Lasting Lily Sympathy Cards

During this last week of Sale-a-bration I selected one of my favourite stamp sets, "Lasting Lily" and its coordinating Framelits to make these two sympathy cards.

Pinterest is a great source of inspiration and one trend I was noticing was the use of dark card stock to show case the Lily.  The effect was quite stunning!

So, I decided to use Basic Black card stock to show case a bouquet of Lilies. In the first card the Basic Black was embossed with the Tin Tile embossing folder.

In the first card  the Lilies were stamped in Mango Melody with the edges sponged with Poppy Parade ink.  On the Basic Black card stock the lilies seem to take on a life of their own.

The stem and leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green.  

For the second card the Lilies were stamped with Berry Burst ink and adhered to a Basic Black background embossed with the Layering Petals embossing folder.

Wishing You Well - Yellow Lasting Lily

Sometimes you need a card to give to someone who is struggling, but doesn't need a sympathy card.  This card is perfect for that.

I love yellow lilies, but I like some purple or berry colour in the throat and edges of the bloom, so I tried to create that with sponging.

This card was a little more work because after stamping and colouring the flower, stem and leaves, I fussy cut them.  I wanted to use the ovals as a background with the flowers emerging above and below,

The card base is Mossy Meadow, layered with Very Vanilla.  On the left side I adhered a 2 by 5" strip of "Tea Time" DSP.  The colours in the DSP coordinate with the colours of the Lily beautifully.

On each side of the DSP I adhered some of the yellow organza ribbon, another SAB product.

An oval was die cut in Very Vanilla using the layering oval framelits.  It was matted with a slightly larger scallop oval.  The two ovals were adhered together using dimensionals.

On a separate piece of Whisper White the Lily blooms were stamped using Pineapple Punch; the stem and leaves in Mossy Meadow.  I used the stamparatus just in case I needed to add more colour to the images.  Amazingly I was able to get the colour I wanted in just one go around.  Each flower part was fussy cut and set aside.  I sponged the edges , base, and throat of the flower with Rich Razzelberry ink; the stem and leaves with Mossy Meadow ink and a finger dauber.  They were then adhered over the oval as indicated in the picture.  A bow was made in the same organza ribbon as on the card front and adhered just below the larger bloom with a glue dot.

The sentiment is from this stamp set and is neutral enough to be used for a variety of occasions not necessarily sympathy.

To finish the card I added 3 gold faceted gems on the upper right.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Lasting Lily

Inks:  Pineapple Punch, Rich Razzelberry, Mossy Meadow

Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Accessories:  Layering Ovals, Dimensionals, Daffodil Delight Organza Ribbon, Gold Faceted Gems