I’m sharing a
sympathy card featuring one of the stamps from the Artistically Asian set by Stampin’ Up!.
Last year a lot
of people I knew felt the sad hand of death losing loved ones and making
sympathy cards was starting to get a bit much.
Then I thought of trying the umbrella theory, you know, when you take
one with you it’s bound not to rain and the reverse is true, forget your umbrella
and it’s bound to pour. So, I thought I’d
make some sympathy cards to have on hand in the hopes I wouldn’t need
them. Not sure if it worked but the
number I was giving out did taper off.
So, when I saw
the current prompt at CASology was late it reminded me of my umbrella
theory. I know, a bit dark, especially when
I look at all the bright and cheery birthday cards the DT made and others have
entered but I just immediately thought of the euphemistic reference to the dead
as “the late…”. Which then pushed me to
make a couple of sympathy cards for my stash because just maybe the umbrella theory
does work and, even if it doesn’t, it’s way easier to make them when you don’t actually
need one.
For this one I’ve
used the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I’ve picked up the three floral elements with
my watercolour stamping, I did a bit of mirror stamping to create the third
flower. The three elements have been echoed
in some gems for just a little bit of added beauty.
My colour scheme
comes from the current palette at Cupcake Inspirations. I’ve used cream for my cardstock and the
gems. The flowers are stamped in Picked
Raspberry that looks a lot like the rose icing on the cupcake. To bring in the black I’ve die cut my
sentiment from my NBUS die from Simon Says Stamp!. I did introduce a fourth colour with just a
dash of green on the flower stems.
Bringing the
sketch and colour palette together has given me a simple but elegant card,
which I’m hoping stays firmly in my stash and isn’t actually needed.
Ingredients:
Dies, SVGs &
Templates etc
Simon Says Stamp!
Dies ~ SSSD111360 With Sympathy
Embellishments
Close To My Heart
~ Gems
Inks & Paints
etc
Tim Holtz
Distress Markers ~ Mowed Grass & Picked Raspberry
Papers
Bazzill Card
Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow
Bazzill Prismatic
Cardstock ~ Black
Pion Design
Palette ~ White II
Stamps
Stampin’ Up! ~ Artistically
Asian
Challenges
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stopping by!