Soft Sympathy

Hi sweet friends! It's Julee, popping in to share a little inspiration with my new Forever Loved stamp and die set that released this month. Have you had a chance to check out the March release yet? There's a whole lot of stampy goodness in there! 

It seems like I've needed a lot more sympathy cards lately, and so I'm on a mission to replenish my stash. For this card, I wanted a soft subtle look, so decided on a pink and grey color combo.  The flower and greenery from Forever Loved were stamped on cardstock, then colored with Zig clean color real brush markers. The paper MATTERS with these markers, and  I accidentally filed the wrong cardstock scrap in the wrong bin, so what I thought was Bristol Smooth cardstock ended up being Neenah cardstock. Oops. It was pretty obvious when the color wasn't moving with the water brush. I ended up sticking with it, though, just doing a lot of marker on marker blending instead of using water and was able to achieve a result I was pretty happy with. I then cut the images out with the coordinating die set and set aside.

For the sentiment panel, I used the new Leaf Branch Stencil with pumice stone ink for a soft background, then cut in a circle and blended tattered rose ink around the edges. I then embossed the sentiment with black ink and clear embossing powder.

For the card base, I used the same stencil with weathered wood ink and a very light touch on fog cardstock. I love the soft look of it.  I then added a white circle mat to my sentiment panel and layered my flower and leaves. I finished off with a fun sprinkling of sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to create something. If you're in the mood to shop, be sure to take advantage of earlybird savings through March 9!