Sympathy

A close neighbor of mine lost her husband from cancer this month.  I wanted to make her a special card.

I made the background by pricking a circular design.  The center design is a stamped image I received from a friend.  I colored it with my Copic markers and attached it to the background.  All of this was glued to the base card.  The final touch was the "With Sympathy" sticker.

And More

It is often hard to match a sympathy card with the person who has suffered the loss.  Sometimes a simple design works the best.  An acquaintance and friend of my sister lost her mother recently and this is the card I came up with.

 

I used the Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" embossing folder on the white sections above and below the flourish.  I used a rubber stamp (Vintage Flourish 3) by Stampabilities for the flourish and printed out the word "sympathy".  The white paper I used was actually a very subtle blue and white cloud-like pattern.  The base card was royal blue.

I chose this verse for the inside.

Loss

A friend of mine lost her father last year.  I wanted to give her a special card.  I found a simple paper embroidery pattern and stitched the design.  I mounted the stitching on lavender cardstock and then on a purple card base.

Inside I added a simple verse.