Sadly last week I lost a dear friend who left behind a mammoth legacy. She died at the age of 84, survived by her 13 (she had 15 in all) children, 36 grandchildren and 4 great grand children. Her funeral was put together by herself prior to her passing (which was sooooooo her) and it was magical.
Over the years I had made her many things....mainly in tones of her favourite colour....blue. So it was only fitting that the card I gave to her family reflected that too. Here is her card.....
I struggled with the way I wanted to lay this out. I wanted the blue to pop and initially I had no matting....just the rose sitting on dimensionals....but is was very flat. The rose was coloured on Vanilla CS with blender pens....something I know I need a lot more practice at.
In the end, the matts won out...and I am thankful they did. I also found I had a lot more "space' to work with on a square as opposed to a rectangular card. The rose and sentiment were still popped up on dimensionals.
Thanks for popping by.
Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue (butterfly) and Roman Print Square Card
Ink: (SU) Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Pear Pizzaz, Old Olive (all used colouring the rose)
Stamps: Kaszzaz Rose, KaiserCraft Sympathy Sentiments
Other Bits: Blender Pens, Dimensionals, SU Beautiful Wings embosslit die, Rhinestones
Lynda xx
7 comments:
OMG Lynda,I am so sorry you lost your friend.Your card is STUNNING and just so elegant....perfect for a dear friend.Take care and remember all the lovely times you had together.
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Beautiful card Lynda, made even more special by the love and care you put into it. Can't help with the Kaiser stamps, I find them difficult to ink up too, so I'll watch to see if anyone has a solution! Momento ink maybe? Lovin' the new blog background too - so "in" right now!
Sorry to hear of the lost of a dear friend of yours.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
The card is stunning Lynda.
Lynda, Sorry to hear of the passing of a dear friend. I think you have done a beautiful job with the card - and the colouring.
Sending you hugs,
Love Jenny xx
I'm so sorry to hear you've lost a dear friend Lynda. She sounds like a wonderful and inspiring person. Your card is beautiful and I love the softer look of colouring with blender pens.
I can't help with the Kaiser stamps either as I have exactly the same issues, I've even tried Memento and that is the same so I don't think it's the ink...perhaps the stamps instead.
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Such an elegant card Lynda, it is stunning. Hugs to you for the lose of your friend.
Just stunning Lynda .... I love that rose and I admire your patience with the fussy cutting! Sorry to hear of your loss, thoughts and prayers to you and the family!
Kaiser stamps I find that dye inks don't work that well, and have much better success with pigment and chalk inks.
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