Hello and welcome to your next stop on the Pinkfresh Studio “Gentle Greetings & Greenery” blog hop! Pinkfresh has a lovely collection of new designs out today. I made a sympathy card with the Thinking of You stamp, stencil, and die sets. I’ve been fortunate that I haven’t had to make one for a while, but I imagine it doesn’t hurt to have one or two in your stash, as it might be challenging to get creative in your craft room when you need one.
When it came to designing this, all I kept thinking about was keeping the design gentle and relatively simple or clean. I decided to use green, with a lot of white space and rounded the edges of my card.
I started with the topping panel of my 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 in. sized card. I used PFS’s Fresh Pear and Grassy Knoll ink colors to blend an area of green fading to white to place my flower over. Then, I splattered black over the same area, protecting the rest of the card with scrap paper. I set that aside to dry and started on the flower.
I put a cardstock panel into my stamping platform and stamped the image with Ballet Slipper. Then, I used the 4-stencil set to color everything in. I also used the stencil to add some leaves amidst the green background. It’s pretty subtle. I initially stamped with light pink ink to keep my options open. I could put the image back in the platform to stamp with black detail ink (or emboss over the finished coloring) if I wanted to.
I used the following colors for the flowers: Soft Lilac and Lavender, Sheer Freesia and Wisteria, and Slumber and Blue Jay. To make things a little more interesting, I also decided to use lemon whip and apricot. I used the same greens for the stems and leaves but added some yellow for that “new growth” look.
I decided not to stamp over the image. I liked how all the colors blended into each other, almost like watercolor. And because I originally stamped the image using a light ink, the outline doesn’t show.
I used the stencil to apply a small amount of glitter gel over a few of the petals and set that aside to dry.
I used a sentiment from the Thinking of You stamp set on the now-dry splattered panel. There are two large sentiments and four secondary sentiments. I stamped a large and beautiful scripty “With Sympathy” with Detail Black, cut the topping panel down, and rounded the corners with a corner punch. I used foam tape to pop the die-cut floral image up over the blend of green on the panel and tucked in a few Clear Drops: Leaf. Then, I decided to add a loose, curly organza bow. And I was done with my card.
I hope some of these design choices have inspired you to make something new today! Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Anne
Anett Gelencser was ahead of me in the hop order, and Betty Wright is next! Here is a link to the Pinkfresh Studio blog to see the entire hop line-up.
🥳GIVEAWAYS:
-Pinkfresh is giving away the full release on the blog & YouTube channel.
-PFS is also giving away TEN $25 gift cards along the hop. The winners will be picked from the comments.
The winners will be pulled and posted on December 18, 2024, on the GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within two weeks.
Beautiful, Beautiful card. I need more sympathy cards and this one is so gorgeous!
Thank you!!
Beautiful 🥰
Thank you!
I’m not very good at coloring large images or spaces but the small amount of color on these is perfect. Just a little and it will still look smooth. Love it.
I did love coloring these in. Thanks for stopping by, Lana!
Lovely card 😍
Thanks, Anna!
Gorgeous!
Thank you!
Your card is so soft and pretty! The perfect sympathy card.
Thanks so much, Marchelle!
Thank you for this card design! I love the ink blending and color choices for the lilacs.
Thank you, Kim!
I love that you hung your grouping from the top corner! Fabulous!
Thank you, Jill!
Dear Anne,
What a beautiful card. I have had, unfortunately, to send a raft of sympathy cards lately. I might have to copy this design b/c it’s so lovely. And you used one of my all-time fave colors of any line: Fresh Pear. Great card, even if the reason for it is not great.
Lori S in PA
Hi Lori! So sorry for your need for sympathy cards lately, and I’m very happy to lend inspiration. (Fresh Pear is a great color to denote new and growing things, I think it’s a good choice for sympathy cards.) Thanks so much for stopping by! 🩷
love the soft feel of this card. So nice!
Thank you, Katherine!
WOW, the colors are gorgeous! I love this look…
Oh, thanks so much, Sharon!
Such a lovely card. I love the pastel colors used in your creation.
Thank you, Cindy!
What a lovely card, lovely soft colors.
Wonderful! Thank you!
I love this card , the colors go with the sentiment. soft and loving
That sounds great, thank you, Sheri!
Very soft and pretty sympathy card.
Thank you!
Great idea to use the flowers from the top. Great card!
Thank you kindly!
So sweet!
Thank you!
Such a lovely card; beautifully designed and colors so soft.
Thanks, Gayle! 🩷
Beautiful sympathy card.
Thank you!
So elegant! Perfect for sympathy!
Gorgeous Sympathy card, glad there is no need for one! Very pretty!
Hi Donna! Thank you!
Hi Meghan! Thanks!
love the color palette
Thanks for coming by, Joni!
Such lovely soft colors.
Thank you, Carol!
This a beautiful sympathy card
Thanks, Susan!
Oh my gosh, what a BREATHTAKING card! And so usable for so many occasions! Thanks so much for sharing!
I’m so glad you like it! Thank you, Brenda! 🩷
Gorgeous card
Thank you, Susan!
This is a sweet sympathy card. Muted but beautiful. I like the background with the flowers popped over the background.
