Rainbow Cloud Sympathy

Hello, hope everyone had a good weekend. I have been on hurricane watch since I last posted. I grew up watching my mom do it, so it's just what I do. It's like if a storm is anywhere near me I have to watch it continuously until either I know it cannot make a last-minute turn in my direction or I get sick of watching. I lived through my first hurricane at age 5 and can still remember it vividly. Yes, I know, how weird, lol. Anyway, my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Ida's path (and thankful that doesn't include me!).

So, I'm popping in now with another sympathy card, this time for a high school friend who recently lost her hubby (multiple health issues). My friend has had a time of it. While she was at the ICU with him, she caught Covid and couldn't be with him when he died. 😢 Not an uncommon tragedy these days, unfortunately. Thank goodness she has recovered pretty quickly.

I used Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC83 as inspiration. I have multiple cloud stencils that would have let me make my sky, but I chose instead to make a stencil out of the Poppy Stamps Whittle Cloud Border die I used to cut the white cloud section at the bottom. That way everything looks matchy-matchy and I wanted it matchy. I had a scrap sheet of packaging to recycle that was laminated on both sides so that's what I cut the stencil out of. The Distress ink wipes right off and I can flip it over to use, which I did. Anyway, the cloud tops are a perfectly rounded shape, so that's my round shape and it's a repeat pattern to boot, lol. 😍

Ok, so my card base and all other surfaces here were cut from an A2 sheet of Recollections white heavy weight card stock. The bottom layer of the card front was cut with a Stamplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch nesting die and then trimmed down close to the stitching. I used Distress inks and my homemade stencil to make the clouds. Then I cut the top cloud layer at the bottom of the card with the Poppy Stamps cloud die and I used Ranger Archival and Versafine Clair inks to stamp the top Skipping Stones Stamps quote, and to stamp the Hero Arts Stamps sentiments and hearts on the top cloud layer at the card bottom. 

I've left the inside of the card blank to write a heartfelt message. Here's the back of the card. I cut a layer using the next smallest Stamplorations nested die and did the same stenciling as on the front. I added a stamped Kaiserkraft siggie.

And a final view - for me, a CAS card style. Thanks for visiting and until next time, Stay Well and Craft On! xoxo

MY CHALLENGES PLAYLIST:

1.   Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC83

2.   Aud Sentiments #282: Thinking of You/Get Well/Sympathy + Sentiment -- #2/5

3.   TTCRD 8/24-8/31: AAG -- #2/2

4.   Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #26: Rainbow -- #1/xx  Rainbow imagery and I used HA sentiment stamps 

5.   Stamplorations August Summer Challenge: AG -- #3/6  

6.   Stamplorations Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge -- I've used Stamplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle nesting dies on front and on back.

7.   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #164: AAG -- #3/3

8.   Creative Moments #221: AG - #3/3

9.   AllSorts Week 639: CAS -- #1/3

10. Creative Fingers #213: AAG -- #2/3

11. Sweet Stampers Challenge #59: Dies and/or Punches -- #2/5 I hand-stamped all the sentiments and used 2 dies.

12. Happy Little Stampers August Stencil Challenge: AG -- #2/xx  

13. Happy Little Stampers August AG with Dies -- #2/xx  

14. ABMTTC #Aug-Sept: AAG -- #2/xx  

15. We Love 2 Create MM #9: AMMG -- #1/xx