Sympathy Cards

 Hello peeps,

I'm squeaking in just under the wire to post my card for the current Paper Players Challenge. Anne Marie's color challenge this month is Black & White with a bit of color. These are usually fun to do and lend to so many creative possibilities.

One of my cousins passed recently after a short illness, and I thought this challenge would be good to make a few sympathy cards, one for his wife and one for his mom.

This first card also uses the current Freshly Made Sketches layout, although my card is a little more layered than the usual clean designs for this challenge, but I'll post it there anyway.

All of the images used for this card are from Gina K Designs. I made a cloudy sky background for the balloon and for the strip down the side of the card using pastel rainbow shades and a cloud stencil. I wasn't going to add color to the balloon, but in the end it felt it needed some.

The second card uses the Spellbinders Betterpress system and the January 2024 plate of the month. I first ink blended some GKD Coral Reef ink from the bottom of the white panel getting lighter as I approached the middle before running it through the Betterpress system using just black ink. After the ink dried, I cut the panel out with a stitched die and popped it up with some foam tape onto a black card base. The sentiment is heat embossed.

These cards are never fun to make and I don't make them ahead for my stash. In this particular case, it was SO not something I wanted to do.

On a brighter note, we are having a little neighborhood happy hour this afternoon and that will be fun.

Thanks for checking in,

Colleen

Supplies Card 1

Stamps: Vintage Summer set with dies from Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Black Onyx and Layering Weight White card stocks

Ink: Gina K Designs Amalgam black, Innocent Pink, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Applemint, Sea Glass, Lovely Lavender and Copics

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 12 dies, Misti, Foam Tape, Connect Glue, Big Shot

Supplies Card 2

Stamps: Spellbinders Fill My Heart Sentiments

Paper: Spellbinders Betterpress Cotton card panels and Gina K Designs Black Onyx card stock

Ink: Spellbinders Betterpress black, Gina K Designs Coral Reef and Craft white

Other: Spellbinders Betterpress system, Big Shot, Spellbinders Betterpress plate Poppy Greetings, Gina K Designs Fine Detail White EP, heat tool, blending brush, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 12 dies, foam tape