Blue Blossoms Card

Southern Serenade stamp set

and other supplies from Stampin' Up!

were used on this card.

The image was water colored with inks

from my ink pads and an aquapainter.

I may add a tiny tag to the bow

when I am ready to send it.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Lots of Happy Sympathy Card

I put to use a few leftovers from the Lots of Happy card kit

I played around with last year, emptying my scrap drawer.

See the 16 cards I made last year here , here and here.

I was able to make six more cards

with leftover bits from that kit and images I printed.  

I'll be sharing them over the next week. 

The embossed piece was from the kit.

I lightly sanded the raised areas. 

The black and white paper is one of the envelopes

I cut apart. I didn't use any of the mini envelopes

or mini card bases to make cards as designed 

in the kit, instead altering them to make

full size cards.

I added die cut pieces from other sets I have. 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Rose Wonder Sympathy Card

I needed another sympathy card recently.

All supplies used came from Stampin' Up!,

although most are retired.

Rose Wonder stamp and die set.

I spent some time cutting out pieces

in different colors to back the die cut

flower and stem outlines from the set.

There are no dies to cut backing pieces.

Bashful Blue, Bliss Blue, Pistachio Pudding,

Sage Shadow, Barely Banana card stocks

white embossing powder

flat back pearls

Thanks for looking 

 

First Frost Sympathy Card

This is the final card of the first five I made with the 

new to me First Frost stamp and die set (retired)

from Stampin' Up! 

Everything used on this card came from SU!,

although most are no longer available.

Sentiment from Lasting Lily stamp set

Quilt Top embossing folder

Colors:

Primrose Petals, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Crushed Curry

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Yet Another Dog Sympathy Card

I made this card and mailed it out in late October.

I now know that it was received, so I'm sharing.

I no sooner got the last dog sympathy card made 

and sent off when I found out another friend

lost her dog. What a year.

All supplies used came from Stampin' Up!,

most are now retired.

Bow Wow, Bella and Friends 

& So Sorry stamp sets

 The dog was water colored

and hand cut out then 

attached with dimensionals.

White heat embossed words on 

black card stock and mounted 

onto a scrap of chipboard for dimension.

Chipboard is not as thick as foam dimensionals

(also known as pop dots), so it gives it just 

enough height, but not as much as the dog.

Thanks for looking.

Another Sympathy Card For A Dog

Another one of my long time email "pen pals"

 lost one of her fur babies recently.

I've had to make too many sympathy cards

this year, for both people and pets :(

Supplies:

Cuttlebug embossing folder

metal edge tag

paper punches to create the paw print

polka dot grosgrain ribbon

white, textured black and red card stocks

Thanks for looking 

 

Final Sympathy Card - for now

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!,

most of which are no longer available.

Thanks for looking

 

Navy and Gold Leaves Sympathy Card

 

Apothecary Art Sympathy Card

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

and are no longer available.

Apothecary Art stamp set and

coordinating word set

Lovely Floral embossing folder

Image was water colored with inks 

from ink pads and an aqua painter

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Kraft and Copper Sympathy Card

It doesn't show in the photos,

but I used Copper Metallic Encore ink

for the rubber stamped flowers.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

and are no longer available.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Modern Mosaic Sympathy Card

I came across this embossed piece in my scraps 

and decided to put it use making a simple 

sympathy card. 

I die cut a fancy label piece,

lightly rubbed silver ink along the edges,

added two silver brads on the edges

and mounted it over a hand cut

dark gray banner.

The entire front panel is attached to

a silver metallic card stock base.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

Thank for looking =) 

 

Kraft and Black Butterfly Sympathy Card

This card was inspired by a sample in an old

Stampin' Up! catalog.

All supplies used were from SU!

I'll be sharing several more sympathy cards

the next few days since my Mom asked

me to make some for her.

Thanks for looking =) 

Pink and Blue Sympathy

Another sympathy card........

Everything used was from Stampin' Up!

The card base, ribbon and tag are from a quite old card kit.

Here is one of the old, basic cards. 

I stamped and die cut flowers from 

Everything Is Rosy to dress this one up. 

The sentiment is from Lasting Lilies.

I have one more of these card bases to assemble,

then the kit will be used up after several years;) 

Thanks for looking.

2 More Sympathy Cards

The above card was a CAS Favorite at 

Splitcoaststampers

I made a couple more sympathy cards to have on hand.

We've needed to send out several this year :(

These two are nice and flat so they

won't require extra postage to mail. 

All supplies used came from Stampin' Up! 

4 Sympathy Cards

Hubby needed two sympathy cards recently 

so I made these for him to choose from.

He liked the center and last ones the best. 

Stamp images came from Stampin' Up! years ago. 

Thanks for looking

Sympathy Shimmer

I had this floral die cut panel sitting in my

 to-do-something-with-someday box.

I cut an extra when I made a wedding card earlier this year

to save a little time if I needed a card that it would work for. 

Unfortunately, we needed a sympathy card recently

and I didn't have any already made on hand. 

The die cut piece is Whisper White card stock with

a shimmery paper layer behind. 

I added organdy ribbon, a die cut butterfly, sentiment banner

and adhered the entire panel to a Buckaroo Blue card base. 

I finished off the inside to coordinate.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

(except the ribbon) 

Thanks for looking, have a good day =) 

Calm Seas Sympathy

This is the card I made for the widow of  my hubby's coworker.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

Calm Seas

Old World Map

Lasting Lily

Subtles EF

Dog Sympathy Card

I made this card for my long time 

 "pen pal" that had to said goodbye to

her fur baby  :(

I probably should have left the polka dots off.....

All supplies (other than the mini heart banner die cut)

were from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking, have a great day !

MORE Sympathy Cards

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking, have a good day =) 

Assorted Sympathy Cards

Scrapbooking was put on hold for a while.

One of my Aunts called last week

with a request for 12 cards. 

I've been busy making several
more than she requested to
give her options to choose from.  

These are the Sympathy cards.
She wanted them to be

mostly flat, easy to mail without needing 

extra postage. I got a bit carried away on

a couple of them, though. 

I'll be sharing baby boy, baby girl 

and graduation card assortments 

 I made for her, too.

The above Thoughts of You card

was actually sent to another Aunt 

who had been in the hospital.

 I stuck it in this post anyway.

Although I think of Sympathy cards as more muted,

I wanted to make one "brighter" colored one in

case that may be something my Aunt would like. 

Thanks for looking, have a great day!