Sympathy cards are always a challenge. I designed this for a dear friend of mine who recently lost her mother. I'm to that age where unfortunately I think this is going to be happening more often and it breaks my heart.
I'm a non-traditional maker of sympathy cards, the thought of designing a stark black and white project isn't necessarily something that I would want to receive during a time of grief.
I don't tend to mix + match manufacturers when putting a card together but I don't have too many sentiments that work for sympathy cards. It doesn't help that I had a certain design I wanted to use.
I started off with a pale blue base, I layered an A2 panel with another panel of the same color but .25 inch smaller, Stampin' Up Soft Sky.
The center panel is Bazzill - Butter Mint. I stamped the Mama Elephant Snowy Tree in Catherine Pooler - Mint to Be. I inked up the edges with Antique Linen Distress Oxide. I ran it through my die cutter with the PTI - Linen & Canvas Impression Plate.
The MFT sentiment from their More Essentials Sentiments was inked up in Memento - Rich Cocoa.
I finished it off with Stampin' Up twine.
I was inspired by the Global Design Project - Case the Designer challenge:
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