Sympathy Card

 I was in my craft room trying to get it cleaned up a bit when I found this stamp in my unfinished pile.  I had been watching a Gina K video awhile ago where she stamped a picture in black and colored it in using her black prismacolor pencil and gamsol.  I really liked how the finished product looked and decided to try it out.

I used SU's Smokey slate CS for my base card and frame my colored picture in black using Stitched Scalloped Rectangles from Lawn Fawn.  I stamped my rose on Whisper White CS using an old SU stamp called Romantic Rose.  I ended up fussy cutting it out and only used part of the stamp as it was too big for the frame.  My sentiment is from SU's  stamp set Rose Wonder.  I decided to make it a sympathy card, as I never have any in my stash when I need one.  I really like using gamsol.  I am definitely not a colorist but the gamsol makes the object you are coloring look really nice. 

For my inside sentiment, I used a SU stamp set called Flourishing Phases which I really like.  I don't have a lot of phases and I'm glad I added this to my stash.

We celebrated Joe's birthday last weekend by going to a Hibachi restaurant.  I haven't been to one in years!  We had such a great time. Jennifer was in awe how they cooked on the grill.  Unfortunately, Sarah had to work but joined us for awhile on facetime when we cut the cake!  Thanks goodness for technology!

This was Jennifer's last week at camp.  They celebrated by making a volcano!  She enjoyed seeing her friends from when they all went to daycare together.

Here's an update on Daisy - She likes to sneak into Jennifer's room and go in her tent!  She is a character!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy