Welcome to Day 1 of Simon Says Stamp blog hop for their new release, Believe in You.
Today I have a simple, minimal card design to share with you that could be replicated for a number of different occasions.
I created a sympathy card using my just released Clean Line Everyday stamps. I designed this set to serve as an all-purpose greeting set, featuring a clean and minimal font, with appropriate sub-sentiments.
There will be coordinating dies coming for these as well, but they are not quite ready from the manufacturer, so… I just went with a simple stamping approach.
I created a simple watercolor marker background and added some Tonic Glimmer Paste to create a beautiful shine behind the Butterfly Square die.
I also used the colorful outline piece to create a second card project.
Here is the video showing you how I created this card:
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BLOG HOP DETAILS: Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 store coupon at every stop along the blog hop! Visit all the hop blogs, leave a comment and increase your chances of winning! Winners will be announced on the Simon blog on Wednesday, July 31. This is a two-day hop so be sure to check out Day 2, as well! Here are today’s blog hoppers:
Cathy Zielske—you are here!
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223 Comments on “Shimmery Background Sympathy Card (Simon Says Stamp new release blog hop)”
Love the clean and simple design of your cards. Pure perfection!
This is so beautiful!
So pretty. Love how you can go simple, but still wow!
Love your card. That sentiment set is so awesome.
Gorgeous CAS cards! I love the dimension of your stacked die cuts with the beautiful Nuvo glimmer paste- so pretty!
Soft and beautiful cards!! Love them! It is tough to make sympathy cards, but this is so soothing!
Clean and simple with a touch of rainbow. Love your style, Cathy!
Sympathy cards are usually not beautiful but this design is! Thanks for sharing your elegant card.
This is my favorite stamp set from the release! Can’t wait for the dies so I can buy the bundle. Awesome C & S card, loving the lilac!
Love what you created!
I am always looking for sympathy card ideas so this will come in handy!
Such simple but beautiful cards !! I love this stamp set!! A must Have, for sure.
I think simple and elegant is perfect for a sympathy card. Plus, this is beautifully created!
Lovely card. Love the purple
That shimmer background is just gorgeous! Clean and simple cards are among some of my faves and this one has inspired me to give a similar design a try this weekend. Thanks Cathy!
Love this release, and your sentiments!
Beautiful card, Kathy!
Such wonderful cards! Great release.
Thanks so much for sharing…
The card is so beautiful & simple.
I love this simple card.
Oh gosh, I just love these cards. I’m so glad it’s Friday so I can look forward to a weekend in my craft room. You have really inspired me.
Beautiful simple card. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D
Your cards are great!! I love the clean and simple sympathy card. I have made so many sympathy cards lately and I have so much trouble making them, but I love the one you made, quick, easy and pretty. Love that die!
Love the shimmer!
As always, love your clean and simple style.
Very pretty, and a versatile design!
Cathy, you are CAS royalty at this point. Your cards always look so great!
Love the simplicity of your cards.
Darn you CZ!!! My shopping list just keeps getting longer!! I always love your clean and simple design and that stamp set is wonderful!!! I’m also very torn up about those markers! Your videos always make my day better, THANK YOU!!!
The shimmer on the card is gorgeous.
Such soft and delicate colors and cards. I love the all occasion stamps. Beautiful cards!
I always love your cards and this is no exception. Thanks for the inspiration.
Perfect mix of sympathy and encouragment. Keeper for my idea box!
Beautiful cards! I love purple!
You do such beautiful work.
Very pretty, lovely lilac color. I really like the size of the sentiment on the card.
The card is elegant and understated perfect for a sympathy card. I have never used glimmer paste but seeing you in your video made me want to get it and give it a crack.
That shimmer background makes for a subtle touch. Also clever how you use the swiffer cloth for even pressure.
The glimmer is lovely and adds a special touch.
I like how simple and clean your card looks. The butterfly adds a special touch. 🦋
Perfect combo of simplicity and elegance. Perfect for a sympathy card.
Such a pretty card.
Just beautiful. This new release is fantastic.
Love it! Just another example of how “less is more”. Simple and beautiful. Will have to get some of that glimmer paste as so pretty!
These cards are beautiful, I love your designs and style.
I love all your designs, they’re just so versatile. Love the shimmer to the delicate little butterfly background. Thanks for sharing!
