…flowers shall grow and I am in them

Sharing a very simple sympathy card featuring the elegant Demure from Penny Black.

I carefully inked the stamp so that only the three main flowers and their individual stalks were inked.  The flowers were done in Tim Holtz Distress Ink Milled Lavender and the stems in Mowed Lawn.  I then water coloured the flowers and fixed up the stems with the matching Distress Marker.

I did the careful inking so the flowers would fit the three elements of the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I added in the sentiment with a stamp from the Good Morning Magnolia set from Stampin’ Up! in some Distress Archival.

Over at The Rainbow Card they’re currently passionate for purple, which worked well as this is going to a friend who loves purple.  Keeping this CAS, I’ve not used any patterned paper, so I’m also linking my card up at Dragonfly Dreams.

Ingredients:

Inks & Paints etc

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Water Colors ~ No. 139 Purple

Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink ~ Dusty Concord

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Milled Lavender & Mowed Lawn

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Mowed Lawn

Papers

Arches Water Colour Paper

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Gorgeous Grape & Purple Posey

Stamps

Penny Black ~ 40-375 Demure

Stampin’ Up! ~ 149298 Good Morning Magnolia (sentiment)

Challenges

Dragonfly Dreams ~ No Patterned Paper

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…happiness doubled by wonder

Sharing a simple card featuring the very pretty Demure stamp from Penny Black and thank you sentiment from the Climbing Roses set by Stampin’ Up!.

The layout of my card follows the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I added in the frame with a simple stitching die from Lawn Fawn that allowed me to create the perfectly sized frame.

I went with a stitched frame so I could play along at Aud Sentiments.  My other two items from the middle column of their bingo board are embossing and a stamp.  I embossed the flower and sentiment before adding a splash of watercolour to the petals.

My colour scheme is from the current Color Throwdown palette.  Love the subtle pop of colour in the pink flowers and black, white and gold is just a classic and classy combination.  I didn’t want to go too harsh with the black though so I’ve left it to just one of the mats.

I love how this card came out, just hope the recipient does too.  I’ve never met her, she’s one of my colleague’s mum and makes the best dumplings you’ve ever eaten.  So, this card is heading her way to say thanks for keeping us well fed at work!

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Gold

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Lawn Fawn Lawn cuts ~ LF913 Stitched Borders

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Spun Sugar & Worn Lipstick

Tsukineko ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Piglet

Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock ~ Raven

Ranger Inkssentials Cardstock ~ Watercolor

Stamps

Penny Black ~ 40-375 Demure

Stampin’ Up! ~ 148658 Climbing Roses

Challenges

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