Bittersweet Days

Howdy!  Adrienne here from Eagle Canyon Arts.  Thanks to Sheila for inviting me to be a guest designer this month and Happy New Year!

Sometimes in the midst of celebrating the joy of holidays, we also experience the bittersweet occasion of mourning the passing of a friend or family member.  Such was the case for us last month.  Here is the card I sent to the family. 

Supplies needed:
Twilight Ink (retired) 
Avonlea Papers (retired) 
"Be Still" Stamp (A1141) 
"Words of Comfort" Stamps (retired, suggest "Look to the Light" B1428) 
Just Blooms Butterflies (retired)

I sanded the edges of the papers to give them a worn look.  The butterflies were daubed with a couple different colors of ink to match the paper color.  Inside, the card has a fitting expression with a small grouping of flowers. Thanks for looking at this project.  Best wishes for the New Year!

Matthew 7:7

Sympathy Cards

Isn't this just beautiful? I know it is hard to believe but this beautiful card is a Sympathy card. Then to add to that all the paper I used was from leftovers! Yup, leftovers from a birthday card I made. Well these flowers were on the back of that printed paper. It was from one of the spring K and Company stacks, awesome hey?

This was my stack of left overs. All I did was fussy cut each of the flowers and buds out. I know it is hard to believe but there was actually enough to make two cards! I used some green 8 1/2x11" card stock cut in half and folded and placed a large flower down and then pop dotted the others for dimension.

Notice I even folded the flower so part of it actually went on the back of the card.

As I didn't have any stamps for sympathy cards, I typed a sentiment and ran it off on card stock, trimmed it adhered it down and then embellished it with one of the little buds that I cut out.

Now I don't know about you but I think I am going to take a second look at my leftover stack as I really love the way this turned out. I am trying to add to my selection of cards so that no matter if it is an occasion or a sad season in one's life I want to have a card completed so I can just reach in my card box and have one ready.

I sure hope you like today's simple little card and come back real soon. Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments continue to inspire me to keep on sharing.