Friday, February 23, 2018

With Sympathy Bird Frame Card

For today's card I am sharing a Sympathy card based on a sketch over at YNS blog.
Sympathy cards are always tough for me so it really helps to start with a sketch.
I grunged up the edges with walnut distress ink to soften the bright cheerful colors and tone them down for the look I was going for.   The background pattern paper was just a scrap left over in my stash as are the two different blues that I used on the frame.   Both shades of purple card stock are from bazzil.   I used my corner rounder to soften the look and go nicely with the frame and border.

The bird frame - Cricut Cindy Loo cartridge
Border - Cricut Essentials cartridge
Words With Sympathy -  Cricut Wild Card Cartridge
For the inside I used my Simon says stamp large stitched rectangle die to cut the light purple Mat and then I used the corner Chomper on both right corners.  I cut two of the frame mats for my sentiment which I stamped with a cardmakers kit Sympathy stamp  and inked the edges with walnut stain distress ink.  I used a swirly flower diecut from my unbranded dies, cut from the dark purple as an embellishment for the sentiment.

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #320-Sympathy
YNS Sketch and Color Challenge #83
Simon Says Monday: Grunge It Up
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #36
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #222
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #223 "ANYTHING GOES"

Thanks so much for stopping by I hope you have time to leave a comment ...I love to read them.

4 comments:

Scrapper69 said...

It's a lovely Sympathy card Eva.... I really like the inside. Have a great weekend!

Theresa
Theresa’s Crafty Creations

Zoey | Scrapsaurus said...

Sympathy cards are never easy - i love the color scheme you opted for this one
Thank you for playing along with us over Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - we all hope to see you again soon!
x Zoey

Penny Light/Light Whimsy said...

Lovely work, beautiful sentiment and interior design. Love all the work you put into this sympathy card. Thanks for sharing your talent at Fantabulous Cricut!

Cynthia said...

I love the colors you chose for this beautiful card! Thanks for sharing at FCCB!

~Cynthia