Stargazers & Angel wings

Hi there, 

Today I want share another card using the Angel Wings dies again simply because i love the wings and I had another design in mind that I wanted to create. For this card, I left out the sentiment as I wanted to leave this card blank and let the flowers be the focus as some will know, White lilies symbolizes purity and youth but also has the meaning that the soul of the departed has received restored innocence.

TUTORIAL:

I have a bulk of mint green marble patterned paper in my stash which I purchased a while back. No idea why I ordered so much (it felt like a good idea at that time!) But it compliments well with the matte gold. 
 

I begin by die cutting and stacking 2 layers of the angel wings in matte Gold card stock and using the matching shadow die to die cut some vellum shadow for the underlay then foam mounted the wings on to the mint green base. I then add more foam tape underneath the mint green card base then matting it on to an ivory card before I mount it on to a card base with some strong liquid glue. 

I secure the Stargazer lilies last because knowing myself, I would find it difficult to mount the design evenly on to the folding card base once finished especially with a lot of dimensional parts sticking out. 

I die cut 3 sets of the spellbinders stargazer lily from some white card stock and added some shading with my distress ink cubes. For the petals I used Wild Honey just to create some colour and realism from the middle to end. The leaves I die cut out of the mint green card and shaded the top and ends and around the edges in Peeled Paint, the stamens I inked the tips in Gathered Twigs and the rest in Brushed Corduroy on both sides.

Once I got all the petals and leaves shaded in and assembled the flower (Following instructions on the packaging), I snipped off a little bit off from the back of each flower and adhere the lilies and leaves in position with my hot glue gun. After the lilies are stuck down I found it was a little sparse looking and needed some small flowers to fill in the gaps, so I found some white paper Mulberry roses and some loose gold stamens in my stash. It was an ideal choice as it filled the card, I then add some acrylic round gems to give it some water droplet look to complete the card.

 This card will need a box rather than an envelope, and regular postage is not ideal or recommended. 

I think sympathy cards are just as needed as Thank you cards during this time as we all need to send our thoughts to those who are grieving. Those who are quarantined and couldn’t be there for someone that’s losing the battle. I pray you find the consolidation and peace within yourself to have the courage to carry on. Stay healthy & Safe all. 

x Ali x 

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_{-Foam Tape}

_-Vellum

_{Acrylic Glue}

_{Cosmic shimmer}

_{Mulberry Roses}

_{HobbyCraft UK} 

_{Angel wings}

_{Sizzix Thin lits}  

_{Stargazer lilies}

_{Spellbinders shapeabilities}

_{Mini Distress Cube Inks}

_{Peeled Paint}

_{Wild Honey}

_{Brushed Corduroy}

_{Gathered Twigs}

_{Matte Gold Cardstock}

_{Card Stock}

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_{- ivory Hammered heavy card stock.}

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Sending Comfort Angel Wings

Hello there! 

I’ve been avoiding making a sympathy card for as long as I could, simply because it’s not a type of card I’d like to give but then I came to understand that any form of support or empathy is much appreciated to ease the grieving. Today I am making a sympathy card to show my condolences to those who are going through a loss this year. I am using two different dies to create this easy but effective card. 

HOW TO:

I made the background by adding gold, black and white splatters on to an A5 ivory hammered card stock and left it to air dry. While that was drying I die cut and stacked the cross die from spellbinders in 4 layers ensuring the main top layer is die cut in mirror gold card. I also die cut and stacked 2 layers of the angel wings in ivory hammered card stock by sizzix. 

I then die cut a frame using the two largest dies from the hunky dory’s moonstone scallop and rectangle dies and added some 3mm foam strips underside before adhering it to the splattered background. I then adhered the wings onto the centre of the base with some foam tape making sure that the foam tape isn’t visible through the wings and, then I used some decent liquid glue to adhere the cross on top of the wings and finishing it off by stamping a sympathy sentiment in black staze on Ink before securing the whole base onto a matching ivory card base. 

  This was a simple but effective card created without any other additional details as I wanted to focus on the intricate design of the dies. I particularly loved how well the wings and cross looked together. I often use different dies together to create my cards, I hope this has inspired you to mix up what you have in your stash. 

x Ali x

 

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The little paper tree UK 

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Foam Tape

Foam strips

Acrylic Glue

Cosmic shimmer

Hunky Dory Moonstone

Scallop & Rectangle Frames

White Gauche

Black Gauche

Gold Shades

Kuretake Gansai Tambi  

Angel wings

Sizzix Thin lits 

_Cross

Spellbinders Die D-Lites 

Card Stock

Papermill direct 

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