Thank you!
We always need sympathy cards. Very nive!
Thank you, Cindy!
This card is so pretty. I think the colors are so fun and this is an amazing and versatile release! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Beautiful card, Anne!
Thanks, Paula!
What a beautiful color palette! And the green ink blending behind it is such a nice way to highlight the focal piece. Beautiful!
Thanks so much!
Anne this is one of the most beautiful cards I have ever seen! So gorgeous!
Oh, you’ll turn my head! Thank you, Rachel! 🩷😊
Beautiful colors!
Thank you!
Stunning.
Thank you!
Beautiful card! Lovely coloring, pretty background.
Thank you, Laurie!
Very pretty! Such a simple but elegant card
Thanks so much, Melissa!
delicate and lovely
Your card is just beautiful! I love the soft look and the ribbon is such a wonderful embellishment
I love the font of the sentiment and your color choices.
So beautiful and elegant. I love the soft colors and design. Thank you
Wonderful card! Sadly I need more sympathy cards than anything else.
Thank you, Deb!
Oh so lovely. The colors look so very nice
Thank you!
Hi, BMJ! Your cards are always so dreamy good!.
Hey Mari! 🙂 Hope all is well. Thank you, lady! 🩷-BMJ
Love your card!
Thanks, Sharon!
Just stunning
Thank you, Nina!
Beautiful card and use of colors!!
Stunning card! Your colors are perfect and I love that you turned the stem upside down!
Wow – beautiful!
All of your samples are gorgeous! Great inspiration!
I’m so glad you like them! Thank you!
Love the tags! Beautiful work
Thanks for stopping by, Linda!
Love the soft green halo.
Thank you, Amy!
Never know what to do for a sympathy card and this is a beautiful example. Thank you for sharing
beautiful sympathy card
Simple & Very pretty.
Thank you!
Soft & beautiful card!!
Gorgeous card!
I absolutely LOVE your ink choice on the lavender! And your card design is wonderful! So glad I ‘stopped by’ today.
Oh, thanks so much! 🩷
Simple but elegant. Lovely!
Thank you, Phyllis!
Thanks so much!
Sympathy cards that brighten their day will always be cherished. Great release
Oh, that’s kind. Thank you, Linda!
Beautiful Sympathy card! Love the layout and colors!
Gorgeous Sympathy card, glad there is no need for one! Very pretty!
What a beautiful design! I love the colors you chose!
Gorgeous card design, I love those colors.
What a gorgeous sympathy card! The soft colors are so soothing. I love that the winners are chosen on my birthday. Maybe it will bring me luck!
Oh, good luck! Happy birthday! And thank you!
So soft and beautiful. Love the colors on the buds.
Amazing!
Your designs are the absolute best!
So soothing and calmly simple – the perfect sympathy card.
I would get this set just for the beautiful Sympathy sentiment, but it is just so nice! Your card is lovely and sweet!
Stunning! The colors are so vibrant and very pretty
Thank you, Amy!
Simply beautiful. Love the swiftness of the colors.
Thank you, Audrey!
So lovely! Love the soft look … perfect for a sympathy card.
Beautiful card. I think sympathy cards are so hard to make and this one is very nice with the subdued colors.
I do so love when the sentiment sets have those handwritten looks. This is so gorgeous and the sentiment looks wonderful. Great job there…from the other Anne with an e. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Hi Anne! I love those, too! Thank you!
Lovely Card!
Thank you!
What a lovely card. I like the colors you used for the lavender! The large with Sympathy sentiment is elegant! TFS
What A lovely sympathy card. I love the colors you have chosen. Thank you Anne
Thank you, Naomi!
I can’t help but think it is a ill omen to make a sympathy card ahead of time. I don’t want to bring bad luck in.
Oh! That’s an interesting viewpoint, Roxanne. I think if you swap out this sentiment for another, it would work for many occasions. Thanks for stopping by!
So delicate and beautiful… the perfect sympathy card!
Beautiful card!
Love this card, can’t wait to make one just like it. It is amazing.
Oh Anne, this is beautiful. It is always difficult to make a sympathy card, but you showed how to do it. The colors are so soft and uplifting, and I like your layout. A really great card!
Thank you very much, Kathy Jo!
Really beautiful sympathy card….just bright enough to bring comfort to the recipient.
Beautiful card!
Ooh so sweet! love the colours
Your card is very sweet! 🩷
So pretty! The flowers look amazing!
Sympathy cards are always the hardest to make.
Soft and beautiful card.
Your sympathy card is so lovely
I love how you have the blooms hanging down.. wonderful card.
This is such a beautiful sympathy card. I love the ink blending you did on the lavender. You inspired me to try those ink colors together!
Love the card. It really made me focus on how pretty the font is on the sentiment.
So pretty! Wonderful design and colors!
I love how you did the floral from the top!!
Wow, wow, WOW! Beautiful card!
I love the candy-colored blooms on that lavender!
Oh, thanks so much, Stacy! 🩷
So pretty! I love the lavender and your colors.
Thank you, Jade!
Beautiful sympathy card! Thanks for sharing! 🌸😊
Thanks, Gail!