Lovely Blossoms, The Right Words, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a sympathy card to share with you. This is such a versatile layout that you could use it for a number of other occasions or events. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 2-3/4" piece of Basic White for the top solid layer. On top of that layer I cut strips of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Lovely Blossoms" 12" x 12" package. Going from left to right the pieces measure 1" x 3-3/4", 3/4" x 3-3/4" and 1/2" x 3-3/4". These were cut from a 3-3/4" x 2-1/4" piece of the DSP. The peach color is the backside of the floral side. I taped the strips in place. I always tape the end pieces on first and then fit in the center piece. 

The piece was set in place on the center of the card.

The words are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped using black Memento ink. I cut the out using the die from the "Countryside Corners" set. Dimensionals were added to the back but not on about 1/2" from the left side. You don't want Dimensionals were the piece hangs over the striped panel.

I had some green "Candy Dots" (retired) and I added them to the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a super quick and easy card to make. The most difficult part was trying to figure out what colors of DSP to use for the piece. There's so many fun possibilities in all the packages I have. I may take some retired card stock and whip up a few cards using this layout. And I may try adding a textured layer to the top of the card base to it won't look so plain. But for a sympathy card, plain is what it needed.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's sympathy card,
Wanda