Good morning, y’all, as we head into another week. Hope it’s looking okay for you – take heart from the fact that next week is a long weekend!
I’m sorry we weren’t able to do our video last night – hopefully by the time you read this they’ll have it fixed. As in fixed “good” – not just poking along at the speed of dial-up… 😉
So – I needed a sympathy card for my friend – and this is one of two that I made for her to choose from. This one uses the gorgeous Rose Trellis Thinlits and a few sentiments from the Flowing Fountain stamp set. Take a look-see:
The layout for this one comes from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.
I started with Shimmery White card stock and matted it on Highland Heather for the card front.
Next, again with Shimmery White card stock, I cut two of the small detailed rose dies in the Rose Trellis Thinlits, and adhered one in each corner of the card front with Liquid Glue.
I used my Stamparatus and added a pretty sentiment from the new Flowing Fountain stamp set in Highland Heather.
Then I pulled out my FREE (with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration) Botanical Butterfly DSP. And my Paper Snips. And I started cutting out butterflies!
I popped all the butterflies on with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals – just under the center of them, so their wings could be lightly curled up!
I added some Pearl Basic Jewels here and there and the card front was done!
On the inside, I added a second sentiment from the Flowing Fountain stamp set in Highland Heather on a Shimmery White panel. In Balmy Blue, I stamped the trellis image from the Climbing Roses stamp set in the corner. Then I added some more fussy cut butterflies with Liquid Glue. I drew in some antennae for each of the butterflies with my Journaling Pen.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Highland Heather mat and into my Balmy Blue card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Balmy Blue trellis from Climbing Roses and another fussy cut butterfly on the front…
…and I used some of the Botanical Butterfly DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! This Flowng Fountain is really the perfect stamp set for a Sympathy card – the sentiments are spot on! But it also works well for a friendship card, too – Winner winner! And Botanical Butterfly DSP is simply beyond gorgeous!! Hope you like!
TTFN
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Balmy Blue Card Stock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Highland Heather Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Shimmery White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); Rose Trellis die cuts
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Finn Fan Fix
The other night, we went to dinner and took the Finn with us.
Not IN – just TO. He stays happily in the car (we only take him when it’s evening or quite cool!) – sleeping and…
…watching.
See him??
Well – it’s understandable if you can’t see the little monster. YOU don’t have super-powers!
Told ya!!
TTFN
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What a pretty card! Love the little butterflies over the die cut flowers. Perfect! Yes, we have several of those same monsters in our back yard… Ha! Hope that your internet is running smoother today!
Man – I do, too! I want to be able to do our Team Meeting tonight! Thanks, Amy!
Oh, good, I didn’t lose out by not being on internet for your video OR the team meeting! Dinner was a fiasco. I won’t want homemade vegetarian pizza or taco pizza any time soon! Your card is beautiful and I love the sentiment. Finn…what an eagle eye! See you tonight, hopefully. Make sure you visit my blog today 🙂
Hoping I can get on tonight, too, Karen!. Vegetarian pizza…yes. Taco pizza? Not so much! Thanks – and heading over to your blog right this minute! 🙂
Most lovely card!
Most lovely Finn!
Busted monster…
Thanks, Mom! yep – that little dude will go to his squirrel-rewards one day never realizing how close he was on THAT day! 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks so much, Jubilee! 🙂
Beautiful card! Love your color choices, and….Love the butterflies. I got the Flowing Fountain set just for the sentiments.
Of course, he watches! What else does a Watchdog do??? You always know when they have their sight on something important and worth watching. Bet he was wanting OUT so he could run off the monster.
Sorry you had to cancel the video..I was there, and on time too. 🙂
I was, too – I kept hoping and hoping it would get better, but…nope. Yes – he’s a champion watcher – and looks so handsome doing it, too! Thanks, Julie! 🙂
Lovely and serene. Now I need to add that set to my list! Love the way you layered the butterflies over the white die cut.
Our Internet has been spotty lately but I chalked it up to weather. Hope yours is better today. Finn likes seeing the new scenery. He looks regal, waiting patiently and watching the local monsters.
Yep – he HOPES they’ll try to steal his van – then it’d be justified squirrel-icide!! Thanks so much, Susan! 🙂
Beautiful butterflies, gorgeous texture and a wonderful sentiment! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
Thanks much, Karren – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Your butterflies look beautiful with the embossed background! So glad you played with us at Freshly Made Sketches! Hope to see you again soon!
Thank you so much – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