Hi everyone. Today one of those cards we never want to have to make for the wife of a lovely gentleman who we knew through a couple of choirs, a male choir that hubby sings with, and another we both sing with on an occasional basis, and who will be greatly missed. I used this Woodware stamp called Going to Seed and a stencil of flying birds bought with some other stencils quite a while ago from The Range.
I started by stamping the flowers using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and then added the birds over the background using Adirondack Stonewashed ink applied with a blending tool. The stencil has a flock of birds but I decided to pick a few of them out and dot them about behind the stamping and in the areas around just to give a random look. I finished with the sentiment stamped with the Chipped Sapphire and heat embossed with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder. I cut it down and added it to a white 6" square card. I used my stamp positioner as the DI's are not renowned for stamping that clearly without going over with the ink a few times, as the inks are by their nature not really intended to be used in this way, but they work fine if you can repeat stamp. Thank you for visiting my blog today and I'll see you again soon.
I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts Challenge - Week 673 I spy something beginning with 'B' (blue, blooms and birds).
Everybody Art Challenge - No 512 Monochrome.
Stamping Sensations April Challenge - "I love... flowers and the colour blue".
14 comments:
Your card is extremely elegant in the tone on tone colours and the birds add a very calming feel to it for the occasion, thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts and Stamping Sensations challenges.
B x
This is a beautiful card, just right for the sad occasion. Stamp positioners have certainly made it easier to use Distress inks for stamping so that we can use some of the lovely colours which they include.
Beautiful card Pat...Its a very versatile stamp...love the blue colours.....I also use this image for sympathy cards.
Anne
A beautiful card and a perfect image for a sympathy card Pat, your addition of the stenciled birds is so lovely and I love your colour pallet, Kate x
Sympathy cards are always so difficult to make, this one has the perfect simplicity and colour.
A very pretty card for this sad occasion. The stamp is perfect and the birds are a nice addition, I am sure it will be much appreciated! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge and Stamping Sensations!
Love the colour of this Pat - a perfect condolence card. x
So sorry about your friend Pat... I'm sure his wife will apreciate your lovely card... I have that stamp and I still love my woodware. I love the way you added the birds
Gorgeous card. I think the card will give very much comfort. I see that your card really is a special grieving card for a good friend. I love the flowers you choose for the image. And I love the birds displaced in the background. Good choice for the colour blue.
Thanks a lot for joining the EAC challenge.
Hugs Uschi
Thanks for the tip about stamping with the distress inks Pat, as a rarely use them for stamping but will now. Your card is perfect for the very sad occasion and I am sorry for your loss of a friend x.
So sorry to hear of your friend's passing, Pat. What a lovely and peaceful card that you made for his wife. I'm sure she will appreciate your thoughtfulness of taking time to make her a special card. Great work. I use DIs for stamping all the time and as you said, a couple of times and they leave a clean impression. xx
Hi Pat. Hope you are well. Such a peaceful feeling card, It will surely bring a bit of comfort and hopefully gave you some making it as well. xoxo
I'm sorry that you needed to make one of these cards Pat. I lovely stamp and the stencil works beautifully in the background. I like the Range for crafting goodies and I stocked up on some card blanks there yesterday x
Absolutely love this, Pat. The design looks wonderful just stamped in blue. xx
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