It's that time again! Another fabulous color combo from Stacey over at the Curtain Call Color Challenge:
For some reason, these colors spoke "sympathy" to me - very calm and soothing... I always seem to have a hard time making sympathy cards and it's nice to have one or two on hand because, let's face it, we never know when we might need one.
I found a sketch from a few weeks ago over at Melissa Craig's Tuesday Morning Sketches that I thought would be perfect for a sympathy card ~ not too many layers needed here...
I picked a Verve sentiment that I had never used ~ one of their Plain Jane's, I believe ~ and quickly put this card together:
Recipe - Stamp: Comfort (Verve) Paper: To the Nines SP, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Always Artichoke, Whisper White Ink: Always Artichoke Accessories: Nestabilities, paper piercer, sponge dauber, Barely Banana grosgrain ribbon, Textile embossing folder, brads, scallop edge punch
No bow, no buttons, no pearls... are you all shocked? I like how this card turned out - even with all the things *missing*. :)
Now, you've seen my creation - be sure to stop in and check out what the rest of the Curtain Call Crew has done - they always amaze and inspire me:
Amy White at Devlinwhite Designs
Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) at Random Acts of Creativity
Julie Smith at Paper and Such
Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections
Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden
Sue Kohler at My Inner Reflection
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) at Random Acts of Creativity
Julie Smith at Paper and Such
Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections
Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden
Sue Kohler at My Inner Reflection
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Thanks for stopping by - enjoy your day!
11 comments:
Wow Melissa, this is awesome!! Great sponging - it's something that I'm yet to master... ;)
This is so pretty! The embossed background is a perfect touch and makes it so elegant! Great job with the color challenge!
♥Lea
This is beautiful, Melissa! Love, love, love the pierced and sponged main image with that embossed bg:)
Lovely work with this week's colour challenge. I run for the hills when it comes to sponging LOL but your's is wonderful.
Beautiful! I love the embossed background!
Lovely card Melissa! The embossed background is the perfect accompaniment to your sponged sentiment :)
Love this Melissa! Fantastic job!
Definitely not a "plain Jane." Your sponging is so subtle and PERFECT! I am horrible at this technique!
this is magical, love how you have put it all together to make is so elegant! :)
Pretty card !!
Beautiful card, I love the texture.
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