Sunday, 8 February 2026

Wishing You Strength Today

I dislike making Sympathy cards when I need them and prefer to make a few and keep them in my card box.  This card uses one of my favourite butterfly stamps and a lovely sentiment.

To make this card I used:
     C6 white matt card blank
     Uniko 'English Country Garden Butterflies' stamp and coordinating die
     Practical Publishing 'Stamps for All Occasions' sentiment stamp
     Verafine Imperial Purple ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Copics - BV02, G00 & E51

I stamped the butterfly with purple ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder before cutting it with the coordinating die.  I put the card blank into my MISTI and placed the butterfly onto it so I could see where to place the sentiment.  I removed the butterfly and stamped the sentiment with purple ink before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  I attached the butterfly body to the card with glue and put small foam pads under the wings to hold them away from the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     Alphabet Challenge - U is for Uplifting
     CAS on Friday - Anything Goes
     Simply Clean & Simple - Anything CAS Goes
     Stamping Sensations - Favourite Stamp (I love butterflies and this Uniko stamp is one of my favourites as I also have the coordinating die)
     We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

     
Kath x

16 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful sympathy card and butterfly-the sentiment is perfect.
Carol x
Thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations.
Carol DT x

meg said...

An inspirational sentiment and beautiful butterfly for a Sympathy card

Liz said...

Gorgeous sympathy card Kath, a lovely butterfly and a beautiful sentiment.
Liz xx

LesleyG said...

Such an elegant butterfly and a very lovely sentiment xxx

brenda said...

Perfect for those difficult occasions Kath, many thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations and Allsorts.

B x

pinky said...

You have inspired me Kath with your beautiful card. I have a curved stamp and now I have to try this.
Thanks for playing along with us at We Love Stamping.
Pinky

Darlene said...

Beautiful creation Kath!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Simply Clean & Simple challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Simply Clean & Simple Co-Owner

Gail L said...

It's perfect for a difficult time.
Thank you for joining us at Allsorts!

Chris said...

A lovely CAS design, the soft delicate colours of the butterfly and beautiful sentiment are perfect for a sympathy card.
Thank you for joining in at Stamping Sensations
Chris
x

dj said...

A very pretty take on our "anything goes" challenge over at CAS on Friday!! A perfectly clean and simple card with your pretty butterfly. Thanks for play along with us!! Deb Horst, DT #327

Crafting Queen said...

What a lovely card, love the sentiment. Thanks for joining We Love Stamping and Stamping Sensations. Anesha

Ellen said...

Such an elegant butterfly. Perfect CAS-card, love it! Thank you for joining us at CAS on Friday.

Pat said...

This butterfly is beautiful and the curved sentiment looks wonderful beneath it..a perfect sympathy card Kath. x

Miss Mudge said...

What a very lovely crafted card! Thanks for joining us at Ally's Angels! - DT Nikki

Deborah Wheeler said...

Beautiful card Kath - loving the butterfly and the wonderful sentiment. Thanks for uplifting us at Alphabet Challenge
Deborah DT

Lynda said...

Such a great sentiment and lovely butterfly. Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT