I have returned from an amazing Celebration of Life
service for my very dear friend. I
was one of eight asked to speak about a specific topic of her life. What an honor and blessing. Memorial services truly are a time to
celebrate a life well lived. I
will miss her friendship but know this was not a goodbye . . . but I will see
you soon in the glory of God's presence in heaven.
I created this card for her beloved mother, whom I
have known for almost as long.
This is the second of five sympathy cards I made for her family.
I started with my version of Blackberry Bliss card
stock trimmed to A 2 size, 6 1/4" x 9" folded in half. Spellbinders Labels Eight and
Decorative Labels Eight were die cut from white card stock and Raspberry Ripple
make up the lower layers. The top
layer is stamped on Wisteria Wonder in Tsukineko Brillance Gold with an image
from Unity Stamps' Beautiful Life, Blessed Memories set. It is heat embossed with Stampendous
Sahara Pearls embossing powder. I purposely
shopped for sympathy images over the last few months as I knew my friend's time
was short. The layers are adhered
with dimensional foam adhesive.
The butterfly is a die cut by Cheery Lynn Designs,
Exotic Butterfly Small #2 die cut in white card stock and colored with craft
chalks. It is backed with Small
Angel wings by Cheery Lynn Designs in gold card stock. The die cut was pressure embossed so it
would merge nicely with the upper layer. The card is finished with a few DCWV
pearls and a triple looped bow tied on my Bows-It-All 2. I am very pleased with the front of the finished
card.
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| Inside of the card |
Since the card stock was so dark I decided to decorate the inside of the card, using the same Spellbinders dies and white and gold card stock. The inside image is stamped in Tsukineko Versa Magic and is another sentiment from the Unity Stamps' Beautiful Life, Blessed Memories set.
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inspired by and entered in the following challenges.
BEAUTIFUL! I wish I lived closer so you could make a couple for a friend of mine who is battling cancer.
ReplyDeleteStunning! this is a fabulous card, elegant and beautiful. Thanks for joining in at Crafting By Designs this week. Mo xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with our theme at allsorts Tracy x
ReplyDeleteLovely card Neva. Love the dies and butterfly. Thanks for joining us at Going Grey With Scrap-Creations in our “Bingo Challenge” and we hope to see you again real soon. Hugs, Gale DT
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