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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Thinking of You/Condolences

I find it a little difficult to create a card for a person's passing. You (the creator) don't want it to be too dark and sad, but you also don't want the card to be too bright and cheerful. This is what I designed, and I'm quite pleased with it.  


I began with a 5"x7" card, and the blue K&Co. papers. I used a brown ink pad to age the edges of every single piece of paper used for this card. I also used a recycled brown silk ribbon from a gift.


Unfortunately, I do not know which cart was used to cut the green cartouche because it was from my sister, Angie's (over at My Paper Productions) miscellaneous pile of non-used Cricut cuts, but I will be sure to check with her later. I used unmounted Friskar stamps for the sentiment and pop-dotted it. The bird brad and the solid brad, used for the cartouche are BasicGrey Glazed Brads.


I used the Strait from the Nest cartridge to cut the feathers. I pop-dotted the smaller feather, and then made a home-made coil out of wire so the larger feather would wobble around. As you can see in the picture below, I used another feather to attach the spring--sort of as a shadow, if you will, and then attached the bottom feather to the card using my ATG gun.


On the inside, I used another feather and aged everything with a brown ink pad once again. I found the sentiment online, and it says "I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death.  They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make.  Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories.  We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love."   -Leo Buscaglia. I printed the sentiment from my computer using brown ink, and then cut it down to size and mounted it.

I'm very proud of this card. It was fun to create because it was a bit challenging.

18 comments:

  1. Your cards are amazing! Thanks for stopping by my blog :) I am now following you!!

    ~Jennifer

    http://mycreativecrafting.blogspot.com

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  2. We nice card, it's perfect thanks for sharing!

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  3. very nice, congratulations you did an amazing job with this card I love it!!
    martha

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  4. I love the distressed look and the K&CO paper is perfect. Nice card!
    Sherrie K.
    sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  5. I love this card and know it will bring comfort to the recipient. We would love it if you shared your project at TPV this week - we're going green :) Link back to us in your post for a a chance to win and join in our blog hop!

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  6. Lovely! Thanks for sharing your GREEN at the Paper Variety! Don't forget to hop to our DT blogs - more prizes to win :)

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  7. Ash, thanks for the comment on my card and for becoming a follower. I am now a follower on your blog as well!
    This card is lovely. I also find it difficult to make sympathy cards. You've done a fabulous job.

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  8. A VERY PRETTY CARD! Thanks for sharing

    http://www.dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

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  9. Yhank for stoping by my blog. I'm LOVING this card.
    xxx

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  10. this is the perfect mix! thanks for playing along with TPV!

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  11. Ash,
    I think your card turned out perfect (as usual)
    Thanks for sharing
    Hugs
    Stacy

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  12. Ash, it's just beautiful. Wow!

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  13. This is a perfect sympathy card, great job!

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  14. hi Ashley, This is a beautiful, classy card! Love it! Thanks for sharing w/us at the Paper Variety. :) p.s. love your blog background too!

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  15. Very pretty. Your very talented friend. Thanks for sharing.

    Blessings,
    Carol

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  16. such a lovely card. thanks for playing along with us at TPV! Sympathy cards are always the hardest to do, but usually turn out to be the most heartfelt, so kudos to you.

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  17. What a beautiful card!
    I have a give away over on my blog you might be interested
    http://www.dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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