Friday, October 30, 2015

Sympathy


My sister-n-law on my husband’s side recently lost her father.  Since I was making the card, I decided that I should make one that reflected her taste.  She is a big fan of black and silver or gold so that is where I began.  The card came together much like I thought it would except originally I planned to have a butterfly where the flower is.  After playing around with it for a while, I decided that I liked the flower better. I have enjoyed the designs of  Olga Direktorenko. I particularly like how she uses vellum in her designs so I have been tryng that a lot lately. I started out with some designer black and white paper and covered with a piece of vellum. I glued two black Mod Flower by Poppy Stamps die cuts to a black frame and placed that on top of the vellum. I had some silver gray paper that I wanted to use but it was too thin to make a frame from so I glued the paper to some black craft foam which gave it strength and dimension.  I also cut some black frames.  The sentiment is from Heartfelt by Theresa Momber available at Gina K Designs.  I embossed it with silver embossing powder and cut it out with one of Sue Wilson’s Vienna dies that I backed with a piece of vellum and layered on black card.  For the decorations on the side used Frantic Stamper Spring  Ivy and  Memory Box Tall Chloe dies. I made the flower awhile ago so it was sitting in my flower box.  Added a few pearls so the card is ready to mail. 






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15 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card!Love the Neutrals colors !
    Thanks for joining us at Scrapyland Challenges Blog and Good Luck
    Maryvonne Guest Designer DTScrapyland Challenges
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  2. I am sorry to hear about your SIL's father. But I must say how incredibly gorgeous your card is, and how thoughtful to use colors meaningful to her. It is lovely, Kathy! A beautiful combination of classic colors, and gorgeous use of die cuts! Thanks for joining us in the Scrapy Land Challenge! Hope to see your pretty projects again.
    happiness and hugs,
    de
    {Creative Smiles}

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  3. I am sorry to hear about your SIL's father. But I must say how incredibly gorgeous your card is, and how thoughtful to use colors meaningful to her. It is lovely, Kathy! A beautiful combination of classic colors, and gorgeous use of die cuts! Thanks for joining us in the Scrapy Land Challenge! Hope to see your pretty projects again.
    happiness and hugs,
    de
    {Creative Smiles}

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  4. So sorry to hear you are in need of a sympathy card, but this one made with love will surely bring some comfort. It is gorgeous! Beautiful dies, lovely design. It's really fabulous!

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  5. I am so sorry you needed a sympathy card, Kathy. It's absolutely stunning!! I love the beautiful design!! The details you added are just perfect!! The MB Chloe Stems are one of my favorite dies. I love that you added the colors she loves. This is so gorgeous my friend!! Thank you so much for playing along at Scrapy Land!! Have a great weekend :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  6. A lot of love goes into a Sympathy card and this definitely shows on yours. Just gorgeous!!! Thanks for playing with us at Outside the Box. hugs, :)

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  7. I am also sorry to hear about your SIL's father, but I am sure that she will appreciate all,of the thought and creativeness that you put into the gorgeous card. I have been watching Olga too ever since you pointed her out on another post. So glad that you did, but I will start with tags. Not ready for cards like yours yet. Beautiful Kathy!

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  8. Your SIL will so appreciate this card. This is just stunning with the colors you chose. Beautiful layout too. I always shy away from making cards that are thicker and more bulky, but that doesn't seem to bother you. How do you send them? I think we have talked about this before, but I have forgotten what you said.

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  9. So gorgeous and elegant looking! And it is so lovely that you used your SIL's favorite colors. I am sure she will love it and it will bring her lots of comfort knowing you went to such lengths for her.

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  10. Such a beautiful card! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

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  11. What can I say? It is simply so Beautiful. Stunning in those colours your sil loves and she will surely love this one as I do.

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  12. Absolutely beautiful design. Thank you so much for participating in our October Memory Box challenge!

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  13. Gorgeous and elegant sympathy card! I am so sorry for your loss! Love the combination of dies that you used to create this card! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #28!

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  14. Beautiful card! Such a pretty design!!

    So sorry for your SIL's loss!!

    Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

    hugs...
    Melissa

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  15. Oh my goodness! Your card is absolutely stunning! So many elegant details too! Thank you for playing along in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge! Have a blessed day!

    Charity - DT Member - Word Art Wednesday
    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
    http://collectivecreativity.blogspot.com (my personal blog)

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