Sending Heartfelt Condolences

Hello everyone. Justin here, and today I am sharing the type of card that nobody loves making, but we all find ourselves needing to make them from time to time: sympathy cards. And let’s also be honest, sometimes you need to make one quickly. Today I am showing off how I used the new Sketched Florals set with some of the amazing Pink & Main embossing powders to create a no-coloring required sympathy card.

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First, let me share a list of products used to create this card!

Pink & Main Products Used:
Sketched Florals Stamp Set
Stitched Rectangles Set 1 Dies
Inked Oasis Paper Pack
Construction Cardstock
Licorice Embossing Powder
Embossing & Watermark Ink Pad
Silver Glossy Dots
Magic Anti-Static Brush

Other Products Used:
Catherine Pooler Inks: Limoncello, Catching Rays, Bellini, Do Si Do & Coral Cabana
Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink
Blending Cardstock
Vellum

This card was really easy to put together. I used 5 dye inks and smooshed them across a piece of blending cardstock (hint: when doing this, I recommend going from your lightest to darkest color. This prevents discoloration on your ink pad!). I spritzed the panel with water and then I cut out the panel with the 2nd largest die from the Stitched Rectangles Set 1 die set. I trimmed a piece of Construction Cardstock to be slightly larger than the rectangle, and adhered my striped panel.

Next, I used my Magic Anti-Static Brush over a piece of vellum, and stamped one of the floral images from the Sketched Florals Stamp Set in Embossing Ink. I then poured Licorice Embossing Powder over it and set it with my heat gun. I fussy cut the flower out and set it aside.

I used the largest die from the Stitched Rectangles Set 1 Die Set and die cut a one of the patterns from the Inked Oasis Paper Pack. I adhered my Construction & Inky panel directly to the Inked Oasis panel with liquid adhesive. Then, I carefully applied liquid adhesive to the back of my vellum flower, doing it directly underneath the embossed areas so it wouldn’t show through once adhered. I adhered my flower to my panel and placed an acrylic block on top so I got solid contact for an extended period of time.

I finished my card off by stamping my sentiment in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, adhering some Silver Glossy Dots, and adhering my panel to an A2-sized card base.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Pink & Main Blog today! I’m hoping this project gives you a some inspiration for how you can whip up a quick sympathy card when you need it in a pinch.

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Thank you again for stopping by! Happy Crafting!

Justin