Hi everyone, one of my close blogging friends very sadly lost her pet cat just recently, and understandably she was absolutely devastated. So I made her this sympathy/memory card to express my condolences and support. I kept it relatively simple as I always think that’s the best way with sympathy cards, and I envisioned her darling cat gazing at the moon whilst surrounded by a halo of twinkling stars.
I cut a square of white stamping card and created a circle by blending Elements ink around a large circle mask. I stamped Mooch sitting in the corner of the circle, then added a soft hazy moon and wispy clouds with more ink blending. I stamped mini stars around the circle, alternating blue and sparkling silver embossed. Finally I stamped the sentiment in blue, a flock of birds in grey, grounded the cat using a grey Inktense pencil, and matted the finished piece into a dark blue border and card blank.
Media: Lavinia Elements ink (Della Blue); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Very Peri, Morning Mist, Medieval Blue); Versamark; WOW Silver Sparkle embossing powder.
Challenges I would like to enter:
A Perfect Time to Craft #9 2025 - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - K is for Keep It Simple
Crafty Animals #98 - Include an Animal (2nd entry)
Critter Crazy #192 - Anything Goes with featured critter (2nd entry)
Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #9 2025 - Sympathy
Love to Craft #88 - Anything Goes
Mix It Up #79 - Anything Goes
Simon Says (Monday) - Stamp It in STAMPtember (2nd entry)
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Stamp It
Unicorn #113 - Circles
Word Art Wednesday #714/715 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)
Very sad to have to make a card like this but I hope it will show my friend she is in my thoughts.💙
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
14 comments:
This is so, so beautiful and I'm sure your friend will treasure it and appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Beautifully designed sympathy card, love the Mooch stamp and very thoughtful of you.
Carol x
Thank you for joining us at Love to Craft.
Carol DT x
Gorgeous, serene sympathy card Pauline, beautifully designed! Thank you for sharing with us over @ The Alphabet Challenge.
Beautiful card Pauline, such a peaceful and atmospheric scene. I'm sure your friend will appreciate it.
Liz xx
This is a very lovely sympathy card for the loss of a cat. Thanks for sharing it for the BEWAS coded themes at HQCOLCB! And also thanks for linking to Critter Crazy! -- Becca
Pauline, you've done a great job with this card. I love the circles and the sky. The image of the cat really takes center stage too. I agree with you that simple sympathy cards are best. But I love how this one seems to take on a hopeful meaning-kind of like looking up to heaven. Those stars are really pretty. I'm so sorry for you friend's loss. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Word Art Wednesday. We really appreciate your talent.
I bet your friend loved it. It is so pretty and personal xx
The card is so beautiful Pauline, I'm sure your girlfriend will like it, very thoughtful of you.
Hugs
Anke
It's a lovely card Pauline and I'm sure your friend will appreciate it and your thoughtfulness. Avril xx
A lovely card which I'm sure your friend will appreciate. xxx
A lovely creation that is so peaceful. So glad to see you here at Critter Crazy with your cat, come again soon. CarolG
This is gorgeous Pauline and what a lovely thoughtful card for your friend. She's lucky to have you.
What a stunning card, and just lovely for this sad event. Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT (Sorry for the late comment - I have been away)
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