As
much as I enjoy making cards, it is always hard when you need to make a
sympathy card. My future son-in-law’s
grandfather has been very ill for quite a while and this last week my daughter
called to let me know that he had passed away.
I had met his grandmother and was very touched by her sweet and kind
personality. She holds a very special
place in my heart for opening her home to my daughter, after she had
surgery, and taking such wonderful care of her.
I knew I wanted to make her a very special card to let her know she was
in my prayers.
I
decided to give the card a very delicate look by combining vellum with mulberry
paper. I heat embossed the image from
the new Pansy set with white detail EP and colored from the back. I layered it on die cut sticker paper covered
with Purple Potion Velvet Glitter, and added it to a wispy piece of mulberry paper on an embossed
card front.
I
needed several more cards for other family members and made this card using a
simple embossed resist technique. The
image is Spiked Blossoms Rectangle, embossed with Velvet Sparkle Embossing Powder and sponged over it with Sweet Plum Memento Ink.
Head
on over to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog for more details on these cards.
E. Marie
These
cards are entered in the following challenges:
Pansy
Sympathy
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #155 - Hope for Spring
Crafty Catz Challenge #171 – Dies and Punches
Craft Your Passion Challenge #150 – All That Glitters
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge #33 - Flowers and Pearls
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge #33 - Flowers and Pearls
Spiked
Blossoms Rectangle Resist
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 85 – Blooming Images
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 257 – Simplify
Marie, two beautiful cards. My sympathies for your daughter's fiance's dad. How sad for them all. I know he will be missed. Your card will show how much love is in your heart toward them. It is really lovely. I'm not sure why mulberry paper is not used as much as it used to be - there is nothing like it - I love mulberry paper and have just about every color even though we can dye it ourselves. Blessings to you, Marie.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful cards. So sorry to here about your families loss. Your use of glitter is amazing. Thanks for joining this week at Craft Your Passion for our All That Glitters.
ReplyDeleteThese are both absolutely lovely. It's such a sad reason to have to create a card, but these will show how much you card--they're beautiful! Thanks for joining us at CCM! :)
ReplyDeleteI am sure everyone will be touched by the effort you have gone to in creating these beautiful cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at CCM this week.
Jules :)
Both are lovely! I know the recipients will cherish them.
ReplyDeleteThey are both absolutely lovely Marie so fitting for Sympathy cards xx
ReplyDeleteFirst let me say I know how very hard it is to make a sympathy card. It looks like you have managed to create a special & memorable card!
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the "All that Glitters" Challenge at Craft Your Passion... - see you next week??
~ginny
CYP Design Team
Personal blog: RubberMAD
http://ggetty.blogspot.com/
Lovely cards, Marie! I know the people who will receive them will love them.
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful sympathy cards :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for joining in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week!
Debxx
These are lovely, Marie! I know your recipients will love them.
ReplyDeleteLovely looking cards for a really hard time. Thanks for joining us over at the Crafty Card Makers this time and my blooming challenge.
ReplyDeleteLove n hugs
Marie
Two elegant cards. Lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us at crafty catz this week. Naomi x
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful and elegant cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at TPC this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx
two fabulous cards Maria...beautifully designed...thanks for joining in with our Bunny Zoe's Crafts monthly Challenge
ReplyDeleteMina xxx
I need some sympathy cards...I like the second one.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors on that first card!
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