Sympathy card

Sympathy cards are (in my opinion) the most difficult cards to make as well as to write inside.  A friend's brother recently passed away, and this is what I designed.

Sympathy

I created this card for a family whose husband/father/grandfather recently passed away.

It took quite a bit of time to figure out the Anna's Flourishes cut on my Explore Air. Note to self: 5 x 7 cards are difficult to created a matching envelope. 

Sympathy

I decided to create a sympathy card because it never fails that I need one when I don't have time to make one. When I was finished making it this afternoon, my husband said that he needed a sympathy card and wondered if I could make one for him. See what I mean? Anniversaries, birthdays, weddings, other occasions ... you know in advance that you will need a card for that occasion.  Not sympathy cards, though.

I've gotten into the habit of making 5 x 7 cards lately. It seems like there's more real estate to do some designing on as well as to add more elements and embellishments. So this is what I came up with.

I am entering this into Cheery Lynn Designs' Anything Goes Challenge #233; I used my Lace Corner Deco I die to layer under the paper.  The challenge ends July 20.

I am also entering it into Artistic Inspirations' Challenge #160 Anything Goes.  The challenge ends July 16.

I cut the fancy thingamob at the bottom from my Cricut Ornamental Iron cartridge and the main sentiment backing from Elegant Edges.

Finally, I used my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board to make a coordinating envelope.

Thinking of You

This is going out to a friend whose grandmother recently passed away.  Sympathy cards are difficult to make, mostly because someone is grieving.

 

I am entering this into the Frilly and Funkie Things with Wings Challenge.  Yet again, I love my Explore.  Everything except for the papers was cut on it.  I love the crisp cuts and the versatility it offers.  I even decided to clean up and straighten my craft space to give the machine its own place of honor.

Sympathy card

It seems like I'm making a lot of these cards lately. This one is for a friend whose father-in-law passed away last week. I used Elegant Edges to cut the portion that the sentiment is printed on.

The paper is from a 6" x 6" paper stack from Prima called Botanical Collection. I purchased it a few months ago at Hobby Lobby.  To finish it off, I used Frayed Burlap Distressed Ink to edge all around everything.