With Sympathy....

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Print Recipe

Sympathy cards are not one of my favorite cards to make. In fact, I rarely will include them in my stamp-a-stacks but every now and then I do find that I need to send one. Generally, most of my designs or cutesy and colorful but that wouldn't be fitting for this type of project. Luckily, Lovely As A Tree is still available in our catalog. This has to be one of the longest running stamp sets -I know I've had it for over 14 years and I see why. From holiday cards to Father's Day cards to Sympathy cards- this set is great for all occasions. Here's a design I came up with for a subtle sympathy card.

The base of the card is our thick Whisper White cardstock (sooo glad this is available now!). It's matted with Night of Navy and then I stamped Lovely as a Tree onto our Whisper White cardstock (the regular weight) in Basic Black.

Using the Works of Art stamp set (another GREAT versatile set!) I stamped the top "swoosh" in Marina Mist and then underneath in Pool Party and matted this onto the Night of Navy CS

Using a scrap of Night of Navy (I save all my scraps! They come in handy for banners!) and using our Triple Punch Banner, I made a short banner, added a gemstone and stamped the sentiment in Basic Black

This was a very quick but beautiful card that you can make should you have the unfortunate need to make one. But it's one that the recipient will be sure to treasure.

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