Sympathy Trio

Thanks to my friend, Peggy, for these flower ephemera pieces.  I don't know who made them, but they are sturdy, glossy, printed pieces.  Not quite as thick as chipboard, but still sturdy.  Anyway, I needed to make some sympathy cards yesterday, so I came up with these.  All cards are 4 1/2" square.  I ended up with that particular size because I made the yellow card first, and it was based on the size of that flower group...so they all ended up 4 1/2" square.

I made the Daffodil Delight one first.  I had my Gingham Gala papers out for a different project, and I decided the Daffodil would go great with these flowers.  I had just a tiny bit of the Whisper White 5/8" Flax ribbon left, so I stapled that on first, and then popped the flowers on with lots of Stampin' Dimensionals.  That whole flower/gingham/white layer is popped up on the Daffodil Delight card base with more dimensionals.

Glued on a few of the wood Butterfly Elements (sold out, sorry!), and added some bling.

Then I moved on to Higland Heather for these flowers.  Again, the Gingham Gala pack had the color I wanted.  For these flowers, I wanted a frame for them to sit on top of so I used the largest oval from the Stitched Shapes dies, and the largest scalloped oval from the Layering Ovals dies.  I tied some Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave ribbon around the gingham/white layer, then popped that whole bit up on the card front using more dimensionals.

Frames are layered, and mounted to the card front with dimensionals.  I added the flowers with more dimensionals.  As you can guess - these cards were VERY lumpy in the envelopes.  I did not mail them though, so that wasn't an issue.

For the roses card, I didn't want to make a sympathy card with a red or pink base, so I went with green and yellow for this one.  To be exact, Old Olive and So Saffron.  I also brought in some of the Wood Textures designer series paper.  These wood prints have been perfect for just about any card - they are neutral, and work with so many card designs.

I layered the Wood paper on Whisper White, then wrapped a bit of Burlap with Cherry Cobbler in it (it was from the holiday catalog, can't remember the name).  I left one end cut at a diagonal, and the other is wrapped around the back of that card layer.  I stapled it in place, and the staples are hidden behind the circle/scallop piece.  That whole piece is layered on the Old Olive card base using a lot of Stampin' Dimensionals.

Once again, I went to the Stitched Shapes dies, and used the largest circle die.  I cut the largest scallop circle from the Layering Circles dies out of So Saffron card stock.  Those are layered and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals, along with the bowl of flowers piece.

Did you notice that all three cards have the same greeting?  I broke out the old faithful, Teeny Tiny Wishes, and stamped the greeting on Whisper White, using Old Olive ink.  I hand-cut all three, and ripped the ends.  Mounted them to the cards using the Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.  They are the perfect size to sit behind those tiny strips of paper.

I just realized that the greetings were the ONLY stamping that I did on these cards.  Huh. 

It was unfortunate that I needed so many sympathy cards at once, but I think the flower pieces were just perfect.

Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted.  Items may be retired.):

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White, Gingham Gala designer series paper, Wood Textures designer series paper

Other:  Big Shot, Stitched Shapes dies, Layering Ovals dies, Layering Circles dies, Whisper White 5/8" Flax ribon, Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave ribbon, Cherry Cobbler/Linen 5/8" ribbon, Butterfly Elements (wood), Rhinestones, stapler, glue dots, Stampin' Dimensionals (mini and regular), flower ephemera pieces

 

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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