Sympathy Sunset Tutorial

 Hello there! Today I have a card for a very sad occasion. One of our dear friends from StampTV, Lynn Brookside has passed away and I made this card to send to her daughter. Lynn was such a wonderful person, always leaving kind and encouraging comments for me and so many others. Despite living in constant, chronic pain, she always had a cheerful outlook to share with the rest of us. I'm going to miss her. Melanie, who knew Lynn much better than I wrote a very touching post about Lynn, which you can find here and even more here. I hope you'll stop by and read it. I knew Lynn was a special person, but didn't realize just how special.

Before I get started I want to let you know I began with a piece of Pure Luxury White card stock that is much larger than in the finished project. That is because I made a mistake later that caused me to have to cut it down.

So I started by sponging Memento Cantaloupe ink at the bottom of the card stock.

 Then sponged some Memento Tangelo above the yellow.

 Sponged Memento Angel Pink above the orange.

 Then I sponged Memento Summer Sky from the top down.

 Then sponged just a tiny bit of Memento Danube Blue at the top.

 To make some wispy clouds, I colored some wide lines with BV000.

 Then added a little BV01.

 I made more lines with YR61.

 Then more with C1.

 I used C3 to add some shading to the C1 lines.

 Stamped the silhouette foliage, from Country Roads, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

 I used torn sticky notes to mask the background and sponged a narrow band of Tuxedo Black ink.

 Moved the sticky notes higher and sponged Memento Gray Flannel.

 Here is where I messed up. I stamped the windmill, from Country Roads, with gray ink and decided it was too light, then tried to stamp over it again. I didn't line it up well enough, so I just trimmed that section away.

 Next, I stamped the dragonfly, from Follow Your Dreams, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used B00 to begin coloring the wings.

 Added B02.

 Then I added V04 and used B02 to blend. I didn't get a photo for the next step, but I used N03 to color the body. After coloring, I cut out the dragonfly.

I stamped the sentiment, from Heartfelt, on my background, using Tuxedo Black ink.

Then I adhered the dragonfly using Pot Dots. The card base is Pure Luxury Little Boy Blue and size is 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inches. I used Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® A2 Matting Basics B to emboss a frame on the card base. The background was layered with a piece of Pure Luxury Black Onyx.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Country Roads Clear Stamp Set from Gina K Designs	Follow Your Dreams Stamp Set	Heartfelt Stamp Set	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B
Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Jumbo Sponge Dauber	Pop Dots	Memento Ink Pads
Pure Luxury Card Stock

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