Pretty cards! I love all things that sparkle!
A simple yet elegant sympathy card.
Very beautiful card. I love the technique. The soft shimmery background looks so pretty.
Just lovely.
Love that sentiment stamp set. It was the first thing in my cart!
Such a soft and warm sympathy card. Beautiful!
Really Beautiful cards Cathy!!!!
Really pretty cards Cathy, they even look comforting.
I went over to youtube and watched your video. Very beautiful cards and I always love sparkles.
The soft shades of these cards are so lovely–just right for summer. tfs
I had to stop by and see what beautiful work would be done with this great collection. Good job.
This is just beautiful. I love the soft colored part.
Lovely, cards – always need some shimmer!
I love your cards!
love the style of these sentiments. Ordered this stamp set and am excited to hear that there will be coordinating dies.
Delightful cards Cathy! Did anyone ever tell you that you are an *outstanding* designer? Well, you are! (LOL, I know you hear this all the time) I have that AI palette and love it too. I also love that you made 2 cards from the one watercolored piece, brilliant! And thank you for adding safe travels to your sentiments set, haven’t seen that in a stamp set before.
I love that you made two cards using the positive and the negative! Beautiful work.
Maxine H
I love the beauty and simple look of this card
wow, Cathy – the simplicity of these cards is breath taking – they are so elegant – love the two-fer design!!
Beautiful simple card. Love the shimmer.
beautiful sympathy cards!
I don’t see many sympathy cards in pastel colors and I love it! The simple lines of the sentiment really let the butterfly stand out. They’re both lovely.
Beautiful work
Absolutely love the simplicity of these for the purpose. Excellent work, as always.
You had me at sparkle . 😉 the sentiment set is great and how you used the square elegant. Thank you.
Simply darling! Gorgeous colors!
Love your card, the sparkle watercolor background is great. The stamp set you created is super, I think I need to purchase this set, perfect for so many life events.
Love these beautiful cards, so delicate and soft! Love your new sentiment stamp set!💜🤗
I love the clean look of the card. You do have a special style that I can spot a mile away. Just beautiful.
Love the soft colors!
Lovely cards ! I so enjoyed the video.
Once again, you knocked these out of the ballpark!
Love this simple and elegant card.
As usual, another beautiful card! Your directions are always clear and concise, your cards are always doable. I can’t wait to try this one. Love the simplicity of the stamp set’s font, yet it’s different. Nowhere else is there a “safe travels”, which is an expression I always use! Thanks Cathy, for inspiring us!
I love these new sentiment stamps & that you are also making coordinating dies. It’s so easy to create quick, great-looking cards with a little pretty paper & one of your sets!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful cards and creativity with us again! The touch of glimmer is terrific and I can’t wait to try this technique.
I love your card, Cathy! And I love the sentiments and dies that you designed for this release.
TFS!
I love two-fer cards
Great cards! Love the stamp set!
Simple yet elegant. Thank you for sharing
Very beautiful simple card I love the colours you used thanks so much.
Thanks Cathy, very nice!
The shimmery background is stunning! I haven’t tried glimmer paste yet, so it’s great to see what you can do with it.
Cute and classy! Loving the all-purpose sentiment stamp set too. Such a lovely, minimal font. I can’t wait to get mine and play with it (ordered it yesterday!).
The soft colors are gorgeous on these beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Stunning card! I love the colors, the clean design, everything about it.
So soft and pretty!
Your new sentiment stamps are great! Both of the cards you created are lovely. Thanks for sharing the process on the first one. 🙂
What beautiful color choices! Those sentiment stamps are in the best font ever. Simple yet striking. Fantastic job!
Beautiful, clean cards. The colors are gorgeous, and I love the glimmer.
Liking the watercolor background and soft colors very much, Cathy – lovely card!
Simple and yet oh so amazing!! Thanks for sharing the video also!!
Ordered this stamp set yesterday. Love it. Also enjoy your instagram stories.
Clean and simple yumminess!
Lucious pastels with sparkle!
Very pretty
I love the clean and simple design of both the positive and negative pieces on your card designs.
So pretty and fancy! Love the butterfly, too.
I like the pastels you chose. It is very calming.
Love the softness of colors on your cards. Beautiful
Lovely CAS card.
