Sympathy

Earlier this week my uncle lost his battle with cancer.  There's no way to write that sentence that could possibly convey just how shattered I am by his death.  He was a beautiful soul, with an incredibly mischievous spirit - he actually attended my wedding dressed as a woman!  Another story for another time.  We're heading off tomorrow to the mainland for his funeral.  I just hope I can hold it together.  I'm teary at the best of times.

So I found myself in need of some sympathy cards.  I couldn't focus enough to design anything original, so I cased a couple of my recent cards.  I thought I'd share them here because I wanted to show how a few subtle changes made the same design work for a sympathy card.

Card One.  See the original card HERE.  And here are my sympathy versions.

I tried two different stamps from the same Papertrey Ink set for the die cut.  They both worked beautifully.

Card One
Materials:

Stamp sets - PTI - Turning A New Leaf, Mat Stack 3, SU Trendy Trees (sentiment)

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen, Crumb Cake

Inks - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso

Accessories - Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies die, Mat Stack 3 die, bown felt, pearls, Blue Seam Binding, sponge dauber




And Card 2.  See the original card HERE.  Again, only minor differences.

Card Two
Materials:

Stamp sets - PTI - Signature Greetings, Communique Curves

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso

Inks - Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories - Blue Seam Binding, dimensionals, Big Shot, Nestibilities

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