With Heartfelt Sympathy

Hi there,
Today I have a pair of cards that no crafter ever really wants to make and that no friend ever wants to have to send :-(
I used a Fresh Fig and White colour combo with a retired stamp set I have in my stash to make these...

I stamped the flower onto shimmery white card before watercolouring the flower with aqua painters and the stem using blender pens.

I made a frame from stitched edge framelits using Fresh Fig card to surround the watercoloured (retired) flower image. The flower in the "Love What You Do" stamp set would be a great alternative. Threading the sentiment, stamped onto vellum, through the frame.

Adding a few rhinestones to finish.

I know making these cards is never a nice thing to have to do but hopefully they send a message of love to the recipient at such a tough time.
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Products Used to create this project:

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (£28.00)	Stampin' Trimmer (Metric) (£28.00)	Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Blender Pens (£11.25)	Rhinestone Basic Jewels (£4.75)
Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set (£20.00)	Shimmery White A4 Cardstock (£8.25)	Aqua Painters (£16.00)

Sympathy card using Flowering Flourishes by Stampin' Up!

Hello,

Today's card is one of those sad but necessary cards that show you care.

One of my lovely ladies who came to card class and became a good friend passed suddenly recently and so I made this card to send her family. 

I stuck with a simple Blackberry Bliss with White card using Flowering Flourishes for this.

 I added sequins as she did love a bit of bling

 and a Blackberry Bliss ribbon bow down the side,

 with a little touch inside to finish.

That's all from me for today.

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Simply Sketched Sympathy Card

Hello there,

I hope you had a fab weekend? I have had classes the last couple of days, such a laugh! and great company, thanks ladies ;-)

I'm back on the blog today with a card I was asked to make in class last month, a Sympathy card. Now, I know nobody really wants to have to make this kind of card but unfortunately we all need them from time to time and when we do need one we don't want to make them, so it's always good to have these in your stash. This is what I made using the hostess only stamp set Simply Sketched.

This is a super quick make and I used Crumb cake base and stamped section (colours are not showing the best on here I'm afraid) with a Basic Grey border...

 I stamped the pretty poppy image with Staz on and then over stamped with the mid-sized splatter from the ever useful Gorgeous Grunge in Wisteria Wonder adding a few dabs of Dazzling Details in silver to accent the flower- using this also allows it to be popped in the post with just a standard letter stamp- always handy.

 Now, I liked the effect of this card and so I had a little play and made a couple more using Island Indigo and Perfect Plum to colour the flower heads, not sure which colour I like the best? 

I do think it would also be a nice card for other occasions, obviously just swap out the sentiment.

OK, that's me done for today, how about a special Golden Wedding card tomorrow? OK ;-)

Thanks for looking today,

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Products Used to create this project:

Simply Sketched	Gorgeous Grunge	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock	Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad
Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details