Good morning! I have a quick CAS sympathy card to share using the pretty Bouquet of Thanks set from the last Simon Says Stamp release. I hate having a need to make sympathy cards but I try to keep them on hand so that I don’t have to try to create them on demand. I decided to try a little greyscale copic blending with just a touch of lavender.
I started by stamping Bouquet of Thanks twice with silver stone ink using my Misti. Then I added a little T4 grey to the base of each petal and bud. I blended it out with T2 and T1 and then added a few accents with T0 to some of the shadowed areas of each petal. I kept the coloring simple and left the petals mostly white with just a little shaded grey. Then I added spectrum noir clear sparkle to each flower until they really shimmered as they caught the light. Finally I stamped the sentiment with Simon Says Stamp velvet orchid hybrid ink to stand out from the background florals.
I ended up liking the design enough that I created a few more cards using light shades of purple, pink, blue, and green for the sentiment. I hope I don’t have need to send any of them anytime soon but at least I’m ready should I need one. Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!
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Just beautiful!!
It is never an easy thing to find just the right words for a sympathy card, Jessica … yours is so pretty, and perfect. [Of course you know I’d love the shades of gray, right?]
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love this card – so pretty in the grey with that little touch of lavender.
Hi Jess ~ The softness of the grey is absolute perfection with the simple pop of color in your sentiment. Unfortunately sympathy cards are a necessary evil but these beauties will surely offer the comfort you intended. Thanks for sharing. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
This is beautiful Jessica, I love that stamp anyway, now I see another reason to have it. LOL
Beautiful! And you’re right, it is nice to have cards like this on hand.