Sympathies

 I haven't posted these sympathy cards I have had to make over the past couple of months, the first two were shocking, this first one was for one of the girls in our church whose mom passed unexpectantly, she was my age so it really lets you know that at anytime you can be gone from this world.

I used watercolor based markers directly onto the stamp and spritzed with water before stamping. The I took a stencil and went around it to frame it.

• Penny Black - Effulgent stamp using watercolor markers to color then stamp
• Penny Black - Background Basics Stencil
• Stampendous - Orchid Greetings sentiment stamp

I will be adding this card to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge anything goes

The next was for the husband of my cardmaking friend who also died suddenly. I tried adding my white ink to the raised portions of this embossing folder but it didn't turn out as white as I had liked even though I added a lot of layers to it.

• Gemini - Regency Swirls 3D embossing folder/ white ink
• Elizabeth craft designs - With Sympathy die
• Martha Stewart - Pearls

The last was from a lady in our church who lost her mother that was in her late 90's.  To me she lived a good long life and was ready to be with her Lord and Savior, so I made the card cheerful, although she will be missed she is happy now :) I used a watercolor page that was already embossed with these butterflies, I used my Aqua pencils to color them and an Aqua pen for the blue background.

• Spectrum Noir - Simply Beautiful, Colorista Aqua watercolor pad, colored using watercolor pencils for butterflies and Aqua pen for blue background
• Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort sentiment stamp

Thanks for stopping by today,

Connie