Stampin' Up! Color & Contour in Blackberry Bliss Sympathy Card

 Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  

I had a well laid plan for doing this card as a live, and I did but of course my phone had to ring...twice! which blocked my card so I apologize.  

When I was looking for inspiration on Pinterest using the Color and Contour stamp set, I found a beautiful card and thought why reinvent the wheel?  I changed up the colours and added different embellishments and made my own beautiful card!  Honestly, I see making this over again with yet another colour palette.  

It was beginning to get warm in my room so I was pushing fast to get through it too!

My cardbase of Berry Burst held a great foundation for the stack of beauty ontop.  A panel of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and then finally, my Basic White layer which I added colour to.  Using my Blending Brushes and Berry Burst, Blackberry Bliss and Soft Sea Foam ink pads I created my background.  I like to start blending off the cardstock on my scrap paper and gradually sweep onto my project just in case of colour blotches.  Once I got the look I wanted (I had no idea!), I inked up the sentiment in BlackBerry Bliss and added that.  With the flower image, also in Blackberry Bliss, I could work all around the sentiment with some full images and some that were only on the edges.  Beautiful!  Finally, using the little splotches stamp in Berry Burst, I added some all around not reinking each time to just give a bit of colour in the empty spots.  These were all adhered to the cardbase and then a few of the Brushed Brass Butterflies were added for detail.



I really like a finished insert too, so my other piece of Basic White has a bit of blending also, then a flower added.  

This card is one of my favourites, I just hope it's not too bright as I have a sympathy sentiment on it. If you want to watch my live, just click here.  


Materials and Measurements: 

Blackberry Bliss cardstock 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Berry Burst cardstock 4 x 5 1/4

Basic White 4 x 5 1/4 (insert), 3 3/4 x 5

Something Fancy and Color & Contour stamps

Blackberry Bliss, Berry Burst and Soft Sea Foam inks

Blending Brushes

Brushed Brass Butterflies

Adhesive


Let me know if you like my card!  Appreciate all of your comments.

Thanks for dropping by,

Mary Louise

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