Sympathy Card

Today I have a sympathy card to show you.

I used a very light purplish color of card stock

for the front panel.

I inked up an embossing folder with purple ink

and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the card stock.

The ink enhanced the embossing.

The flowers and leaves were made with a pretty old

layered stamp set from Stampin Up.

I hadn't used the set before as I didn't have a clue

how I would line the layers up and get it right.

With the MISTI stamping tool, it was much easier,

but I also have to say it would have been even easier 

if the stamps had been clear acrylic rather than red rubber.

I used only one color of ink on the flowers and the leaves.

Using multi layers of the same color just intensifies the color

and gives the look of having different colors.

I fussy cut the flowers and leaves and adhered them to the

embossed panel.  One flower is adhered directly to the panel

and one was adhered with foam tape.

Here is the final card.

The sentiment was printed from my computer and 

trimmed down, adhered to a piece of the same purplish 

card stock and trimmed with a very narrow mat.

Here is a close up of the embossing and the dimension

of the flower.

I sometimes struggle with sympathy cards, as many do.

I know the family receiving this card will appreciate it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come by again soon.

Until then, create something wonderful!

Favorite Technique

Hello all!

I hope you're all having a great week.

Today I'm posting about one of my favorite techniques.

Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week is "Favorite Techniques"

I have long been a fan of the Simon Says Blog and just recently became acquainted with their challenges.

One of my favorite techniques is stamping on pages from old books.

I love the look of it, the vintagy feel and I really enjoy coloring on these pages.

Here are 2 cards where I have used this technique.

On this card I used "Rose" (#17505) from Eureka! Stamps and colored it with watercolor crayons.  Using these crayons, you must be careful not to use too much water or the paper will literally crumble.

This card was made with a stamp from Stampin' Up, sorry I don't know the name of it, but it was a hostess special a long time ago.

Again I used watercolor crayons to color it and used another of my favorite techniques and 'fussy cut' the image.

I know a lot of people don't like fussy cutting, but I love it.

Where many say it makes them nuts to do all that cutting, I find it to be very relaxing.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Leave a comment if you will then

why now pop on over to the Simon Says blogs and check them out.

I'm sure there will be tons of great techniques to see not only from the design team, but from others entering the challenge, like me.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!