Fond Farewell

Fond Farewell

Hallo Everyone,

Our subject today is the

final farewell and probably

the hardest one to say

Craftyfield is here with

a beautifully simple card

"Bereavement is one of these difficult 

card occasions and it is best 

to be prepared with a ready made card. 

Failing that, this quick and easy CAS 

card should come in handy if you 

need a Sympathy card at short notice.

For subject matters, I err on the side 

of caution and only use flowers, 

these are not times to try out

 the weird, funny or grungy...

I selected this beautiful flower, using

 only the one stem because a single

bloom has a poignancy that a 

(cheerful) bouquet doesn't.

This design will work with pretty much

 any flowers, including all the lovely 

Honeydoo flower stamps.

For a quick card and a CAS design 

dot the cardstock with paints 

and run a palette knife or gift card 

(used up of course!) to spread the paint.

 No need to fuss but I tried to keep 

the surface smooth since I intended

 to stamp on top.

The Fresco paints I used dry quickly and

 do not buckle the card if applied

 sparingly as I did.

 I inked the flower in pink first and 

added some violet towards the 

bottom of the flower. 

With the smaller pads this mixing colours

 on the stamp is a lot easier than with the 

regular Archival pads!

Because the Fresco paints are matt 

there's no need to heat set the inks, 

but to make sure everything is dry 

before handling a quick blast with the 

heat gun is a good idea.

Before sticking to my base card I 

die-cut the cardstock with a simple

 rectangular shape.

As I finished the card, I got commissioned 

to make a tag to for a remembrance,

 which needed to be water resistant, 

since it would be outside (on a flower pot).

 I used the same Archival inks and against 

the white you get a better idea of how 

deep and vibrant the colours are. 

After stamping, I applied gel medium on 

both sides and now my tag will be waterproof.

Supplies:

Fresco paints
Honeydoo flower
Archival mini inkpads
Archival black inkpad

Sentiment from my own collection."

Thank you Craftyfield

for a beautiful project

and a very handy tip

for waterproofing a

tag

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx