SYMPATHY BLOOMS

 The Gallery Blooms Bundle and The Right Words stamp set were used for today's card.

The Gallery Blooms flower stem was heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder and then colored with Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive Watercolor Pencils.   This makes the coloring even easier because the raised image helps keep you in the lines!  😄.  After coloring, a Water Painter was used to blend the pencil color a bit.  

Watercolor Pencils are probably one of the easiest coloring mediums to use, but there are still a few tips and tricks to get the results you want.

Watch this video to learn a little more about the technique.

The card base and the frame are Smokey Slate cardstock.  

I kept the color palette soft as that feels appropriate for a sympathy card.  

Both sentiments on today's card are from The Right Words Stamp set.  This is an excellent set with a nice variety of thoughtful sentiments.

For a free tutorial of today's card, use this link to download a PDF with all the dimensions and step-by-step instructions.

A list of the products used is shown below.

Product List

Gallery Blooms Bundle [165213]	The Right Words Cling Stamp Set (English) [165316]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202]	Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163793]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 [161700]
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014]	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679]	Water Painters [168253]	Pretty In Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163784]
Beautiful Pattern 3 D Embossing Folder [167097]	Blooming Pearls [162238]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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BEAUTIFUL GALLERY - PRETTY AS A PICTURE

Happy Monday Stamping Friends!  This week I will be saying goodby to the Beautiful Gallery Suite of Products.

It's always a little sad to see some products leave, but we need to make room for more new and exciting products that will soon arrive.

For this card I die cut a two-piece frame from one of the beautiful designs in the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper (DSP) using a Gallery Blooms die.  I layered the larger outer frame directly to the card front and then popped up the smaller inner frame with dimensionals.

The Gallery Blooms Dies includes many different small floral die cuts.  I cut several of each from Basic White Cardstock and then colored them with Stampin' Blends--no stamping, just coloring the white die cuts with Blends.

Once I had them die cut and colored I arranged them inside the frame.  The colors I used were Mossy Meadow for all the stems and greenery, Calypso Coral and Petal Pink for the flowers.  When it was complete, it reminded me of a window box filled with pretty flowers!

The background behind the "window" is another design from Beautiful Gallery DSP.

For the inside of the card I used the same two DSP designs.  The message layer was die cut with a Beautiful Motifs Die.  I love these dies.  Some do not cut out the complete image.  Rather they just cut portions of the image to create texture.  It provides a very interesting and unexpected effect.

Use this link to download a PDF Tutorial with all the dimensions and step-by-step assembly instructions.

A list of the products used is shown below.

Product List

Beautiful Motifs Bundle (English) [165206]	Gallery Blooms Bundle [165213]	Prayers & Promises Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [167014]	Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]
Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165196]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285]	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890]
Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881]	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893]	Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder [161600]	Pearlized Faceted Circles [166978]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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SERVING UP MORE LEFTOVERS

I have been having so much fun making cards this week with "leftovers!"  A side benefit is that the two boxes of "leftovers" that have been accumulating are now nicely organized!

Today's card uses two techniques, Watercolor Embossed Vellum and Heat Embossing Glimmer Paper.  If you missed these videos on Learning with Friends, watch a replay and learn how to do these techniques to make beautiful cards.

The one "new" thing that I added to the card to make the Embossed Peach Pie Glimmer Paper flower from Gallery Blooms pop a bit was to also create a Night of Navy die cut with the same flower.  

I offset the Night of Navy die cut just a bit behind the flower which created a shadow effect.  I also die cut a couple of NIght of Navy leaves and added those on each side of the flower.

A Night of Navy glittery bow finished the card front.  I tested putting a sentiment in various spots, but every place I tried detracted from the flower and background.  So, I added a sentiment on the inside of the card and called it good-to-go.

There were no leftovers used on the inside of the card, but that's OK.  I still ended up with a beautiful card with minimal work -- and two less "leftovers" in my box!

Use this link to download a copy of the tutorial.  But, I really hope you have been inspired to use YOUR leftovers!

The products I used are listed below.  Most of these "leftovers" are still are available.

Product List

Gallery Blooms Bundle [165213]	Beautiful Butterflies Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164608]	Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161717]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856]	2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [163771]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891]	Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674]	Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154903]
So Swirly Embossing Folder [163791]	Night Of Navy & Gold 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Glittered Ribbon [162011]	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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