Stampin’ Up! Timeless Tulips Parisian Blossoms Sympathy Sneak Peek

Well – here we are!  It’s Christmas Eve!  I know you’re settling in by a fire with a cuppa nog or….something.  And cozy as a bug in a rug!

Oh – wait.  You’re NOT??  You’re…going to pick up the roast for dinner?  Making eggs and desserts and wrapping those last minute gifts??

Yea.  Me, too! LOL!  Have a great day ANYway – take a minute to slow down and enjoy the Season!

My card today is not a Christmas card – gasp! – it’s a sympathy card.  Sorry – but…sometimes you just have to do what you have to do – and I needed to have this on hand.  I used the lovely Timeless Tulips bundle and the Parisian Beauty Bundle with a little help from some Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP.  These will all be available to you on 3 Jan in the 2020 Jan-Jun Mini Catalog.  Take a look-see:

The layout for this one was inspired by the sketch challenge at FabFriday.

I started with some Pool Party paper from the Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP and matted it on Basic Black for the card front.

My art is a smaller piece of Whisper White.  First I used the script stamp in the Parisian Beauty set to stamp the image all over in Pool Party.

Next, I used Petal Pink to stamp several of the flowers from the Timeless Tulips stamp set and then gave them Pear Pizzazz stems and a few leaves (some in full strength and a couple that I stamped a second time without re-inking).

I stamped some flowers and leaves on another piece of Whisper White and punched them out with the bundled Tulip Builder Punch.

I wrapped some Petal Pink 3/8″ Metallic-Edged Ribbon around the panel, adhering it in the back with Glue Dots – then I popped the panel onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I cut a Basic Black fleur-de-loo from the Parisian Die set and adhered it with Liquid Glue.  Over that is a Vellum Card Stock label cut with the soon-to-be-available Stitched So Sweetly Die set.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the Timeless Tulips sentiment in Tuxedo Black on Whisper White then I cut it with a rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly Die set.  I adhered it over the Vellum with Liquid Glue.

I added my punched flowers and leaves with Liquid Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I finished off with a small bow tied from the Petal Pink 3/8″ Metallic-Edged Ribbon – adhered with a Glue Dot – and some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the card front was done!

On the inside, I used the Stamparatus again to add a second sentiment from Timeless Tulips in Tuxedo Black.  Over that, I added more flowers in Petal Pink and some Pear Pizzazz stems and leaves.  A few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels rounded it out.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Basic Black mat and into my Pool Party card base, adhered the card front with Liquid Glue and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got more flowers, stems and leaves on the front…

…and a little more Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  While no one ever wants to need a sympathy card – it’s wonderful to have the tools at hand to make one.  The Timeless Tulips bundle is simply perfect – with sentiments that say just the right thing.  And the Parisian Beauty bundle lends elegant texturing and interest.  I hope you like!

TTFN
M

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