Love the soft color of both your cards! I am not a big purple girl, but this soft lavender is beautiful! So pretty!
Gorgeous cards. Simple but elegant!
Beautiful card!
This new SSS stamp set is a “must have” in my book. The clean, bold greetings are paired with sentiments that are perfect for so many different occasions. I also really like the cards I have seen using these “classic” stamps.
I love the soft pastel colors! perfect sympathy card!
Beautiful card! Love the shimmer and the simple look.
love the simplicity of this card.. very cute
the card is lovely and the colors are so soft
That sentiment stamp set is just gorgeous. Your cards are really beautiful
Love the simple, clean design. This card could be used in so many ways!
I love this card and Cathy’s new sentiments are wonderful.
I love your idea for using those smaller dies with the butterfly or flower!
Beautiful card. I love the colors.
Perfect sentiment set. I say/write Safe Travels so often and rarely see it used.
What a lovely card and in pretty colors.
I love these sentiments, and who doesn’t love getting 2 cards for the price of 1. So inspired, thank you.
Tracy
Love this stamp set!
Beautiful cards, Cathy! I really love the sentiments in this stamp set. I especially love the clean, bold font. So nice to see the “safe travels” greeting.
LOVE this card! Love the sentiments.
These are amazing! Fab products from SSS!
Love your cards!
Just gorgeous! Love it!
Very pretty cards! Thanks for sharing.
This simple design could be used for so many occasions!
Lovely cards ! I liked the color choice too.The clean lines stamp set is wonderful
Beautiful cards!! I love the pastel colors and the use of the paste.
I guess I’m not the only one the loves your stuff! Love watching your video and clean designs along with your antics!
Such lovely cards and a very versatile set of sentiments. I could use this for a lot of things!
I must start using my Zigs – thank you for the inspiration and beautiful cards!
Perfect sympathy card. Love the colors.
I love this new sentiment set, great for lots of occasions! Really pretty sympathy card!
I love how versatile this card design is! You could recreate it for different occasions and with different die/sentiment combinations. Thanks for the inspiration
Simple and elegant. Thank you for sharing this.
Simply lovely! Thank you!
PRETTY pastel colours
Oh what lovely cards! Fabulous clean designs and beautiful colors.
Such beautiful cards!! Love the clean designs!
I had to come back and look at this card (s) again. Now I really want the dies with the butterflies & flowers in them… these are beautiful cards and would make great sets!!
Beautiful cards! We always need sympathy cards and these are beautiful!
Love these frame dies, beautiful cards!
Clean, simple, and elegant CAS cards. Love the glitter effect.
Your cards look so clean and simple, but very effective. Love them.
STUNNING WORK, Cathy! LOVE the soft shades of water color! (I’ll have to check out the Art Impression Palette!) 😉 AND I LOVE your trick of using the clothes pin too! LOL I LOVE that trick with your Scor-Buddy too! I also find to make sure the ends of my card align, to lay my card on the Scor-buddy, aligning the ends of the card in the corner, & then pressing with my bone folder help! LOVE that teflon tool too! 😉 AMAZING CARDS, Cathy!!!!! ;)<3
Absolutely beautiful cards, love the colors you chose. It’s hard to get a sympathy card just right, but you nailed it!
Beautiful card, so soft and pretty and you ‘gotta’ love that shimmer!!
Beautiful cards, Cathy. I love the simple design with the bit of glimmer. So perfect for sympathy cards. Thanks for the great tips and inspiration.
I echo so many other commenters, your cards are beautiful! I love that you used Zig markers. I’ve only used my set to color images but you’ve inspired me to try to create a background with them too.
Lovely cards with simple design!!
Very nice cards! I liked that stamp set and wondered if does would be available… you’ve answered that!
Awesome cards! I love the ability to get 2 for 1 with these diecuts!
Great tips Cathy and this sentiments set is so perfect. Need to add this to my arsenal…glad there will be dies available also. Super job and I am so enjoying the hop.
Cathy, this is just beautiful!! I love how you used that frame and built it up. Such a beautiful card for a sad occasion. 🙂
Just beautiful! I adore this die!!
Lovely and elegant. Perfect cards to send someone some love.
Loving this card!
Very pretty.
Tried commenting – doesn’t look like it took! Love these cards, simple, heartfelt. For sure saving my pennies for that clearline, everyday stamp set. Love your style Cathy!!!
