Dynamic Duos #3 & The Paper Players #96 (With Sympathy)

Hello friends - today I made a card for a couple of my dear friends who have recently lost a loved one.  It is never fun to make a card for this reason - but my hope is always that by sending a handmade card that the recipient(s) will know how much I truly care.  I was grateful to use both a color and theme from the following challenges to help me put this card together:

The Paper Players Challenge #96 - CAS with Polka Dots

Dynamic Duos #3 - Black Tie Week with a  Dessert option (dry embossing).

I hope this card qualifies as a clean and simple (CAS) card - I struggle a bit with the clean and simple concept. Even though it has several fussy-cut butterflies the lines of the card are clean and there is a good amount of white space (I think) to help it stay clean. It really is quite simple with the exception of the time it took to fussy cut the butterflies.  I did opt for the dry embossing dessert option for the Dynamic Duos challenge with the hearts on the daffodil delight strip.  Some of the butterflies are watercolored using a blender pen and the DD ink drops - the rest are stamped with black ink on Daffodil Delight cardstock and then cut out. 

 

These gorgeous butterflies are from a new stamp set called Papaya Collage that will be available June 1st.  The sentiment is from a retired set called Thanks for Caring.  Here is a couple more views of my card:

Thanks for stopping by to visit - I sure do appreciate it.  Hugs!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up!): Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black and Daffodil Delight.  Ink - Basic Black (classic) and Daffodil Delight. Stamps - Papaya Collage (NEW and available June 1st) and Thanks for Caring (sentiment - retired).  Polka dot paper is from the Designers Series Patterned Paper Stack - neutrals.  I used the Adorning Accents Textured Embossing Folders for the heart strip in the card.