JAI 605 inspiration challenge - wave sympathy card

Hello & welcome to today's project share - a soft and simple water themed sympathy card for this week's Just Add Ink inspiration challenge. How wonderful would it be to be on that beautiful beach.

The Waves of Inspiration stamp set and Waves dies bundle created the beautiful wave that's the focal point of the card, which will send love to family friends who just lost a loved one.

 

The card has a simple design with four main elements, but the small details make it more special.

Sky watercolour wash: 

I created a rustic sky on thick white cardstock using a flat water brush and ink from squishing my Balmy Blue ink pad.  

Wave: 

First I stamped the wave stamp image from Waves of Inspiration in Balmy Blue ink onto white card using my Stamparatus, stamping it twice for more depth. Then I placed and cut one of the Waves dies over the top and cut it out, being careful to keep all the pieces in place. 

A strip of post-it/sticky note over the top picked up all the pieces and I applied multipurpose glue to the back and adhered to the watercolour panel. Finally I partially coloured the over the wave with Light Balmy Blue & Light Pool Party Stampin' Blends markers and added a touch of Wink of Stella to finish.

Framed layers:

The frames and layered mats reflect the colours in the challenge image. Using two of the Stitched Rectangle dies I cut a white frame, then cut a slightly larger rectangle in sahara sand. The nested dies have more space between layers than I wanted so I cut up the sahara piece at opposite corners and layered the pieces behind the white. If you look closely you can see the join the two corners but I don't think it's noticeable. I popped the combined layer onto foam then added a final mat of Just Jade card behind. It's retired but it worked with the challenge. If you're making your own version, Balmy Blue or Pool Party would work well too.

Sentiment:

The final touch was a sentiment from Inspired Thoughts - a favourite set I've used lots. The full sentiment stamp says 'Thinking of you on your special day' but I masked off the part I didn't want. 

I cut this out with one of the stitched label dies in the Waves set. Note that I re-cut the label with the die to make it shorter to better fit the sentiment. It's popped up off the panel and tied with linen thread.

Take a closer look at the main elements I used.

So that's my take on the challenge image. I hope you enjoyed seeing my card and hearing the tips I shared on making it. Head over to the Just Add Ink blog to see the many lovely ways the Team interpreted the challenge image, then try it yourself.

To make your own version, see and shop the full supply list on my Stampin' Up! website store. Leave a comment if you liked my card or have any questions about it. Thanks again for visiting and hope to see you again soon.

Until next time, happy stamping!
Di

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