This weeks F4A is Celebrate YOUR month. My birthday is in September and sapphire is my gemstone. I love the depth you can find in a sapphire.
I've been dragging my feet creating a sympathy card for a dear friend. The Birthday challenge was just the impetus I needed to translate my feelings. When I created this Gelli Print Scrap page, literally this was the page I rolled off my brayer. I couldn't trash it. And so these blue hues were absolutely perfect for my starry skies.
First I cut the star band on an edge. I underlaid the stars with another shimmery play page. Then I tore each edge. It was mounted on PTI 'Shadow' and then my card base is PTI 'White'. I stamped the sentiment onto an scrap piece of the same paper. It was embossed with PSX 'Silver Pearl' ep. I cut out the first two lines of the quote and mounted it on the front.
The rest was torn and trimmed and placed inside the card. I also used the strip scrap to frame out the inside. It looks like it should be there...heaven opening...
I just knew the Tim key 'Heart' needed to be there. It made the front quite heavy, so I used staples...surprise.
Sympathy cards are never easy to buy or create. I am heart-broken for my friend, but as the sentiment says....
PERHAPS THEY ARE
not stars in the sky,
BUT RATHER OPENINGS
in Heaven where the
LOVE OF OUR LOST ONES
pours through
AND SHINES DOWN
to let us know they are happy.
~Indian saying
Thank you for the gift of your comment.
Date: Friday, February 22, 2019 GMT Views: 2419
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Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31442
Sat, Feb 23, 2019 @ 4:47 AM
Faved. This is beyond beautiful and so perfect, Susan. I think it was a good idea to wait to make this card until the inspiration struck because this is so inspired! What a gorgeous background--no you should never throw out your cleaning paper! That is my favorite sentiment for a sympathy card and you've made magic with it.
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74945
Sat, Feb 23, 2019 @ 5:24 AM
Susan, I just love this card and what a comfort for a grieving person to read it and look up at the stars. You are so creative.
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83560
Sat, Feb 23, 2019 @ 5:38 PM
So heartfelt and special, Susan. A great sky scene and a wonderful sentiment and all of it is put together so wonderfully! Praying for your friend as well. Hugz
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Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7365
Sat, Feb 23, 2019 @ 11:32 PM
Gorgeous blue shades in that sky. The start are just perfect finishing touch to this card. The sentiment is just right too. Makes you sit back peacefully, think and remember.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28926
Sun, Feb 24, 2019 @ 7:41 AM
This is beautiful, inside and out. I love the key.
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6