Today’s sympathy card was inspired by the Less is More challenge. This is a great challenge for creating clean & simple cards with interest.

Stair-step Peony

I began with a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″.  Keeping it clean & simple, you’ll notice there isn’t a layer. One of the great things about this style card, it doesn’t require lots of product.

The Prized Peony Stamp Set has a rather large flower, which I stamped in Memento Black Ink on Thick Basic White Cardstock.

Next, I used three Stitched Rectangles Dies to cut the flower in three sections.

After cutting, I colored the peony with Stampin’ Blends in two colors: Magenta Madness and Shaded Spruce. Because of all the shading within the stamped image, this was easy to do. I was just careful the ink didn’t spill over the outside edge.

Once colored, I glued the first (right-hand side) section flat, the middle section on Dimensionals, and the third section on doubled Dimensionals, making it stair-stepped.

The sentiment, “so sorry for your loss,” is also from the Prized Peony Stamp Set. I stamped it in Memento Black Ink, used a Stitched Rectangles Die for cutting, and glued it beneath the flat section. To make it “shorter,” I used the middle die for cutting.

Here is Elaine’s design at Less Is More.

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