Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Sincere Sympathy

So I recently made a set of cards that are all a little different but use the same technique. I stamped the white paper with a background stamp in a permanent brown dye ink and let dry. Then I heat embossed a tree image on top of the background with Versa Mark ink and white embossing powder. I die cut the image out with a Sizzix die and then I inked the die cut with green and brown distress inks. I didn't really take the time to blend the colors well because what I was mostly going for was the resist of the tree image. I sprayed the die cut with a dash of water and it all just came together beautifully. 

I believe the background stamp is by Hero Arts, tree stamp by Stampin Up, and the sentiment by Stamp N Plus. The patterned paper is by October Afternoon (brown polka dot) and Basic Grey (green strip in the middle).



12 comments:

Aunty Sue said...

Lovely card I too just posted 2 sympathy cards. Guess like buses non then 2 come along.

Colette said...

Beautiful, elegant card Cindy.x

Colette said...

Sorry Cindy, I pressed enter before saying thank you for playing along with Incy Wincy this week, good luck! Colette DT (Doh!)

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

An elegant and lovely sympathy card. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Loves Rubberstamps for our 'Use a Sentiment' challenge. Hope to see you playing along again. Hugs, Wends x Loves Rubberstamps DT

Shona Erlenborn said...

Lovely sympathy card. Thanks for joining us over at the Creative Challenge for Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, good luck.

Tammi
Craft Your Passion Guest Design Team

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is such a beautiful creation for someone at a very sad time. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at Creative Card Crew.
Hugs
Cathy DT Member
xxxxx

Mrs A. said...

These are hard cards to make at any time but you have created a really elegant card to send. The resist technique shows up perfectly. Thank you for sharing with us at Crafting From The Heart. ValeryAnne DT.

Crafty Mamma Mia said...

Hi Cindy - these are lovely Sympathy cards, quietly elegant! Thanks for sharing your project at Incy Wincy Designs this week.
Helen x (DT)

Anne Temple said...

Wonderful sympathy card. Love how the white embossed tree stands out. So glad you shared it with us for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.

Dangina Martinez said...

Awesome Creation! Thank You so much for joining Loves Rubber Stamps this week!
Hugs, Dangina

Unknown said...

Very pretty! Love the tree! Thanks for joining us at Party Time Tuesdays!