With Sympathy

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Send Me Flowers

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is the second sympathy card I have been in need of within the last month.  Not fun, but necessary sometimes.  I started off with a brand new embossing folder for the background.  I always forget about using these, but they are so perfect for adding subtle texture and elegance.  I die cut a patterned paper focal piece and added some beautiful, die cut roses, leaves and flourishes before finishing it off with a simple stamped sentiment.  I used a gray ink as I thought black might be too harsh for the softness of the rest of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Sweet Life" roses and leaves and "Boutique Borders: Sympathy" sentiment

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Fancy Flourish"; PaperTrey Ink "Sweet Life"; unbranded Amazon stitched label die

Park Lane embossing folder

Challenges:

Craft Rockets #125--flowers

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #204--pretty flowers

Crafty Gals Corner #267--fill in the blanks-fancy . . . (flourishes and die cut shape)

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: floral delights

NBUS--never before used schtuff--this is the first outing for the embossing folder

Can You Handle the Pressure--florals with an embossing folder

Beautiful Blossoms #29--anything goes with optional mood board

Love Those Pretty Papers--anything goes with the optional twist: florals

Not 2 Shabby--mood board (I used the color combo)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #252--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #546--anything goes

Double D--patterned paper

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #629--sketch

Little Red Wagon #807--D is for die cut

CRAFT #755--anything goes

Crafty Catz #694--anything goes

Creative Fingers #301--anything goes