Hand-Penned Petals Sympathy Cards

I am always sad when I have to mail out a sympathy card to someone. I created a couple of cards to have in my stash ready to go. These cards are so simple and beautiful if you changed the sentiment out they could easily be a birthday or thinking of you card instead.

I wanted to dress up this already gorgeous DSP by just adding the large floral image from the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set. Let me know which version you like more.

Supplies

1 - 8 1/2"x 11" sheet of Pink cardstock

1 - 5 1/4" x 4" piece of DSP

1 - 3 1/2"x 3/4" piece of Basic White cardstock

Hand-Penned Petals stamp set

Heal Your Heart stamp set

Memento Black ink

Versamark Ink

Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Banner Punch (optional)

Stamparatus

Instructions

Take the 8 1/2"x11" sheet of cardstock cut it down to 8 1/2"x5 1/2" and score that at 4 1/4" on the long side.

I then took the piece of DSP and stamped the largest floral image from the hand-Penned Petals stamp set in Versamark ink in the center of the DSP. I highly recommend using a stamp positioning tool like the Stamparatus, this will allow you to re-stamp the image if it doesn't come out perfectly the first time ensuring a nice solid image for heat embossing. I did one card with clear embossing powder and the other with white embossing powder but you can choose whatever color matches the best. I generously poured the embossing powder over the image making sure I had covered the Versamark ink completely. You can do this over a scrap piece of paper or coffee filter make sure to dump the extra embossing powder back into the container and put the lid back on (you don't want it to go flying all over when you turn on the heat gun). You'll want to let the heat gun heat up for 5-10 seconds before you start blasting the paper. Hold the heat gun about 6-10 inches away from the paper and keep it moving over the image you are embossing. When the powder goes from grainy to smooth and shiny you're done embossing the image.

When I had finished heat embossing the image I adhered the DSP to the card front. I then took the strip of Basic White cardstock and stamped a sentiment from the Heal Your Heart stamp set in Memento Black ink. I then used my Tailored Tag punch to cut the bottom in to a banner end. You can use the Banner Pick a Punch or do it by hand with a pair of scissors.

I then adhered that strip to the front of the card. I kept it closer to the left side of the card. I really wanted to show off the heat embossed flowers.

Again let me know in the comments what version of the card do you like best the clear embossed or white embossed one?

Happy Paper Crafting! 

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