Sunday, May 1, 2016

Curtain Call–With Sympathy

Hello stamping friends, how was your weekend?  I spent some time stamping, and it was wonderful!  One card I needed to make was a sympathy card for a friend at church who lost her Mom this past week.  As luck would have it, I already had the Altenew Vintage Flowers stamp set out on my work table, and when I saw the newest Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge today, I knew those flowers would work for my card!  I created a beautiful rose, and combined it with some blues and purples to go with the challenge and made this card…
with Sympathy
My rose was stamped with hybrid inks from My Favorite Things, from lightest to darkest Pink Lemonade, Cotton Candy, Ripe Raspberry and Cranberry Cocktail.  The leaves were stamped with Factory Green, Jellybean Green and Olive hybrid inks, and the little purple flower was stamped with Grapesicle and Lavender Fields.  I used Distress watercolor card stock and Blueberry premium dye ink from MFT for the background, splattering with more ink and some Perfect Pearls mixture.  On the left is a strip of purple gingham paper from this Doodlebug pad, and I added a die-cut sentiment using the Simon Says With Sympathy die.  I mounted my finished panel to a piece of Fog card stock.
I’m also entering my card in the current Work it Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp.\
charming FMS Final 234-001
I hope you’ve had a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

8 comments:

Celeste Goff said...

Tammy, this card is just gorgeous! Love your take on the inspiration photo!

Kim S said...

Absolutely lovely! It's elegant with the flowers, yet still hopeful with the colors! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches AND at Curtain Call!!

Lyn said...

Love your card, the colours are so lovely and I am sure it will be heartfelt at a time like this to receive a card handmade <3

Jen Timko said...

How lovely. This is such a pretty color combination! Glad to see you this week at FMS!

Karren said...

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love every single detail!

Leigh Penner said...

This is gorgeous! I'm in awe of your perfect stamping! Wonderful take on the inspiration photo!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Beautiful card Tammy. Those vintage flowers are so pretty... also love the water colored background... sorry you had to use it though...

Lisa H. said...

oh Tammy! this is lovely. what beautiful flowers and color wash in the background. thanks for linking up to curtain call.