Wow, it has been awhile since I blogged. I have been making cards but haven't been able to post any. My computer was malfunctioning. It ended up in the shop for a week. They had to revert it to factory and rebuild from there. So then I had to spend another week reloading all my programs and finding the ones they had backed up. One error I made, I forgot to tell them to back up iTunes so when my husband went to sync his iPod, all the tunes erased. OOPS!! Now I have to spend some time reloading his tunes.
Well anyway here is my card for
Pals Paper Arts who provided this sketch:
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and
The Playdate Cafe for this color challenge:
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Here is my card:
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I think it is such a challenge to balance the solemnity of a sympathy card while making it something pretty to bring a little comfort.
Supplies: Papers and butterfly (stamp & punch) from SU, Label die from Spellbinders, Sentiment from Hero Arts, It is hard to tell here but there are pearl accents on butterfly and daisy center.