I made the bg with gold stencil butter through a stencil on white cs. Silhouette cut the flower, sentiment and sentiment strip. Colored flower with water colors then dry embossed with matching ef. Swiped flower across black ink pad to pick up details of embossing. Created black mat layers and mounted on white sc base in mini slimline format. Attached all the pieces. Love how the gold really holds the image without taking over entirely. Here is the link to how I created the flower die cut from an ef image.
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Beautiful flower! Wonderful sympathy card.
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Thanks Lisa, it was a layout I really wanted to try with the black mat in two pieces then adding the lower white layer. Could work for any occasion.
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Stunning – love the gold with the very unique flower!
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Thanks Diana, fun to have a matching flower to an embossing folder even when I don’t use the folder.
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The flower is gorgeous with the gold background.
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Thanks Judy, I do love gold and it get the red too.
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Beautiful!! The gold stenciled background is perfect for that beautiful flower. Wonderful sympathy card.
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Thanks Gerry, it is a great way to show respect and condolences.
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Your flower is beautiful; love how you added the color and cut it out from the embossed paper/panel. It looks fantastic against the gorgeous gold background you created. Beautiful card for someone who needs comfort or prayers.
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Thanks Lisa, your support and encouragement is greatly appreciated. It actually is a die cut I created from the image in the center of an embossing folder. It was embossed after coloring.
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Bonnie, I LOVE tis card. The background os really cool- right up my ally! Thanks for playing along with us at Color Dare ❤️
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Thanks so much Aimee, love playing along at Color Dare. Really helps me in being more aware of how colors play together and why they don’t.
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Stunning card. The gold stencil butter stenciled background is perfect for your beautiful strong flower.
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Thanks Gayle, so cool you phrased it that way because I had the flower done and was trying to decide the bg when this came to me to try.
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This is so pretty – the gold makes a great background. Thanks for sharing with us at Colour Dare 🙂
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Thanks Alyson, I think silver would be great too or even platinum.
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This is such a sweet card.
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THanks, I really like the layout and the use of sentiments on the different parts.
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Beautiful sympathy card. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.
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Thanks for your support.
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Beautiful! I love that bold gold in the background. Thank you for joining us at Color Dare!
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Thanks so much for the kind words and wonderful challenges.
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How beautiful your card is… love the gold for your background of the pretty floral. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.
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Thanks Suzanne, I always love hearing from you and this challenge was one that I really enjoyed. Some are just harder then others.
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