers match so well. It is a beautiful sentiment stamp. Kate x

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    1. Thank you Kate for the lovely compliments and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a wonderful day!!

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  2. Sympathy cards are so hard to make but your sentiment stamp is just perfect and your layout has a nice elegant feel to it.

    Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

    Dionne

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    1. Thank you Dionne for the wonderful compliment. I tried making it more masculine; but decided the flowers were OK on a Sympathy card for a man. I hope he likes it. I appreciate you stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Have a great day!!

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  3. This is just SO pretty, Gloria. I love how you've combined the challenges perfectly. What a blessing it is to have you playing along in our challenge at Word Art Wednesday. I really hope you will continue to share these BEAUTIFUL works of art with us in each week's challenge. What an incredible blessing!
    Have a great week, Gloria. God bless you!
    Hugs,
    Karen Letchworth
    Word Art Wednesday

    P.S. I would love to have you visit my blog. I hope we can become followers of one anothers blogs.
    www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

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    1. Hi Karen, I thought your blog was Word Art Wednesday; which I followed. So sorry. I just now joined your blog - mycuprunnethover. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Thanks for your wonderful compliments and your loving support. I am now a follower of your blog. I love it!! It is so elegant looking. Can't wait to spend more time to see what all you have created on your blog. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a super fantastic day. Hugs. Gloria

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  4. gorgeous card...so many sweet details...hope you have a wonderful weekend!

    enjoy *~*

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    1. I appreciate your wonderful compliment and your loving support. Thanks for visiting my blog and for leaving such a sweet comment. Have a terrific day and a wonderful weekend as well.

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  5. Very nice card. I like that you did the inside of the card also! Thanks for sharing over at WAW.

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    1. Hi Carol. Thanks for the lovely conpliment. I wasn't going to show the inside; but one of the challenges wanted it included; so I decided to include it. I usually do both pages of inside; but didn't this time. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have an awesome day!!

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  6. Very nice, great phrase for this card - I need to get my act together and join this week's mojo too! :)

    Sharing bloggy love, visiting from Wordless Wednesdays
    xo, Kristina
    Come visit and say hello!
    www.pearlgateway.com

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    1. Hi Kristen. I love your blog and joined you as a follower. I would love to have you as a follower as well. Thanks for the lovely compliments and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a terrific day!!

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  7. Delightful card, very cute; thank you for sharing it with us at JDE; good luck.

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    1. Thanks Joyce for the compliment and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a lovely day!!

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  8. I love how everyone's definition of "keep it simple" is different, many thanks for joining us at 365 Cards.

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    1. Hi Erin, Keep It Simple to me is just a few items, not a lot of layers, images, etc. I hope this was OK. It is a simple card. Maybe it wasn't right for this challenge - but I thought it was a simple looking card. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment.

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  9. Such a gorgeous card! LOVE the orange tones--and your patterned papers are amazing together! :) I invite you come and join me at Technique Tuesday--I'd love to see what you'd create!!! :)

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    1. Thanks Mynnette. I just joined your blog as a follower and would love for you to join mine. I wasn't aware of your blog and challenge. I love it; but I don't understand why there is a limit placed on challenges you enter. I would think it would give you more publicity; which is what I try to do for all the challenges I enter. Other bloggers see the challenges and enter them as well. Thanks for the lovely compliment. I have been wanting to create a cascade card; but afraid to. Maybe I will try it and enter your challenge before it goes away. Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a comment. I appreciate you letting me know about your blog. Have a terrific day Mynnette!

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  10. Lovely card, Gloria! thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week.

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    1. Thank you Sylvia for the nice compliment and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a great day!!

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  11. I love the colors

    I am so pleased you
    decided to join us for our Challenge.
    Hugs, Founder and Owner of Tammy Scrapin Corner, Tammy Ortiz

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    1. Thank you Tammy for the compliment. I appreciate you stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Have a wonderful day!!

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  12. Really elegant card. Really like the color combination.

    Thanks for joining us as Tammy's Scrapin Corner this week. Hope to see you again next week. DT Vicky

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    1. Thank you Vicky for the great compliment!! I am grateful for you visiting my blog and leaving a compliment. Have a fabulous day!!

