As soon as I heard the theme of this month's challenge, I knew what stencil I would use first, the beautiful Long Daffodils stencil (LL428). My daffodils were actually starting to pop through last week, now they are covered with a blanket of snow! But, a few more warm days and they'll be fighting their way through again. Sadly my creation for this week is serving double duty, for this challenge and as a Sympathy card for my dear sister-in-law on the loss of her husband of 35 years. The daffodils give that perfect feel of comfort and hope of new life so I decided to change my card from a "spring" card to a "comfort" card. I think it worked out very well.
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| Long Daffodils - LL428 |
Here are the simple steps I used:
- Cut cream colored linen cardstock (4 1/4" x 11") and score in half to create an A2 size card that opens at the bottom
- Tape the stencil to the left side of the front of the card with removable tape
- Place the card, stencil side down on a light box, and use a stylus to dry emboss the image
- Move the stencil over to the right and down a little to emboss a second image
- Place the stencil back over the first embossed image and use small stencil brushes to stencil on color
- Repeat with the second image
- Tape off the word "comfort" from the Comfort combo (LG696) stencil and place the word in the upper right corner of the card
- Use a small stencil brush to stencil on brown ink
- Remove and clean the stencil
- Use a 3/4" or 1" brush to rouge a lighter brown ink around the edges
- Tie a yellow ribbon around the front portion of the card and tie a bow
- Place the Long Daffodils stencil along the left edge and stencil on color with small stencil brushes
- Tape off the "With Deepest Sympathy" part of the Comfort combo stencil and place it along the right side of the card
- Stencil brown ink through the words
- Rouge some light brown ink at the base of the flowers
- Attach the card to a small yellow mat (4 3/8" x 5 5/8") then to an A6 size piece of orange cardstock (4 3/4" x 6")
Happy Creating,
Louise
