Sympathy Cards

Hi friends

Just sharing two sympathy cards I made for two dear friends who suffered loss of loved ones recently.

I created these simple layered cards in neutral colors to convey my deepest condolences, to share sympathy and love in their difficult times.. These silent kind of cards are my way to pay a dignified farewell to those departed and to me.....the wildflowers convey the resilience of life …even after death!!

These cards have a ready embossed kraft card base by DCWV. The burlap panel is cut from another DCWV ready card base, The die-cuts are from Tim Holtz wildflowers die set cut from white card stock. Sentiment is from a fiskers stamp set stamped with Versamark ink and  embossed with WOW opaque superfine white embossing powder on a vellum strip. 

Hope you find the colors soothing and that they convey solace and peace ...........

linking to Simon Says Stamp-wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-clean-and-simple
http://stamplorations.blogspot.in/2016/09/cas-challenge-september.html

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Acrylic Skin Art with DecoArt

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Today's project is best described as accidental art..lol !!  I wanted to paint my i phone's back cover and wanted to do doodling with the white pen. I was inspired by this post on the PaperArtsy Blog.

I started with applying few thick coats of  DecoArt Fluid Acrylic Carbon black , Allowed that to dry well and started doodling with the Rotring pen using white Ink . After I finished my design I realized that the black paint was peeling off the edges. Well....I peeled it off carefully and was at a loss figuring what to do with it ....when suddenly inspiration struck.......

I used a Couture creations Victorian square die-cut cut out of thick kraft cardstock and covered it with Crackle glaze from DecoArt and then smeared Diarylide Yellow and Hansa Yellow medium on top. I highlighted the cracks and the edges of the die cut with a bit of Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide. The doodled acrylic skin panel was added with a bit of DecoArt Matte Medium. I extended the design on to the die-cut panel using the Rotring pen and white Ink and a Micron black pen. 

Mounted the die-cut on to black handmade card stock which was folded at the bottom to create a kind of pocket for the square panel, more doodling on the folded strip, some white acrylic splatters and finally matting on to DCWV 5'x7' embossed kraft card. All layers have been added with foam tape to create dimension. 

I doodled only one bird but now another tiny one is visible here, can you spot the little fellow who just appeared on its own here.....( see the half circle*) Thank you so much for your visit today.:)

You can see some more of my Mandala and doodling  here, here and here

Important Edit :I realized later that to paint on a material like plastic it is best to use Americana Multi-Surface Paint or to add DecoArt Paint Adhesion Medium to the paint so it sticks to the surface and doesn't peel off.

DecoArt Products used : Decoart Crackle Glaze

DecoArt Fluid Acrylics in Diarylide Yellow, Hansa Yellow medium, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide. 

linking to : PaperArtsy Challenge ; Doodles 

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Love......

 Hi Friends

another card for the WCMD 2015 'Use Gold/Metallic' challenge

The Kraft base card  and the kraft and gold striped paper is from DCWV.....

 The diecut and the punched butterfly is colored using DecoArt Metallic Lustre Gold Rush which adds such a rich gold effect to the card. The girl's dress and bodice is highlighted with a bit of Diamond stickles. The butterfly is a RAK from a dear blogger friend :)

The sentiment is from a mirror embellishment set from DCWV......added few rhinestones in red to finish off......

linking to
http://beyondgrey.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/bgc72-anything-goes.html

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The Silent Tear.....................

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 This card is for the Hop to Stop Domestic Violence awareness challenge. 

Purple is the color of National Domestic Violence Awareness month. 1 in 3 women will experience domestic violence over the course of their lifetimes. Let that sink in - 33% of all the women you meet. 
And women aren't the only people who are affected! Women, men, transgender - gender doesn't matter. Domestic violence is something that exists regardless of gender, socioeconomic status, religion, education level, etc.

I suspect that the figures are significantly higher in India. The abuse and violence is not only physical but is emotional too. on top of it is the victim's sense of 'shame' which makes them suffer silently...shedding 'silent tears'......... 

I wanted to create a hard- hitting visual with a strong positive affirmation of hope and faith, so my card does not use the goody goody happy colors, it is mounted on the drab kind of Kraft layers without any color, then a layer of dark colors showing the chaos and disturbance and out of all that...... the emergence of the strong woman who with all the hurt, pain and suffering decides to Live, Create and Tell the story ...........

I agree with  Becca Cruger that "...... in sharing our stories, we can heal and help."

For this card I have used some of my Gelli Prints made in various shades of Deep Purple and lavender using ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glazes in Boysenberry, Raspberry Wine, TealZircon and Sunflower. 

I have used the Andy Skinner stencil 'Strike the Pose' from DecoArt and DecoArt Media Black Gesso to stencil the face on the gelli Print.......

I have distressed the edges and sponged with black archival ink, layered on a kraft card from DCWV and doodled with Black Micron 0.5 tip pen. The tear drop is made using the glue gun and it is highlighted with a bit of Metallic Lustre  in DecoArt Silver Spark............

There is another work of mine, a mixed media work named 'Bruises' on a similar theme which you can see here

 linking to WCMD-color-challenge-with-heather
http://beyondgrey.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/bgc72-anything-goes.html
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Stuck on you .......

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sharing a card I made for the DCWV-April-stack-a-holic challenge.

The base is 5"x 7" embossed kraft card by DCWV. I have used the kraft and gold paper from a set of five pack premium papers from DCWV matted on deep maroon handmade paper layered with recycled corrugated paper and a cream and gold paper from my stash. difficult to capture the shimmer here on the cream and gold layer but looks really pretty.

 the sentiment is from the TPC Studio Retro technology rubber stamp set and is stamped with Black Archival ink. 

here's the card sketch :

Making cards is really tough for me and I envy the effortless ease with which my blogger pals create lovely creations one after the other !! Hope you like this.....
linking to
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.in/2015/04/its-our-april-challenge.html

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