Upcycled Butterfly Sympathy

Hello and Happy FriYay! I hope you all have good weekends planned. Honey and I will be sweating out Tropical Storm/Hurricane Ida all weekend, praying she doesn't turn more west than what is currently predicted. Even if she stays on the predicted course, we will be getting drenched all weekend and that has begun today already. Great weather to stay in and craft, just hoping we don't lose power. Also praying Louisiana and Mississippi get through it okay. 

One of my high school lunch gal pals just lost her hubby to cancer so I've made her this card. I've been making sympathy and think of you cards more and more. I really need to build up a stash because I'm feeling lately like I can't keep up. It's a sad time these days for so many right now...

  

I used Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC723 for my design, resizing to A2 in PSE.

I had saved these tags from artificial flowers I requested and received for Valentine's Day, as I thought they were pretty.

I've used a card base cut from Crafters Companion Gold Dust Shimmering card stock and the paper is from Basic Grey's Cappella 6x6 pad. When I saw this design against my other elements, I was like, Perfect! I found a snippet of some handmade paper in my green scraps  drawer to stamp the sentiment, then I cut it with an MFT sentiment die. I've had the Gecko Galz butterfly printed out to use for a while and thought it complemented the peaceful, monochromatic-ish look I was going for pretty well. Some tiny enamel dots finished off the front (the heart dot covered the tag hole and went with the sentiment.)

Inside (and on front) I've stamped some sentiments from an unbranded set I bought a while back on Amazon and never have used because it turned out the sentiments are so tiny, but they do work here well, stamped with Ranger Archival to be as crisp as possible.

The back has another sheet of the BG Capella and a Technique Tuesday siggie stamped with Versafine Clair and circle-punched.

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

MY CHALLENGES PLAYLIST:

1.   Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC723

2.   Aud Sentiments #282: Thinking of You/Get Well/Sympathy + Sentiment -- #1/5

3.   Sparkles Monthly Challenge #143: Monochromatic -- #1/3

4.   Creative Sketchy Girls #63: Butterflies -- #1/xx

5.   CD Sunday Plus #67: AAG w/USB/CD/Digi -- #3/3 Butterfly is from Gecko Galz digital collage sheet.

6.   Try It On Tuesday: Summer Blooms -- #1/xx

7.   Crafty Animals #53: AAG with an Animal -- #7/xx  Butterfly

8.   Crafty Calendar August: AAG -- #1/3

9.   Stamplorations August Summer Challenge: AG -- #2/6