CTS and PTI challenges!

I'm often inspired by the sketches at CAS(E) this Sketch, but I don't often have time to play or post my card. This time I did! Yea me! I'm also entering this in Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge to use a neutral where we might otherwise use a color.

So many ideas with this one - just had to pick one! I stuck with the floral/botanical theme.

I used PTI's Turning a New Leaf in gray ink (inspired by the PTI Make It Monday challenge) on the upper left and bottom right corners. I added a few bits of color - I really wanted to keep it subtle but not drab. I also knew this was going to be a sympathy card, so it really needed to be more subdued, IMO.

I used a MFT frame and popped up the center panel on foam tape for some dimension.

The sentiment label was edged with gray ink to just ever so subtly bring it out from the background.

Thanks for looking!