With Sympathy...

This is the fifth sympathy card I have needed in the last couple of months... five too many, if you know what I mean.  I know that there are others faced with making sympathy cards - where there is no expectation of happiness, stress relief or the joy of sending something that will make the recipient smile.
What I can do is share an idea, a design, technique or tool that might make this process a little easier for someone else out there.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• The sentiment die is by IO Dies.

PAPER:  

• Recollections - "White", 110# Wt. from Michaels used for the base card & the image panel.  

EMBELLISHMENTS:

• For the flowers I used Paper Tole Technique to give the punched shapes dimension.  The flower petals are from a "Carla Craft" punch, the center is a "Punch Bunch" and the fern is with a "McGill."
• The image panel is elevated on fun foam to keep that layer as pristine as possible during mailing.

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craftroom Door – ATG Always

Crafting From the Heart -#124 – ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Fab & Funky #316 – ATG

Penny's Challenge #292 – ATG

Inspiration Destination #100 – ATG TOP PICK

Sweet Stampin' – NO DP

Pile it On #115 – Die Cut Embellishments

Incy Wincy Designs – Get Well /Sympathy

As You Like It - #87  Your Favorite... Shape of Card & Why [I spend so much time doing Paper Tole on most of my cards that I often don't wander from the A2 basic card shape.]

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Smartly Dressed...

Image provided for my use by sponsor
SLS Lines

613 Ave C's latest challenge is ATG / No Optional Twist  This is 613's big switch over to a Monthly schedule!  We will start a new challenge on the first Sunday of each month and you will have the opportunity to submit up to 8 projects over the month.  There are  SEVEN sponsors this month -and each is providing a prize.  This will be a huge opportunity to win something - so get your thinking cap on and get crackin'!  The amazing 613 Team has provided some ideas for you to spark your mojo - and all the details you need to enter the challenge can be found at the link above for 613.  Come on- join the fun!

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• I used an image from SLS Lines called "Smartly Dressed Owl"
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to give him dimension. Printed 3 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for the background, ferns and the 'tree' are all from Paper House: The Great Outdoors collection.
• Dark Brown base CS from stash.
• Inside created with left over papers from the front: 

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Punch Bunch used for the ferns.

INKS:

• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Penny's Challenge #289 – ATG

Inspiration Destination #97 – ATG

As You Like It - #84  Your Favorite... Papers & WHY [Paper House: The Great Outdoors Collection - so realistic!  Look at that bark paper I cut down into a tree!]

Fussy & Fancy  #169 – A Walk in the Garden

Incy Wincy Designs – ATG

Through the Craftroom Door – ATG Always

Art by MiRan Challenge #64 – ATG

MarkerPOP L:10 – #101 – Embossing [image is dry embossed to sculpt it]

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP

Scrapper's Delight #58 – ATG Always

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny

Stylized Dragonfly...

A very simple card - a white panel layered on a white base card using foam tape to elevate it.  The one Dragonfly that was stamped in gold and heat embossed was colored with Brusho Watercolor Crystals of blue and purple.  It was then fussycut and also mounted on foam tape to elevate it to a third layer.

This was left deliberately fairly stark, without embellishment.  I just could not bring myself to add ribbon or bling as it is to be a Sympathy card for a tragic event.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• "Stylized Dragonfly" by Rubber Stampede was stamped and heat embossed with Gold E-P.

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image panel and the base card.

INKS:

• Image was stamped with Versafine, Black Tuxedo
• Brusho Watercolor Crystals in Purple and Blue used to color the Dragonfly.

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Through the Craftroom Door – ATG Always

Crafty Sentiments – ATG

Penny's Challenge #289 – ATG

Inspiration Destination #97 – ATG

Fussy & Fancy  #169 – A Walk in the Garden

Incy Wincy Designs – ATG

Art by MiRan Challenge #64 – ATG

Scrapper's Delight #58 – ATG Always

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny