One of my cousins lost a good friend recently, so I wanted to make her a special sympathy card. I die cut one of the flowers from Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Southern Magnolia set using water color card stock I had ink smooshed, water colored, and/or sprayed and a stem and leaves from Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Cosmos set using Yuppo paper I had colored with alcohol inks.
For the background, I trimmed a white panel to fit an A2 card base, and then I embossed the panel using Altenew's Garden Harmony 3D embossing folder. I ink smooshed some water color inks I had added to a piece of acetate using Altenew's water color brush markers. Once that was dry, I added the flower, stem, and leaves using Art Glitter glue and foam tape.
For the sentiment, I heat embossed "with deepest sympathy" from Altenew's Build-A-Flower: Columbine onto vellum and then adhered the sides of the vellum behind the panel. Then I adhered the panel to an A2 card base.
To finish the card, I added three little hearts onto the vellum strip.
Close ups:
These are the colors I used for the ink smooshing on the background:
Challenges I'm entering:
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Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (3/4; ends 8/9/24)
Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Middle row vertical: Die cuts, free, any sentiment
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for week 2; ends 7/31/24)
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A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG (ends at the end of the month) Rising Star July 29-August 2
613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG (ends at the end of the month) Top Rocker July 28-August 4; July Honors 8/4/24
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (6/6; ends 8/12/24)
Pretty card! Love the sentiment on the vellum! Glad you joined us at TTC!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Linda!
DeleteAnd an other one, and very pretty too!
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Thanks, Lia!
DeleteYAY! Another BEAUTIFUL creation! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Thanks so much, Darlene!
DeleteThis is a lovely card of condolence Carrie. Thanks for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and we look forward to seeing you again this month!
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Thank you very much, Donna!
DeleteBeautiful - great background and I love the sentiment on the vellum too.
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Thanks so much, Helen!
DeleteHi, Carrie! Sorry for the tardy comment! Your card is stunning! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place to Start! Congratulation on your selection as one of our July 2024 Rising Stars!
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Thank you so much for your kind comments on my blog, Chana! And I appreciate being chosen a Rising Star!
DeleteSo beautiful!! Thanks so much for participating in our 613 AVENUE CREATE challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
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