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  13. lovely colours and a wonderful sentiment! Thanks so much for joining us at Simon says Stamp & Show.
    Sarah.

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    1. Thank you Sarah for the terrific compliment and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a super fantastic day!!

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  14. lovely and stylish card.
    Thank you for sharing with us at Penny Black and More Challenge, good luck;-))m

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    1. I appreciate the sweet compliment. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a wonderful day!

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  15. Beautiful work Gloria. Thank you for sharing this at Word Art Wednesday!

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    1. Thanks Marlena for the compliment. I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog and to leave a comment. Have an awesome day!!

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  16. Beautiful card! Thanks for participating in the Timeless Tuesday Challenge!

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    1. Thank you Patti for the sweet compliment and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a terrific day!!

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  17. Hi again Gloria! Thanks for stopping by my blog, and of course, for stopping by Word Art Wednesday to participate. I am always SO GRATEFUL for our supports there, and I always want the challenge blog to be a blessing to everyone. I'm so glad we've met, and I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful art. I am now your newest follower as well, and I'm sure you will be seeing more of me!
    Blessings to you,
    Karen L

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    1. Thanks Karen. I am so happy you joined me as a follower. I appreciaate your wonderful kind words of encouragement each time you visit my blog. Have a blessed day!! Hugs, Gloria

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  18. A beautiful card with wonderful heartfelt sentiments. Thanks for joining us at colourQ!

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    1. Thanks for the lovely compliment Jen!! I appreciate you visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a terrific weekend!!

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  19. This is beautiful Gloria! What gorgeous coloring on your flower images to match the papers you chose! You did a wonderful job! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Loves Rubberstamps!

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    1. Thanks for the wonderful compliments Laura!! I am just learning to color again as an adult!! HA!! It was fun with the colored pencils. I am still testing the waters with other markers. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a wonderful weekend!!

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  20. This is a really awesome card, love the sentiment. The colours are awesome. Thanks for joining us at Loves Rubberstamps!

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    1. Thank you Jacqueline for the wonderful compliments and for visiting my blog and leaving a comemnt. Have a terrific weekend!!

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  21. Lovely card Gloria - one that would touch anyones' heart.
    Thanks for joining us at INCY WINCY this week. Good luck.
    Sheryl xx

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  22. Great card! Love the layout. Thanks for joining us this week at SSIC! Hope to see you again soon.

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    1. Thank you Miesje for the wonderful compliment and for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Have a terrific day!!

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  23. Just beautiful! Thank you for playing along with us over at Twisted Tuesdays! :)

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    1. Thanks AnnMarie for the lovely compliment and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a fabulous day!!

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  24. Love the colors you chose and your flowers are so pretty. Thanks for playing at Twisted Tuesday Challenges this week!

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  25. Beautiful, great sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.

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  26. Very pretty!

    Thank you for playing along with the Twisted Tuesday Challenge!

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    1. Thanks for the compliment Jeanette!! I appreciate you stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Have a wonderful day!!

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  27. This is so pretty and elegant. Thanks for playing at Twisted Tuesdays :)

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    1. Thank you Melina for the nice compliment and for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. Have a terrific day!!

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  28. Cute card! Love the sentiment on it!!

    Thanks so much for playing along with us on WAW.

    Wendy

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  29. Hi Gloria - Sympathy cards are so hard to do, but I think this one is great. I love your digistamp and the sentiments ... they convey so much. Thanks for sharing your project at Lexi's Creations in our "For a Friend" challenge.
    Helen x (DT)

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    1. Thank you so much Helen for the wonderful compliment. I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog and for leaving a comment. Have an awesome day!!

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  30. Beautiful and the colors are wonderful! Thank you for playing along at Jacksons Digital Expressions.

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  31. Thank you for joining us at Lexi's Creations this time! I love your card - the perfect sentiment :)

    Chrizette
    DT Member
    Celestial Things

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Hi to all you wonderful bloggers!! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I really appreciate your comments and support. I would love to have you as a member. Thanks so much. Hope you enjoy my blog. Gloria