With Heartfelt Sympathy

OR

... you could call it Narcissus Take Two

... I liked the simple elegance of my earlier card that I thought it would be a nice design to use for sympathy cards, so here we go again ...

My cards use the beautiful "Narcissus" digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place Store.

I combined the "Narcissus Posey" pre-coloured digital stamp with the

"With Heartfelt Sympathy" digital sentiment from the

"Tell It To The Trees" digital stamp set.

This is an older stamp set and, sadly, it is now retired from the Beccy's Place Store.

=> I highly recommend that you become a follower of the Beccy's Place Blog

... apart from being inspired while seeing Beccy's stamps in action,
Beccy shares fabulous techniques and tutorials, introduces new releases,

and occasionally gives access to retired images
... one day the "Narcissus" or "Tell It To The Trees" digital stamp set

may become available for sale as part of Beccy's "Throwback Thursday"

events, where retired stamps are made available for 48 hours.

I opened the "Narcissus Posey" pre-coloured digital stamp (from "Narcissus" digital stamp set) in Silhouette Studio and sized the image to fit neatly on the front of a portrait 5" x 7" card.  I added the "With Heartfelt Sympathy" digital sentiment (from the "Tell It To The Trees" digital stamp set).

I printed the image-sentiment panel on smooth white 300gsm Letter sized cardstock, scored at 5", folded, burnished the fold, then trimmed off the excess cardstock to

... almost ... finish the cards.

I used to print my digital images to colour with Copic Markers using a B&W laser printer but we now have a colour printer that uses pigment inks, so I have the bonus of safely being able to add extra colour to pre-coloured images without worrying about damaging my markers.  I added some extra colour and dimension to the flower stems using G24 and G29 Copic Markers.

Next came some Wink of Stella magic.

I added a delicate sparkle to the accent lines on the narcissus flowers. 

Click on the image below to see the delicate sparkle.

   

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INGREDIENTS

"Narcissus" digital set from the Beccy's Place store

"Narcissus Posey" pre-coloured digital stamp

"Tell It To The Trees" digital stamp set from the Beccy's Place store

"With Heartfelt Sympathy" digital sentiment

These digital stamp sets are now retired but you can see projects created

using "Narcissus" HERE and "Tell It To The Trees" HERE on the Beccy's Place Blog

smooth white 300gsm cardstock

scoreboard & bone folder - to form top fold of card

sharp craft knife + self healing cutting mat + steel ruler

- for cutting image panel to form cards

Copic Markers - G24-G29 - to add colour and dimension to the flower stems

Wink of Stella - Clear Glitter Brush - to add delicate sparkle to the flowers

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I have entered my card in the following challenges:

August Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges