Heartful Sympathy

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was a quiet one. My hubby got a new iPhone and iPad so I had to set those up for him. Verizon and Apple make it so easy to transfer data from the old device to the new. I just had to move his widgets back to the home screen instead of the folder our grandson put them in a while ago. He never knew where any of the apps were. It was a crazy setup that I undid for him.  

I also did some house cleaning and cooking. Friday night we had some delicious salmon with an herb butter. Saturday night I made homemade pizza. We like ours with a pesto instead of a red sauce. And the crust was a cauliflower crust. The crust was ok, but I prefer the usual flour crust. 

Now onto to my card for today. I unfortunately needed a sympathy card for a friend who just lost her husband. I used a stamp set from Gina K for the frame, palm trees and sun. I thought the setting sun would work for a sympathy card.

I used a variety of distress inks to create my background. The clouds are done in kitsch flamingo, squeezed lemonade and wild honey.

For the water I blended shaded lilac, wilted violet, stormy sky and faded jeans.

Well, that's it for me for this post so until next time.....God bless. 

Card Details:

Stamps: framescape tropical skies (Gina K designs), with heartfelt (Rubber Cottage)

Paper: polished pink, basic black (Stampin' Up), bristol smooth (Canson)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: tuxedo black (Memento), daffodil delight (Stampin' Up), kitsch flamingo, squeezed lemonade, wild honey, shaded lilac, wilted violet, stormy sky, faded jeans distress inks (Ranger)

Accessories: mini cloud stencil (MFT)

Techniques: ink blending

I am also entering:

1.  A Perfect Time to Craft has an anything goes challenge. 

2.  Crafts Galore Encore has an anything goes challenge. 

3.  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends is anything goes. 

4.  Crafty Calendar is anything goes. 

5.  Crafting Happiness has a sunny days challenge.