Sympathy card for a friend...

Sunday Salutations! Just a few hours left before another work week begins!

I am popping in very quickly to share a sympathy card I've made for a dear friend who lost her husband to cancer last week and I will get it in the mail tomorrow.

I used the current Atlantic Hearts sketch, first opening it in PSE, resizing to 5x7 and then printing out.

Here's are a few close-ups to try to show all the gold sparkly shimmer on this card. Click to enlarge. I sprayed Smooch Spritz in Gold and Pink on a white card through a Stamplorations butterfly stencil and trimmed it down for my first layer on my SU card stock card base.

I rounded the corners of my card base with my Cropadile Corner Chomper. I used some snippets of black-gold Shimmering card stock that were in my stash to die cut a QK Photo Corner and a Spellbinders Basics rectangle to mat behind the focal butterflies. In between, I used a piece of patterned flowery gold foil card stock from SEI's Sunny Day collection.

I used the rest of the SEI paper on the card back, along with some snippets from the front leftovers and an Impression Obsession siggie stamped in VersaMark and heat-embossed with white embossing powder.

I stamped my Pink By Design sentiment on another black-gold snippet with VersaMark and heat-embossed with white embossing powder. The 2 butterflies are Papertrey Ink's Butterfly Kisses stamps and coordinating die. After die cutting them, I stamped with VersaMark and then heat-embossed with detailed gold embossing powder. I adhered them to the paper on their centers with a 1/3-inch glue dot so their wings remained free. I finished off the card with a few sparkly gold enamel dots and tiny punched butterflies using the last of my black-gold snippet.

UPDATE! After posting the card last night, I found this patterned paper in my 12X12 Colorbok Deliliah collection and added it to the inside of the card, along with sentiments stamped in Memento Tuxedo black ink and made by Pink By Design. This leaves room for a handwritten note on the left and signing the card on the right. Note to File: great way to use those larger sized papers with an image in the corner. 

CHALLENGES:
1.  Atlantic Hearts Sketch #329 - Sketch is shown above.
2.  PaperBabe Stamps Challenge #100: Gold - I've used black gold shimmering card stock and I sprayed my butterflies stencil with gold shimmer spray along with pink. I heat-embossed my focal butterflies in Gold embossing powder and added gold enamel dots.
3.  Scrapping 4 Fun #147: Sympathy or Get Well Soon
4.  Moo Mania #197: Butterflies
5.  Take a Word: Butterflies
6.  Stamping Sensations August: Things with Wings
7.  Outlawz Crash Your Stash: Embossing Powders
8.  Stamplorations Summer Mixed Media Challenge: Stencil + AG

9.  Cut It Up #180: Die Cut + Sentiment
10.  Aud Sentiments #233: Animals + A Sentiment
11. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #29: AG with a Critter

Thanks for visiting! XOX