Freshly Made Sketches and Paper Players - Sympathy Card

Unfortunately my neighbor passed away this week after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. She and her husband were such an inspiration to me and my friends. We would see them walking each day hand in hand enjoying their time together in retirement. We would all remark how we hope we will be doing the same thing - enjoying outings and holding hands with our husbands.

I made this card using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches - I will also post it on the Paper Players challenge which features a flower themed challenge.

Stamps - Simply Soft, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Stazon black, marina mist, baja breeze, pear pizzazz, wild wasabi, sahara sand
Paper - Pocketful of Posies DSP, very vanilla, not quite navy card stock
Accessories - Oval dies, Square Lattice embossing folder, dimensionals

The Paper Players - Sketch Challenge

This week's challenge at The Paper Players is a great sketch challenge from Lesley.  I was inspired to create this card by a project I saw in Paper Crafts magazine using the emboss resist technique. I did use a few retired items - the Botanical Gazette DSP and All a Flutter stamp to coordinate with my resist image. 

I am actually proud that I pulled out the background honeycomb paper and USED it since I have been hoarding it since last Spring:). At times I become a little too attached to paper and ant to "save" it. I still have an unopened pack of Autumn Meadow DSP that I occasionally take out and admire. Perhaps a little therapy will persuade me to use it someday.

I hope you submit a lovely creation for this week's challenge. Make sure you visit the design team's beautiful blogs and leave a sweet comment. 

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaycee

Julie Marshall

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Tara Bilbao

Susan Joyce ( November GD)

Paper - Botanical Gazette DSP, more mustard, very vanilla, chocolate chip card stock

Stamps - French Foliage, Tiny Tags, Simply Soft

Ink - versamark, more mustard, chocolate chip

Accessories - black embossing powder, clear embossing powder, jewelry tag punch, crochet trim, very vanilla seam binding, vintage trinkets