Framed For You With Sympathy

It is always sad when we have to create sympathy cards for our loved ones, but what a great opportunity to use our awesome products and our creative crafting talents to bless others.

A good friend of mine recently lost her husband and I hope she will take comfort in this simple Sympathy card made just for her.

I created this card using the Framed For You and the Heal Your Heart stamp sets. I love the calming yet elegant font in the Heal your Heart set!

• Begin with a Blackberry Bliss card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½ ”. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4 ¼”.  Fold and burnish.
• Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of the Basic White cardstock and stamp the several flowers in Blackberry Bliss ink in the upper left corner.  Add some leaves and ferns in Shaded Spruce ink. Attach to the front of the Blackberry Bliss card base.
• To the center of the flowers, add a silver metallic pearl.  I also added an extra one to the fern and to the greeting.
• Use the double oval punch to punch a scalloped oval from Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  Use a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock to stamp the With Sympathy greeting in Blackberry Bliss ink.  Punch out the greeting using the smooth oval from the Double Oval Punch.  
• Attach to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Add a small silver pearl to the greeting.

• Cut a 4 x 5¼” piece of White cardstock and stamp the greeting from the Heal Your Heart set in Blackberry ink and attach the cardstock to the inside panel of the card base.
• Feel free to embellish the inside with flowers and leaves or leave it plain as in the sample.

I know sending sympathy cards is never fun and my heart breaks for those who have lost a love one, especially, a significant other! Let us lift up in prayer and send our loving thoughts to all those who have loved and lost!