Southern Magnolia Sympathy Card

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:

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges********** (pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com): Flowers (3/3; ends 8/4/24) C10

Can You Handle The Pressure? (cyhtp.blogspot.com): ATG with an embossing folder (optional twist of things with wings) (1/3; ends 8/9/24)

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)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Beautiful Blooms (3/5; ends 7/31/24)

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)