Hi again! I am catching up from a few days of being ill and headaches are not conducive to creative thoughts.
A clean and simple Sympathy card for CAS on Friday (#332) influenced by Color Dare (#700) for the palette and Just Us Girls (#820) to use Stencils and Addicted to Stamps & More (#515) to use Stencils and/or Dies.




Here is the result:

Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Pretty Peacock cardstock.
- Card Front: (4” x 5¼”) Basic White Thick cardstock.
- Selecting a Stencil from my stash of tools from Show Offs (a Hobby Lobby product) and Embossing Paste, the side rows were created using one of the Palette Knives.
- Note: Both my White and Shimmering White Paste were too dry to use (will need to rehydrate), however my retired Silver Paste was still workable, if not a little too wet. I added Night of Navy Classic Stampin Ink Refill (4 drops) to give the Silver a blue tone.
- The sentiment, Here For You Always, from the Friendly Foliage stamp set, an On-Line Exclusive Product, was stamped with Night of Navy ink.
- Decoration – Ferns: Cloud Cover and Pretty Peacock cardstocks.
- The Fern and Fiddlehead dies from the new, Fern & Flora Dies Set, available in May, were die-cut.
All elements were adhered to the card base.
I love the soft tones and the little bit of glimmer from the embossing paste for this calm sympathy card.

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Cheers, Jolanda!
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really love this – that stencilling is 😘
Thanks for joining us at Addicted to stamps and more. Happy crafting!
Catherine x DT
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Thank you, Catherine!
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My first comment did not send. I love all the texture you made with the embossing paste, as well as the leaves. And theh little shell is. a nice touch. I really like this CAS beauty. Thank you for playing at Just Us Girls!
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lovely card. Love the stencil texture too. Thanks for sharing at JUGS
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Thank you, Vicki!
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That’s so lovely and classy – you know I’m very partial to a fab CAS design! Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More
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Thank you, Deborah!
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You’ve outdone yourself, Jolanda!! The embossing paste is a gorgeous element!! Thanks for sharing at Color Dare!! (PS. we’re looking for DT members!!)
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Thanks, Tammy!
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What a beautiful look for our colors. The stenciling is really great! Hope you’re feeling better. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.
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So much texture! Excellent use of a stencil and mixed media paste here. Thank you for joining us at Color Dare! -Heidi
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Thank you, Heidi!
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Wonderful design and love the texture and those ferns. Thank you for sharing at Color Dare.
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Thank you, Becca!
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Love, Love, Love this card. Simple, but full of texture.
Thanks for playing along at Color Dare.
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