Asian Artistry - Sympathy - in black and white

Hi Everyone.  Happy Saturday night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stampin spot.  Today's card was the second sympathy card I had to make.  This one uses Gretchen Barron's Inspiration in Action 108.  I did two cards for this sketch challenge.  You can see the other one here.  I wanted to use black and white for this card.  For the other sympathy card I had to make in the last week I chose a palette of Greys and Blues, but also used the Asian Artistry set.  You can see that card here.   For this card I decided to use the bird stamp as opposed to the flowers and I knew that I wanted to make a black and white card.

Before I share my card with you, let me apologize for the fact that typepad have still not sorted out the underlying coding issue they have with sending my blog updates to Feedburner.  The last update I had from them is to ask me for my patience as there were many others having the same problem!

Also, a quick reminder - my November newsletter is now available.  It covers Christmas cards (anyone surprised by that????) and techniques on using the fabulous new shimmer paint.  If you want to receive the newsletter, just click this link.

Right, back to tonight's card.  Asian Artistry - sympathy in black and white.

Card recipe:

• I used White Glossy card stock for this card
• I used the Night and Day DSP
• I used White embossing powder for the bird image and stamped it onto Basic Black card stock
• I used the Sentiment from the Asian Artistry set and stamped it in Back StazOn for a crisp, cleam finish.
• I double edged another piece of white card stock nwith my eyelet border punch and then placed a piece of the Night and Day DSP, with white organza ribbon over the top

Sympathy cards are always so hard to make and I generally try to go very light on the embellishment.  The only reason I used the ribbon on this card was to soften the black center panel.  The organza ribbon worked so much better than satin or grosgrain.  The satin had too much sheen and the grosgrain had too much texture... so, feeling a little like Goldilocks, I thought the organza ribbon was just right :-)

I hope to get to my stamping space tomorrow, as I had no time to do anything creative today.  I really do miss a day without creativity.

I hope you all have a fabulous Sunday - one that is filled with doing the things you love - with those you love the most. 

As always, thank you so much for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visits - and your comments... are always appreciated.

Peace

Jaydee

Comments

[Carole'Anne AKA Stampin Stressaway]

Brilliant Jaydee the way you used this stamp for a sympathy card. you are so fabulous!
you have a great talent and totally appreciate your sharing it with us.
We are so lucky
thank you!
Have a good night