Heartfelt Sympathy

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Here's a sympathy card I made today.  I was inspired by several challenges (see below), and I was in the mood for stamping (no digis). 

I stamped the flower on a torn dictionary page, using watercolour markers instead of ink, and mounted it on torn black cardstock.  For the base of the card, I embossed green cardstock with text on the right-hand side and stamped a floral border in black on the left.  I affixed the image to the card with foam tape and added white ribbon and a sentiment that was stamped in black on a white scrap and inked the edges in black.  I embellished with green and white die-cut vines, black and green punched butterflies, a white bow, and black gems.  Here are the supplies I used:

• Stamps:  Flower (The Artful Stamper), floral border (Kelly Panacci), sentiment (Kaisercraft)
• Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
• Watercolour markers:  Tombow
• Cardstock:  Recollections
• Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Text
• Dies:  Memory Box Geneva Vine
• Punches:  EK Success
• Ribbon:  Offray
• Gems:  Dollarama
• Sketch:  Annabelle Stamps AC168
• Colour inspiration:  Rockwell Designs

Tender Shoots Card Challenge

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Annabelle Stamps Blog Sketch Challenge AC168 (see above) UE C7
Aud Sentiments #85 Sympathy 5E #1
Blessings Ink Amusing Challenges Anything Goes 2E #2
Fashionable Stamping Script/Book/Pages/Print 3E #1
Lady Anne's Challenge #4 Monochrome 3E #1 C10
LEJ Designs Challenge Blog #64 Distressing or Paper Tearing 3E #1
Rockwell Designs Tender Shoots Card Challenge (see badge with colour inspiration above) UE

Thank you for looking at my card - I enjoy reading your comments.  Have a wonderful day!