Deepest Sympathy

 I recently had need of a sympathy card.  This is what I came up with.

Blend Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide over a small piece of Clarity stencil card.

Add stamping in French Ultramarine Archival ink using one of the stamps from the Love Grunge stamps set from Clarity Crafts. 

Add a second stamp from the Happy Grunge set in the same ink using a Clarity stamp pen.

Add further stamping in Periwinkle archival ink using another stamp from the same set.

Add more stamping in the same ink, using a small stamp from the Art Grunge set on a stamp pen.

Add Deepest Sympathy, using a stamp from the Entwined Sentiments set, in Night Sky Archival ink.

Blend round the edges of the topper in the same ink.

Stamp round the edges of a 6" x 6" white card blank using the first stamp and ink used on the topper.

Die cut a mat from Antarctica companion paper using the 3.75" nested square picot die, go round the edge of the topper with a black Sharpie and mat it up.

Add one of the Pinky Gray Greetings stickers to the same companion paper, having gone round it with the Sharpie pen.  Trim leaving a narrow border.

To finish, add both the toppers to the front of the card.