A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Thursday, 18 February 2021

Masculine CAS Sympathy Card

A friend's father passed away so I made this sympathy card for him.


I masked off a rectangle on the main panel, sponged it with two shades of Distress inks, then stamped the branches while masked with solid ink and stamped off ink. After I removed the mask, I stamped the sentiment and one more branch in a dark brown.  I trimmed it with a white border and popped it up on fun foam.

While I had everything out, I made a variation on it as it's always good to have sympathy cards on hand and the ones I make are usually more feminine than these ones.


I flicked a bit of water on the sponged background, did a slightly different layout with the stamps and sentiment, and added a dark brown border.

I'm linking up to three challenges:

Cardz for Guyz - "A Masculine CAS Card"

Krafty Chicks Challenge - "A CAS Card"

Less is More - "Color Challenge - Chocolate"  (it can include chocolate caramel which is what I think my background is, with milk chocolate and dark chocolate stamping)




Supplies:
Stamps - SU Just Believe, PTI sympathy
Ink - Distress Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap, Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper - white and brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - masking tape, fun foam

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16 comments:

  1. Christine Alexander18 February 2021 at 20:53

    beautiful sympathy cards Susan, good idea making a second while the supplies were out.

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  2. nancy littrell18 February 2021 at 22:36

    Simply beautiful and thoughtful sympathy card, Susan for your friends father. I love your sponged background and stamped silhouette leaves in brown and green tones. TFS my friend. Love and Hugs..Nancy

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    1. nancy littrell18 February 2021 at 22:38

      Love your 2nd variation sympathy card too. TFS both cards. Hugs...

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  3. dj18 February 2021 at 22:57

    Fantastic take on our CAS challenge!! Thanks for playing along with us over at Cardz 4 Guyz!!

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  4. Loll19 February 2021 at 03:42

    Gorgeous sympathy cards Susan. I love the blended colours and brown stamping. Great idea to make two. xx

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  5. Nstiz19 February 2021 at 05:43

    I can never resist a silhouette stamp and what a beautiful job you did with these. Thank you for listing your colors. These are really beautiful, masculine sympathy card. Love the arrangements on them.

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  6. Bonnie19 February 2021 at 07:42

    Great masculine cards, Susan! Yummy colors of chocolates!

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  7. Mac Mable19 February 2021 at 08:04

    Both sympathy cards look so peaceful and wonderful Susan. Great tonal colours and the stamping looks fabulous x.

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  8. Pamela19 February 2021 at 09:24

    this type of card is the hardest to make. I love what you did with the masking part, it's such a fun way to stamp but we often forgot. TY for playing at C4G

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  9. Lynne19 February 2021 at 12:50

    Sympathy cards are always hard to make but this design is lovely. Your chocolate colours are perfect for our challenge at Less is More. Thank you for sharing, Lynne x

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  10. Trina P.20 February 2021 at 13:35

    These are beautiful. So perfect as masculine sympathy cards. Clever and creative idea for the “chocolate” colour challenge at LIM!

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  11. Papercraft Boutique20 February 2021 at 15:37

    Both cards are so beautiful and perfect for the occasion, Susan! Love the monochromatic serene scene. You inspired me to take out my Just Believe stamp set and play with it!
    Hideko xx

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  12. Chrissie21 February 2021 at 03:04

    Fabulous inking and stamping, a beautiful, crisp design, I love it!
    Chrissie
    Co-creator and Guest Designer ""Less is More

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  13. Julie B21 February 2021 at 03:34

    Perfect masculine sympathy cards, the caramel and chocolate colourway strike just the right note.
    Thanks for joining us at Cardz4Guyz. :)

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  14. Brenda in IN21 February 2021 at 06:50

    These are so perfect for sympathy cards. The blended colors are a pretty background for the images you used. It's nice to have sympathy cards on hand because sometimes it's so hard to make them at the time they are needed.

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  15. Theresa's Treasures21 February 2021 at 08:04

    Very soothing sympathy card.

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