Sympathy Cards....

I had to make some sympathy cards, which is never fun to do! :<

Kitchen Sink Stamps sets make it easy to make a simple, yet elegant cards for giving to people who have suffered a loss.

The blue card is a white base with patterned paper (wild asparagus) covering it. I used the swirls from backgrounds and borders with bashful blue ink. I stamped the sentiment in chocolate chip, used my nestabilities dies to punch the sentiment and chocolate chip layer. I attached the square brads to the two corners and placed the sentiment on the card with dimensionals. The ribbon (my new favorite from Mayarts/starlitstudio) is tied in a simple knot.


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stamps: never at a loss 4 words, backgrounds & borders (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
paper: whisper white, chocolate chip, designer paper (MME/WA)
ink: chocolate chip, bashful blue
misc: dimensionals, ribbon (mayarts/starlitstudio), brads (joannes)

The second card is also a white base, using coordinating MME/WA designer paper to cover the cardfront. I used simple green gingham ribbon around the card. The sentiment is stamped with black pallete noir. The butterflies are from the Hydragea stamp set from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I stamped the butterflies with regal rose, rose red and blank pallete noir on whisper white cardstock. I carefully trimmed them out, clipped the wings and folded the wings to give them the appearance of lifting off the card. I covered each butterfly with sakura stardust.

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stamps: hydrangea, never at a loss 4 words (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
paper: whisper white, wild asparagus/mme designer paper
ink: black pallete noir, regal rose, rose red
misc: sakura stardust, gingham ribbon (mayarts/starlitstudio)