Country Floral Sympathy Card

Hello, Crafters.

This is my first play with the gorgeous Country Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder. I embossed some Basic Black Cardstock (CS), and sponged it with our Whisper White Craft Ink. I tried four different ways of doing this, and found the best way was to sponge over all the raised areas gently with a Dauber.  When I went over the raised areas very firmly, I found this made the embossing less visible. I used a Rectangle Stitched Die to cut the window in the top layer of Whisper White CS. Using Tear & Tape I adhered the embossed cardstock behind the window. Next I used Dimensionals to attached this piece to a layer of Basic Black CS.

 

I toyed with the idea of wrapping some ribbon around this before adhering to my card base, but I couldn’t find any ribbon I thought went well with my design. Using Tombow I adhered this layer to my card. I wanted this to be a sympathy card, and checked through my file for a suitable sentiment. I found WITH LOVE & SYMPATHY in the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set, and WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY in the Golden Afternoon Stamp Set.

After I heat embossed both sentiments using White Embossing Powder on Basic Black Cardstock, I needed to cut them out. The first sentiment fitted the Classic Label Punch. I found a label die that fitted the second sentiment in the Needlepoint Elements Dies. After I had die cut this sentiment I didn’t like the fancy bits on either end for a sympathy card, and cut them off. Then I tried each sentiment in place and chose the first one. I needed an embellishment for the front of my card. I decided to fussy cut a flower from one of the first sheets I had embossed. To finish off my card, I added some Pearls in the middle of some flowers.

 

To decorate the inside of my card, I adhered a layer of Basic Black CS, then a layer of Whisper White CS. I fussy cut another flower and adhered it in the bottom right-hand corner. I’m sorry some of my cards look blue, but my photographic skills are more or less non-existent! I hope this doesn’t spoil your enjoyment of today’s card. That’s it from me today. I look forward to being back with you tomorrow. In the meantime, happy crafting.

JanB. xx

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £8.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00	Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146667] £33.00	Itty Bitty Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set [146664] £45.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Ink Refill [101780] £4.25
Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [149698] £0.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] £4.75	Embossing Buddy [103083] £5.50	Versamark Pad [102283] £8.25	Versamark Ink Refill [102193] £4.50
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109132] £4.75	Classic Label Punch [141491] £17.00	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551] £33.00	Heat Tool – Uk Plug [129054] £28.00	Heat Tool – Eu Plug [129055] £28.00
Paper Snips Scissors [103579] £9.25	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] £4.75	Paper-Piercing Tool [126189] £3.75	Grid Paper [130148] £11.00	Big Shot [143263] £102.00
Big Shot Magnetic Platform [130658] £37.00	Big Shot Platform [142802] £24.00	Silicone Craft Sheet [127853] £5.50	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] £3.75	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] £6.25
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] £3.75	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] £3.75