Sad to say, I needed to make a lot of sympathy cards this past week. I know I am going to need more. I put on some hymns to listen to and stamped away. it was very therapeutic for me. I do feel so for those who lost loved ones. Especially when they are not so very old. It makes my heart so very sad. I’m glad I can make a bit of beauty to share with them and hope it gives them just a bit of comfort. Since these are all the same style I will group them rather than making separate posts.
For all of these I used the masking technique. I have long enjoyed the work of Kim O’Connell and she used this technique. I have done this before but kind of forgot about it and was glad for the reminder. So you mask off your piece of card stock, I used wide frog tape to cover my card stock. Next, I start blending in the white space with distress inks and a sponge or blending tool. Leaving the tape in place I stamped the silhouettes. I use a punched circle to create the illusion of sun/moon after I have already laid down a bit of color and then sponge more color onto the card stock.
These come together quickly and have such a lovely feel to them. For the third one in, I removed the tape and then tamped my images as I wanted the leaves to be a bit outside the box.
The last two cards are Prickley Pear images, the other two are Stampin Up and then the geese are from Stampscapes.
All so very pretty and lovely! You are really get some stamping done, WTG!!
ReplyDeleteStunning set of cards! Beautiful sponged color and I love the look of the masked framing!
ReplyDeleteVery gorgeous cards. Sad given the occasion they are made for. You rock that sponged look.
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