Pemberly Sympathy Card

The most difficult cards for me to make are sympathy cards.  So I rely heavily on my sister consultants for inspiration.  Recently my boss lost her father and thanks to Vicki Wizniuk, I modeled my card after one of her beautiful sympathy cards. For the flower I used the Card Word Puzzle rose and stamped it directly onto the Crème Brulee decorative paper with Outdoor Denim ink. 

I love using dimension and this card has a lot of dimension.:

Below is the inside of the card.  Allisa Chilton is another consultant that is an inspiration to me.  Her cards are gorgeous on both the inside and the outside so I try to make the card's insides less plain.

Papers: Pemberly WOTG papers (Ret); Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand and White Daisy cardstocks

Stamps:  C1494 Card Word Puzzle
Ink:   Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks; Buttercup alcohol markers

Embellishments:  z132 Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon

Other: Spellbinder circle and scallop dies.

 

 

May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Happy May Day!  This month the featured stamp of the month is S1205 Friendship Bouquet, a set of 8 floral images!  Below are the images in this stamp set.

If you have come here from Judy Fay Garner's blog, you are on the right path!  I am the first stop for this month's hop! You can find a list of all the participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have almost 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this set. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

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My item is a 5" x 7" card made with the Pemberly Papers.  I decided to use Verve's Sketch of the Week located on Splitcoast Stampers site here:

Below is my interpretation of that sketch:

And here is a closer look at the dimensional elements of it:

Papers: Pemberly WOTG papers; Colonial White, Taffy, Outdoor Denim Card stocks

Stamps:  S1205 Friendship Bouquet
Ink:   Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand, Taffy Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z1694 Bouquet Assortment; Creme Brulee Grosgrain ribbon

Other: Bronze Glitz

Time to hop on over to Helen Onulak's Blog to see her beautiful eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants' Blogs to get some great crafting and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available thru April 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!