Simplicity is the best and looks beautiful.
Beautiful and simple card love the colors!
Cute cards! Love the shimmery backgrounds and rainbow colors.
Such lovely soft, CAS cards – I love that bit of glimmer.
Lovely cards. I like the idea of using the score buddy to even up the sides. I have been using my Misti which works well also.
Love the butterfly attached to the frame.
Both versions are beautiful. Wonderful
color combination. thanks for sharing
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Nice simple sympathy card.
You always use the prettiest colors.
Always difficult to choose a favorite, but I love the mix of font sizes in this stamp set. Inspiring as always.
Love this new sentiment set! Love me a clean, graphic font! 🙂
Cathy,
Can you not make another set for maybe three months? I love your style, but my wallet is upset with you. Love the simplicity of these cards.
Love the soft rainbow colors and the card too! I’ve never seen the watercolor technique where you put the ink from the marker on the clear block first. The second card you made from the negative images was beautiful too!
Such a lovely card!! Beautifully done!
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia Rodriguez
Migdalia’s Crafts
Two very beautiful cards. Thank you
Great cards! Love the colors!
this die is going to be so versatile! and “luv me some” CZ Designs sentiments!!!
I would never have thought to use the cut away as a separate background. You are a genius! I always like your cards. Thanks for sharing that technique!
Thanks for a very well done video tutorial. Love your style! and the new products you used.
These are beautiful cards. I went to order your sentiment set and it was sold out! Soooo, I’ll get notified when it is back in stock and I’ll get it next time around. It’s a lovely set, and I love the font!
Love how easily this card came together – lovely, simple elegance. Just right. Thanks!
So soft and lovely. Thanks or the inspiration!
Beautiful card!
Beautiful butterfly cards…love the shimmer you used on the first.
Now I just found more things to buy. I just bought all your sentiment stamps. I love me some sentiment stamps. Love the card!
What a gorgeous color palette for both cards. Soooooo creative and inspiring. You are amazing and I appreciate your sharing your talents.
Both of your cards are beautiful! I love the soft colors!
I tried to comment but my internet is being fussy. I love both cards, especially the light colors.
Such pretty cards! Love the touch of sparkle and the font on the sentiment!
Love the simplicity and beauty of your cards. Love the watercolor markers they add perfect amount of color. Two lovely cards.
So pretty! Love the soft colors and the beautiful dies!
Cathy, such a beautiful card for a sad occasion. This die is so beautiful!
I love how the soft colours are complimented by the soft rounded corners. Just beautiful. 🙂
Your cards are beautiful, soft and perfect sympathy cards! Thanks so much for sharing.
Fantastic cards. Love the new release.
Awesome cards! The Clean Line sentiment stamp is a must have. Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely beautiful!!
Absolutely stunning. I very rarely fine a sympathy card that I like but these are just awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas today x
This is a lovely card with the softest colors and beautiful shine. Thanks for the video as seeing it done is so much better for me.
Beautiful cards showing hope for the sympathy cards. Thanks for sharing.
These cards are gorgeous, I love this cute butterfly die. Thanks for inspiring us!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the tip about the glimmer paste not die cutting well. I just bought some and haven’t used it yet.
Simply beautiful.
Love clean and simple. Sooo pretty.
Pretty butterfly cards. I like the colors and shimmer.
Really pretty butterfly cards. I like the clean and simple sentiments too. I can’t wait for the dies to come out that go with them.
Beautiful designs! I like the new dies and pretty pastel colors you used.
I love the clean line stamp set Cathy! Your sympathy card is beautiful.
Wow! Your cards are so elegant. Love the clean line sentiments.
Beautiful card. Simple but elegant
Your sympathy card is very beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process video.
Beautiful cards, Kathy! I love your CAS style
How pretty! I love the shine. TFS!
Very nice clean & simple cards!!
Beautiful watercolor look!!
I love your work and the simplicity of your stamps. There’s something soothing about clean sentiments on my cards that make them stand out and help balance the crazy that is life. :p
Such a pretty and elegant card! Love the shimmery background!Thanks for the inspiration!
Glittery goodness!!!
Such a pretty card.
I always adore your clean and simple look cards. This is beautiful!
Love the cards – they are simple but very beautiful!