Sympathy Card - TSOT #653

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  When I first looked at this sketch challenge  at the Try Stamping on Tuesday site it really put me off.  I'm not a fan of the colours used on the sketch and wasn't planning on doing anything with it.  But then I took another look at it today, and decided if I ignored the blue and orange and just concentrated on the design elements then I could probably come up with something.   

HERE'S MY CARD: 

A friend lost her mom earlier this week to cancer, and I wanted to send a sympathy card to let the family know how much we cared.   Here's what I came up with using this sketch. 

SUPPLIES:

Stamp Sets and Dies:

• Country Flowers by Stampin' Up! #163405 for the sentiments and the floral  image.
• Classic Cloche (R) #156355 for the bird
• Encircled in Nature dies  by Stampin' Up! for the Floral sprigs

Card Stock and Designer Paper: 

• Misty Moonlight card base measuring 8 1/2" x 5 12" scored at 4 1/4".   
• Whisper White for inside mat 5 1/4" x 4", a 3" x 3" scrap of Whisper White for the Oval and sentiment  "sending love". 
• Moody Mauve mat for card front 5 3/8" x 41/8"
• Winter Meadow designer series paper for the layered mat.  4" x 5 1/4" piece of double sided DSP.  Cut the dsp mat in half and flip one side of the pattern to the front.  Mat measures 2" x 5 1/4".

Ink and Blends: 

• Momento Tuxedo Black for bird and floral images
• Misty Moonlight for sentiments and stencilling
• Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Moody Mauve, Seaside Spray (R) stamping blends to colour birds, 

Accessories:

• Foursquare Decorative Mask #161285 (R)for stencilling on focal piece
• Adhesive Backed Sequins #161206

Making sympathy cards is not something I enjoy doing, because of the sadness that surrounds them.  But I must say this sympathy card seemed to come together easily and I found the colour mix and the design of the papers to be quite soothing.  

I really enjoy the stamps in the Country Flowers Stamp set which I used to stamp both the flowers and the sentiments.  The oval had just too much white space on it so before stamping the sentiment I placed one of the Foursquare Decorative Masks over the oval and applied some Misty Moonlight ink with a blending brush.  The flowers were coloured with blends and I added some iridescent sequins around them to give just a hint of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by.  

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT 

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

   

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