Happy Friday everyone! I hope there are crafty plans on your weekend horizon! I think I’ll be camping out in my craft room working on some things we have coming up here at The Greetery! Speaking of which…a little save the date announcement before we get into the terrific TGIF project Heather has for us today.
We hope you’ll join us for some festivities as we release our newest product collection and celebrate our second birthday! The festivities officially begin on Monday, April 26, but we’ll be popping in here on the blog a few times next week with some sneak peeks and a fun announcement. I hope you’ll join us!
Now let’s turn it over to Heather, who’s sharing some beautiful sympathy cards with us today…
Sympathy cards are my least favorite to make, but the ones I need most often. I think this every time I make them, but I also know how necessary they are and how much comfort that they can bring to our friends and loved ones who are experiencing a loss. I created a few cards to have ready when I need them using the beautiful flowers from the Lovely Blossoms set.
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I choose a soft lavender ink color for the blossoms and instead of layering lots of different ink colors together, I used a white pigment ink to add the lighter lavender layer. Layering white ink over a color will give you a tint of the ink color underneath and give your image a whole different look than layering darker ink colors. I used the same lavender ink that I began with for the shading detail layer. The result is a soft and pretty pastel bloom that is perfect for the calm and comforting feeling that I was going for on this card. You will also notice that I used white pigment ink to add the details on the leaves.
The lavender blooms are added onto a kraft cardstock background that I stenciled using the Berry Branch Stencil with modeling paste. Using a paste instead of ink adds a lovely textured effect to the background. I added the paste just to the middle of the background and while the paste was still wet, I sprinkled a bit of white glitter onto it to add a touch of sparkle.
The ‘with sympathy’ sentiment is from the Caring Cross Stamp + Stencil set and it is stamped onto the larger notched banner from the Crimped Slimline die collection using a dark brown ink. This card size is called Mini Slim and it measures 3.5″ x 6″, a bit shorter than the popular Slimline size.
I am a big proponent of creating more than one card while your supplies are out on your craft desk. As I created the elements for my card, I did enough to create four cards. Now, when I need a sympathy card, I have these pretty floral cards ready to send a heartfelt message of love and comfort.
Thank you for joining me today!
