Today I am sharing a holiday card meant for someone who has recently suffered a loss or is struggling with a terminal illness. I used ribbon and mulberry flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon along with digital stamps and svg cut files from Bonnie Garby Designs.
If you like this card, but are planning to mail it, you can eliminate the bow and the flowers and it still looks gorgeous! I even eliminated with Mulberry paper on the sample below which is a timesaver, and it still looks fabulous.
Sometimes happy, merry and joy are not appropriate when a friend is going through a difficult time, but you still want to reach out during the holidays. Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words, so I created a few digital stamp bundles that will help create the perfect card. I created a 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card with loads of layers. My digital sentiment from Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point. I ran a piece of scarlet
Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon topped with White Satin with Metallic Edges Ribbon across the center of the card. I topped it off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow and below the sentiment I have added some pretty 15 and 20mm Red Open Roses.
The sentiment on the front of my card is from my Christmas Sentiments for Difficult Times Digital Stamp Bundle. The interior Sentiment is from the Holiday Sentiments for the Inside for those Struggling with Loss or Terminal Illness Digi Stamp Bundle. The background was created with the Geometric Overlay 2 SVG Bundle. All my designs can be found on my Bonnie Garby Designs Etsy shop.
All of my Bonnie Garby Designs digital stamp and svg bundles are available in my Etsy shop.
For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.
My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using white Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon and red Glitz Ribbon.
For a video tutorial on how to create this fun bow, please click HERE.
I’m entering my card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create – ATG
Word Art Wednesday #675/676 – ATG
Crafty Gals Corner #261 – ATG with option of 3+ Layers
Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – ATG
Fab ‘n Funky #605 – Dies or Punches
I Spy with my Little Eye – Something for Christmas
Simon Says – Sparkle and Shine
The Paper Funday #71 – ATG
Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #172 – ATG Christmas
Unicorn Challenge #104 – Christmas or Winter
A Perfect Time to Craft #11 – ATG
Ally’s Angels #88 – ATG
Beautiful Blossoms #23 – ATG with flowers
Crafts Galore Encore #129 – ATG
Daisy Chain #91 – Christmas or Winter
Die Cut Divas – Any Holiday
Let’s Crafty & Create #213 – ATG with a bow
LTCCB # 83 – ATG
MLCCB # 59 – ATG Christmas
Sparkles Monthly Challenge #182 – Christmas floral
12 Months of Christmas #116 – ATG Christmas
Creative Crafters #82 – ATG
A Cut Above – ATG with die cut
Aud Sentiments #319 – Glitter and/or Christmas with sentiment
Peace on Earth #76 – ATG Christmas
Crafty Calendar – Nov ATG
Crafty Catz #683 – ATG
Creative Fingers #289 – ATG
As You Like it – Favorite Embellishment and why – Mine is bows because I just LOVE them
CRAFT #741 – Christmas
Crafty Rocket #120 – Christmas or Winter
Creative Inspirations #20 – ATG
Creative Knockouts #535 – ‘Tis the Season
Moving Along with the Times #172 – Sparkle
Word Power #11 – ATG with words as focus
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I’d love to have you leave a comment before you go.
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Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Digital Sentiments and SVG cut files: Bonnie Garby Designs
Zutter Bow-it-All V3.0
Adhesives: Stick it Adhesive, Scotch Advanced Tape Glider, Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, E6000
Mulberry Flower Open Roses
