Quick Sympathy cards

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing two simple sympathy cards with you.

Finding out someone has passed is usually sudden and you don't have

a lot of time to create a sympathy card if you don't have one on hand.

Here are two simple butterfly cards that came together quickly.

Here is another simple one. I like to use dies when I'm in a hurry 

because they take less time than coloring. The only stamping on 

my cards were the sentiments.

Simple and elegant sympathy card

Yesterday I shared a sympathy card that I made for a friend.

Today I'm sharing another one I made a while back.

Unfortunately, I wait WAY too long to post my cards
and I don't remember who I made this card for.

I kept this one simple and elegant.

Some of the paper is a champagne metallic that is really pretty but 

difficult to capture in a photo.

Arched Butterfly Sympathy Card

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a sympathy card that I made for a friend who 

just lost his mother.

I used ESSENTIAL ARCHES ETCHED DIES FROM THE GLIMMER GREETINGS COLLECTION for the base of the card.

The green border is from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

The beautiful butterfly is from 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies.

Stained Glass Sympathy

Hello and happy Monday!

I'm a couple days behind in my post.  I usually post on Saturday but I got side-tracked this past week.  I had a card started for my post only to find out the my husband's boss lost his father to Corona Virus last Monday.  Now I needed a sympathy card.  I switched gears which delayed me a couple of days.  I made this for his boss and his family.

I used STAINED GLASS FLORAL CIRCLE to make their card.

It's part of the Stained Glass series at IBFS.

Two days before his father passed away my husband's boss found out that he and his wife both have the disease as well.  They thought they were doing fine but his wife has since been admitted to the hospital. It's been a rough week for this family.  I feel like I should get another card out to them soon.

Hope you're all staying healthy and finding a little extra time to craft.  Every dark cloud has a silver lining right?

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I Brake for Luna Moths!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a dear friend that just lost her mother. My friend is passionate about nature as was her mother so when I saw this STAINED GLASS LUNA -LARGE
I knew that's what I wanted to use on her card.

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I remember talking to my friend the first time I saw a Luna moth in person.  I was with my son at his Boy Scout camp and there was one on a shed.  I could have stared at it for hours.  More recently we had one on our screen on our sliding glass door.  He stayed for hours.  It was quite beautiful.  For those of you that don't know, a Luna can grow to be an average of about 4".

I stamped the image twice and cut the moth out of the second one so that I could put him with the sentiment.  The With Sympathy is from EVERY DAY PHRASES.

I Brake for Tulips!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a sympathy card with you. My husband's coworker just lost his father so my husband asked me to make something to send to him.

I used TULIPS from

I Brake for Stamps.

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IBFS has a wonderful collection of flowers and their flower stamps are some of my favorites. I MAY own JUST a "few!" lol!!

On the inside I used a verse that I found online and printed out.

Memories Comfort You

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing the last of three sympathy cards that I made for my high school friend and her family.

I used 

MEMORIES COMFORT YOU

Here's the front of my card.

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Iris Sympathy card

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a sympathy card.  My best friend from school lost her dad recently and I needed three cards for her family.

I used

WILD IRIS

and 

EVERY DAY PHRASE

When we were young Caren's favorite color was purple so

I went with the iris for that reason.

On the inside I used 

WITH SYMPATHY

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Magnolia Sympathy

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a sympathy card that meant a lot to me.

My best friend from high school lost her dad a couple weeks ago and I made three cards...one for her, one for her sister and one for her mom.

I'll share others soon.

I used three stamps from I Brake for stamps.

MAGNOLIA FLOWER

EVERY DAY PHRASES

and

WE DO NOT REMEMBER

I used two cross dies from Spellbinders.

On the inside I stamped a part of the magnolia in the corner.

Caren's father was very special to me growing up.  I spent so much time at her house with her and her parents.  They were such kind, loving people.

He will be missed by many.

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Through the Eyes of a Child

Hello and happy Saturday.

Today I'm sharing a card that I wish I didn't have to make.

My sister has friends whose son has Cancer and is failing right now.  They don't think that he'll make it through the weekend.  She asked me for a card ahead of time so that she'd have it the moment she needs it.  She'd gladly put it through a shredder if a miracle happens though.

I've used two verses from I Brake for Stamps on my card.

On the front I used

Eyes of a Child

This card was so difficult to make.  I picked out paper and put it away three times because it didn't seem right.  I had the verse stamped and matte cut in a different color and tossed them.  It's not easy to be inspired when you need a card for this reason.

On the inside I used
With Sympathy

The little boy's name is Cooper which is why I put the C in the heart.

Here's a close up of the beautiful verse...

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