Sympathy Cards

I have such a hard time making masculine and sympathy cards. A Friend asked me to make her a mix of cards and of course I let the Sympathy to last. I don't quite know whats so hard about them but I find that I don't want to make them to bland and depressing but I also don't want to make them too flashy either! This is what i came up with.

For this card I used Basic Black and Whisper White Cs. Using the Motifs Stamp set I first stamped with Basic Grey I stamped the same image again only this time using versa mark and embossing it with Silver embossing powder. I finished it off with a white Organza Bow!

I Love how this one turned out! It was mt favorite creation of the day! I used Always Artichoke,Barely banana river rock and Very Vanilla cs and a piece of Motifs Designer Paper. I love the Simplicity of the Oh SO Lovely Hostess set. I added colour with my Aqua Painter and finished the card off with three brown eyelets and a piece of thin burgundy organza ribbon.