I made both of these sympathy cards from a single sheet of 6" X 6" piece of scenery DSP. I love these muted scenes for sympathy cards, so I try to make the most of each sheet. If you look carefully at the two pieces of scenery, you can see that they fit together to make one scene with the stream in the center.
I cut 3/4" off top of the 6" X 6" piece and then simply cut it in half so that each piece was 3" wide.
I also cut a 1" X 5 1/4" piece of wood-grain patterned DSP and adhered it over a narrow piece of dark green cardstock (the same cardstock that was used for the base) so that a 1/8" edge was exposed on the right hand side.
After stamping a sentiment onto the scenery piece of DSP, I glued it to the righthand side of the front so that a 1/8" border showed at the top, bottom and right side. Then I glued down the woodgrain piece so that there was a 1/8" border on the top, bottom and left side of the card front. I allowed the dark green edge to overlap the scenery DSP to ensure there were no gaps.
The photo above is a better look at the other card, made exactly the same way.
Finally, I stamped a sentiment on a white panel and adhered it to the inside.
I think this is my favorite way to make sympathy cards. Do you have a favorite way to make them? If you do, I'd love it if you'd share.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl
1 comment:
These are beautiful. I like the use of muted scenery for sympathy cards. I'm going to take a new look at my 6x6 papers.
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