Moonlit Flora Sympathy Card for AHSC #688

Jun 30, 2026 | Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge | 0 comments

Welcome to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #688! It’s Team B’s turn, and we are happy to share our projects using the sketch.

Please check out the challenge’s page for the creations by the other very talented design team members. When you’ve created your own card for our challenge, please don’t forget to upload them to our gallery. We’d love for you to play along.

I needed a sympathy card for a friend and this sketch spoke to me and I thought the Moonlit Flora Suite would be perfect,

Here’s my card:

The sentiment on the inside is from In Your Words, which is a set I won’t purge. I think the sentiment is very comforting, at least to me, and is based on an Eskimo Proverb.

Measurements:

The Peaceful Pine base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4 inches, and burnish the score lines
After running a piece of white cardstock through my Cut & Emboss machine using the fern 3D embossing folder, I trimmed it to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
- HINT: When dry embossing cardstock, make sure you trim it after it is dry embossed, especially when using a 3D embossing folder, or your measurements will be smaller than you want
Crop two arches from a piece of Golden Glow and white cardstock
I used a piece of the white velveteen specialty paper from the Velvet Meadow Suite to crop the two large ferns
The remainder of the cropped pieces were able to be stamped and cropped from leftover pieces of cardstock
The outside sentiment, from the Phrases and Frames stamp set, was stamped in Peaceful Pine on white cardstock then cropped with a small arch die
The white cardstock on the inside of the card measures 4″ by 5-1’4 inches

What I Did:

Unless otherwise specified, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together
Using Soft Sea Foam ink, I stamped the ferns on the white cropped arch, the envelope flap, and once on the white cardstock for the inside of the card
I very lightly rubbed the Soft Sea Foam ink pad over the raised embossing on the white cardstock for the front of the card
- It did take a few layers of ink for such a subtle color
I colored the flowers with the Golden Glow blends and the leaves with the Peaceful Pine blends
Then, I added some Wink of Stella ink to the three Soft Sea Foam fiddleheads
Adhere the embossed white cardstock to the front flap of the base of the card by add liquid glue to the back of the left side only
Adhere the white cardstock arch to the Golden Glow arch and then adhere the layers to the embossed cardstock
After dry-fitting the ferns and flowers using removable tape, adhere them using liquid glue and dimensionals
Using a length of Golden Glow ribbon and glue dots, create a loopy loop bow and adhere it to the back of the sentiment arch
Adhere the sentiment to the cardstock pieces using glue dots and dimensionals
The sentiment on the inside of the card is from a retired stamp set and I stamped it using Peaceful Pine ink
Finally, I added three Peaceful Pine butterflies to the front of the card

With that, I’d finished this coordinated sympathy card and envelope.

Loopy Loop Bow:

I was able to watch Mary Deatherage’s, from Stamps -n- Lingers, Perfectly Pears tutorial. In that video, she showed her loopy-loop bow. That’s what I used for the front of my card. I’m bow-challenged and this technique allows me to relatively easily add ribbon without adding the bulk of a tied bow. If you’ve never seen her videos, you owe it to yourself to watch them. I think she’s the Queen of the Collage. Gorgeous cards!!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Colors Used:

Supplies Used:

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