Monday, August 23, 2010

Monochromatic Monday...sympathy card

Good Monday Morning to everyone--hope you had a great weekend.  I had a pretty lazy weekend but got some great crafting done.
Today I want to share a very simple sympathy card.  It may be simple but I think it turned out to be one of the most elegant cards I have made to date!
I used a monochromatic color scheme in cream.  I used colonial white card stock from CTMH and a damask pattern from the DCWV At Home stack.  I inked the edges with Chamomile ink from Paper Trey ink (this and the Chi are must haves) and Yellow Cadmium from Color Box.  The two colors give a really nice vintage tea stained look.
I used the Manhattan Flower texture folder from Stamin Up/Sizzix, cut out the main flower and inked with the same two colors.


I have a lot of sentiment stamps but most of them are small, I found this one from A Stamp In The Hand in my garage sale haul box--the font was perfect for this card.  I stamped in a slightly darker color (desert sand from CTMH) so that it would be readable and blend in to the over all feel of the card.

I also finished the inside with a couple bits of the scrap pattern paper from the front of the card.
Thanks for stopping by today.  I am madly working on a project to share on Everyday Cricut on Saturday--but i do have a few more projects to share this week.
Make it a great one

22 comments:

  1. Wow!! This is really beautiful!! Awesome job w/ the inking

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  2. This is a very pretty card. Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

    http://iwycd.blogspot.com/

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  3. So beautiful!! Can't wait to see you today at i Frattelli!

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  4. Beautiful card and I love that it is a simple card because too many times I think we spend way to much time on a card that the recipient doesn't realize or care.

    Thank you for sharing.

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  5. Great card!! Perfect in every way!

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  6. Wonderful card, let's hope you don't need to send it to anyone.

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  7. Soooo elegant!! Beautiful!!! :)

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  8. Perfect! I would pick this one if I were at a store!

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  9. I really like this card. Classy!

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  10. I love that card and many times simple is the most elegant...I am scraplifting that one for sure.
    Thanks for sharing

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  12. Bryan,

    What a beautiful, elegant card!!! :)

    Glad you had a "lazy" weekend-I bet it feels good to be home!

    Looking forward to seeing you over at Everyday Cricut on Saturday...

    -Jennifer

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  13. What a beautiful card! Love everything about it.

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  14. What a gorgeous card. I absolutely love it.
    Mary Ann

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  15. Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.--Ryansmaama
    gkburrow@cmaaccess.com

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  16. this is soooo classic looking. very nice.

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  17. This might be your best card yet!
    VERY pretty card
    Thanks for sharing
    Susan

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  18. You do some of the most beautiful work, I got my mom set up with some blogs and yours is a must have. Thanks for sharing your talent. Smiles Mindy

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  19. What an elegant card! Everything about it says gentle concern and sympathy. Very nice work!
    Shellee

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  20. Hey Bryan,

    I viewed this card on the feed that comes to my email, but silly me, forgot to comment!! This is absolutely one of the most elegant and beautiful card, that I have seen. Thanks for the fantastic work you do, you are so talented!!! Oh yeah, I remember that day, I was feeling jealous again because you were lunching with Mel & Joy! LOL If you are ever in Augusta GA, let me know, maybe not a fancy restaurant, but I know this guy who makes some awesome BBQ ;), oh and I happened to be married to him..LOL

    ((((Hugs))))

    Lisa

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