With Sympathy

My husband often requests cards for work situations.  Unfortunately one of the most requested is sympathy cards.  These cards must be full size, the base being a full sheet of card stock folded in half.  That way many people can sign.  This one I kept pretty simple.  I sprayed the Doily with reinker/water combo in the Stampin' Spritzer. I love this look, vintage. The sentiment and the image are both embossed.  I wanted something simple in the big open area below and I thought the pearls filled just that void.

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Details:

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts

Paper: Early Espresso Coredinations, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Paper Size: 8.5" x 5.5"

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelit,  Basic Pearl Jewels, Tea Lace Paper Doilies. Early Espresso Embossing Ink

Forever Sketch

So when I went to bed last night I knew I would have time this morning to work on the Wednesday Sketch.  I also knew I wanted to incorporate Melon Mambo into it,  Not sure why, I was just drawn to using it today.  I had also decided I wanted to use Crumb Cake and Early Espresso with it.  Sometimes they post the sketch before I go to sleep and last night was one of those times.  So I fell asleep thinking of what I wanted to do.  The main panel did not fall into place until the card was almost finished. Lol  I have found that using the Hex punch to so the ends of the banners is so much easier than the other avenues I had been using (hand cut & square punch.)

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Details:

Stamps: Loving Thoughts, Apothecary Art

Paper: Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Pretty Print Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits, Labels Collection Framelits, Hex Punch-banner ends on the sentiment