Sunset Coast, Scenic Coast, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a sympathy card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here. There was no link to how it was made so please read on to see how I put it together.

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

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White and I taped it to the inside.

A 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Azure Afternoon card stock was cut for the front of the card. I textured it using the "So Swirly" (retired) embossing folder.  I glued it to the front of the card.

Next I cut the lighthouse out. using the "Sunset Coast" die set and Night of Navy card stock. I cut the lighthouse piece out using the 3rd largest die in the "Everyday Arches" set. I made sure there was room on the bottom and sides so it looked like it was on a higher hill. I trimmed the sides to fit with the die cut sides.

The sunset is from the "Scenic Coast" 6" x 6" stack of Designer Series Paper (DSP). I laid the lighthouse piece on top of the DSP so I could see where it needed to be cut out to get the maximum "pretty" on the card. I cut it out using the same size die as I used for the lighthouse.

I took another piece of Night of Navy card stock and cut the layer behind the DSP using the next larger arched die. I glued the DSP to the larger Night of Navy arched piece. Then I taped the lighthouse piece down.  

Two die cut birds were taped in place in the sky. I had cut them out the same time as the lighthouse. There was a lot of open area to cut them out. I was glad they looked dark enough to they don't look so blue.

From the scraps of Night of Navy card stock I had cut a 1" x 4-1/4" strip and glued it to the front of the card about 7/8" from the bottom edge of the card base.

The arched layers were set in place on the front of the card. 

The words were done on my computer and I had cut them out with a retired die. They were sitting on my worktable and I thought this looked like a peaceful sympathy card. I set it in place with Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a very quick and easy card to make and I do like how it turned out.

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