With Sympathy Card
Hi bloggers! I’m pleased to be back this Sunday morning with a Simon favorite, the fabulous, Jess Larsen! Be sure to watch her video below to see how she made this pretty card!
From the designer:
Back in June, when Simon had their awesome Summer School event, I was so inspired by Shari Carroll’s card. She die cut some clouds from her card front and used patterned paper behind the die cut portion. The look was awesome and I couldn’t wait to try it out myself!
For today’s card, I grabbed the Paulina and Chrissy Butterfly dies both from Simon Says Stamp. Before I ran them through the Big Shot, I traced around them using my white gel pen. This is such an easy way to add a bit of detail and interest to a card! After die-cutting them, I added some gradient grey chevron paper in the negative space. To embellish around the butterflies, I used Simon’s Flower Friends stamp and die set to create five little flowers. The flowers were stamped, using an assortment of Hero Arts Shadow Inks, while the leaves were all stamped using Hero Arts Mint Julep. This is such a pretty green! It’s soft, minty and pairs perfectly with pastel, summery colors. To finish everything off, I added some enamel dots from My Mind’s Eye. To see everything come together, check out the start to finish video I created!
Watch the video:
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This is beautiful with the butterfly cut outs! :) hugs, Kimberly
This is such a gorgeous sympathy card!
nice card, thanks for sharing with us today
lovely card today thank you for showing it with us.
What a lovely card you shared with us today
Would have loved to see how this was done as it is a very pretty look, but the video kept saying “this video is private”. I can probably figure it out because I would like to make this card and iti is very pretty!
Very pretty! It says the video is “Private”.
Wow, I love the look of using the negative space on this card. So beautiful!
lovely card, love the butterflies!!
I like the pen work. It adds a lot to the card. I was locked out of the video also.
Why did this video come up “PRIVATE”? How do I get to see it?
This card is so beautiful!! Looking forward to seeing the video! :) xx
Nice card. Would have been nice if we could watch the video. Why even post a video if it is private.
Beautiful card, I love the colors.
This card is so pretty !!!
Wow, I recognized the inspiration as soon as I saw this card…LOVE it!
Beautifully done! Very creative and inspirational! Love it!
Very pretty card. Bummer that I cant watch the video.
Beautiful card. Love the butterfly cutouts.
What a beautiful card, I love the butterflies.
I’d love to watch the video but it says “private.” Your description sounds wonderful!
Gorgeous card!! I love it!! Not a typical sympathy card, but still nice!!
Fabulously stunning card! I absolutely love how you used the negative space and the white pen!
Very pretty card! Classic…
The video came up “private”! How do you view it?
Beautiful card, love the windows with the butterflies
Lovely card. i love the colours and the die cuts.
very neat use of those die cuts. love it
Such a pretty card… love the butterflies!
Would love to see Jess working on the card, but I got the “private” message too and can’t watch the video.
gorgeous card.
I love the butterfly dies and am in awe of the “doodling” on this card although I hardly think what she did could be considered “doodling”.
The white gel pen is a great idea, really ties it all together!
Beautiful card….can’t wait to see the video!
Love the patterned paper behind the die cut! Thanks for the great video too!
You have inspired me! I love how you have made this card! Beautiful!
Love the card – it is often a difficult subject
Lovely card. Thank you for sharing the video.
Gorgeous card – love the white pen details and the colours. I also was unable to watch the video because it was marked private. Let us know if you are able to change this setting so that we can watch it. Thanks a bunch!
Your card is stunning! Can’t wait to see the video! As others have mentioned, after hitting play, all it shows is a black screen and “This video is private” – please repost when we can see it! Great creativity!
Beautiful card…I’ll be back to watch the video for sure when it’s working properly. Thanks so much for sharing it!
I think I need a new white pen….mine never writes evenly or looks this polished. Love the result!
LOVELY card! I’m definitely gonna try to do something similar! But I could not watch the video. It says that it is private.
Super cute card! Look forward to being able to see the video!
I also would love to see the video.
I love the cut-out butterflies on this card! And the gel pen really makes it pop. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the card, but I too, get the the {Private” message. I love how Jess did the outline.
loving the ink & die! pretty!
Beautiful card! Love the tip on tracing the die before cutting…would’ve loved to see the video but there must be a special “private” control on it? Thanks for sharing the card and ideas, Jess!
Gorgeous!