Losses

A couple of Friends suffered the loss of a parent. Another friend has decided not to attend our crafting nights anymore. It just seems to be a season of loss. So I made some cards for my friends.

First up the sympathy cards. I was playing with a technique I learned while visiting home from Rena (Hi Rena)! The stamps, ink and paper are all from Paper Trey Ink.



The paper on this one is kraft from Paper Trey Ink and colored with Prismacolors.
The ink was Archival. Stamps by Hero Arts except for the sentiment it is from
Cornish Heritage Farms. Someone so wonderful… can never be forgotten is what the full stamp says. I stamped a portion on the front and the rest inside. Added a few pearls to finish it off.



These three cards were inspired by a die set I bought from Paper Trey Ink.
there are 3 dies in the set as seen below. The stamps are from their Counting Your Blessings stamp set. I had this floral ribbon that covers the seam between where the embossing folder ends. I think it is a hello kitty set from Sizzix.






Even though this seems to be a season of loss; I am blessed and grateful, thankful for what I have.
In The Hand of the Creator,

Sadly

Sadly there will come a time when you will need a Sympathy Card. A friend lost her son recently, so I made her this card. I double cuttlebuged it. I embossed it with one folder and sanded it and then embossed it again with another folder and sanded again. I used the Perfect Printing Pouch before stamping on the ribbon, this keeps it from feathering. The verse is from Stacy's Stamp

 

I am praying for the comfort of my friend and her family.

 

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In Sympathy

Sadly we will all need to make and send a sympathy card at one time or another.  I made this one for a friend whose mother passed away, my heart goes out to her. 

 I used a beautiful stamp from the Thomas Kincaid collection from Cornish Heritage Farms ; I stamped it in Sepia Versafine on glossy cardstock that had been brayered with Autumn Leaves Kaleidacolor pad.  I then cut some satin ribbon and stamped on it “With Sympathy”. Since the Versafine would not dry on the glossy cardstock I covered it with a acetate sticker and added the “dew drops”

 

The inside verse says:

 I pray that in a very special way the Lord will comfort you today.