Simple Thoughts
Hello!
This past week I needed a thinking of you / sympathy card. The occasion itself has a lot of emotions tied up into it, so often the making of a card for such an occasion is hard and I see so many people ask for ideas and inspiration.
I've learnt to keep things simple and not over complicate the card, like I have today. I started out by selecting a colour theme, a product, a sentiment and a layout.
Here I chose Altenew Sugarplum ink collection, Altenew Fine Bouquet Die, a sentiment from The Stamping Village Thinking of You set and a card layout I am seeing a lot around social media.
I started out by masking my card to create the ink blended stripes using all of the colours from the ink collection. I've then added the die cut, which I have simply cut from white card. The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and adhered to the card using foam adhesive.
This card design again could easily be changed to suit a different occasion by changing up the colours and sentiment choice.
That's all from me this week, have a wonderful day & weekend and don't forget to fit in some creative time! Crafty Hugs Bev
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