Clean & Classic Sympathy Card

Sympathy cards are not the most enjoyable to make but make a big difference to those who receive them.  I always like to have a few on hand because these are the cards you don’t plan on sending.  I also think they should be somewhat simple and subtle.  But that doesn’t mean they can’t be beautiful as well.  A simple way for me to keep a card “quiet yet elegant” is to make it monochromatic.

Here’s the details

• The card base is Very Vanilla thick card stock with a mat of Very Vanilla card stock cut 1/8″ smaller and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• A piece of Very Vanilla card stock is cut at 4 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ and a mat of gold foil paper is cut 1/8″ smaller.
• Before adhering these two pieces together, I stamped the floral image from Touches of Texture stamp set and the sentiment from Flourishing Phrases stamp set in Versa Mark ink and heat embossed them in gold embossing powder.

• A small piece of 1/8″ gold ribbon is wrapped around the sentiment layer and a small bow attached.
• This layer is popped on the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

• The inside sentiment is also from Flourishing Phrases stamp set and coordinates with the sentiment on the front of the card.
• I stamped it in Soft Suede ink, which is surprisingly close to gold.
• To give the inside a little more detail, I trimmed the sides of the sentiment layer with some Year of Cheer Washi Tape.  It was so simple to do and created a very classic effect.

• The front of the envelope is embellished with more Year of Cheer Washi Tape.

This sympathy card was very simple to make and I think makes the perfect statement. And it was easy to make a few to have on hand.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Take care,

Rosanne

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