Sympathy Cards

A very close friend of my mothers has a wonderful ministry where she makes stuffed bears out of clothing from someone who has passed away. These bears are a labor of love as she does not charge for them and they are all hand sewn. I had the opportunity to see one she was making and it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Maybe it was the amount of love put into creating it, maybe it was the precious gift of having it made from "Grandpa's" favorite shirt, but it melted my heart to see the workmanship that was put into something so special.

I feel blessed and honored that Cheryl asked me to make cards to send along with the bears. I love knowing my cards will be added to her work of art to comfort someone who is going through a tough time.

Over the past month I have been working on making 50 sympathy cards to accompany the bears. I thought I would show you pictures of the cards. Many were done in duplicate so there wont be 50 pictures, but there will be several. Enjoy!

Friendship Card

The Paper Players has created another color challenge. I always think the color challenges will be the easiest, however they really challenge me to think...Don't I say that every week!

The colors this week are Not quite Navy, Pool Party and Certainly Celery.

I have to admit, I did not realize that until writing this post. I thought it was Night of Navy. Oops...Fortunately I was able to recreate the card without too much effort. Now I have 2 beautiful cards to show you.

The first one is the one using the correct colors for the challenge...

The second card is using Night of Navy instead of Not Quite Navy. I have to say I like the colors of the color challenge better then the bold Night of Navy!

Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Triple Flower Treat, Tea Shoppe
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Certainly Celery
Ink pad/markers: Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Big Shot, Elegant Lines embossing folder, Eyelet Border Punch,Curly Label punch, corner punch (non SU) , Certainly Celery Taffeta Ribbon, green pearls (non SU), dimentionals

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Kids Birthday Card

The Paper Players has another fun challenge this week. They always inspire to step out of the box. However, this challenge really took a lot of thought until I came across my Bugs and Kisses set and knew exactly what to do. 

My "funny" card!

Recipe for the card (all Stampin Up supplies used).

Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Whisper white Pool Party.

Ink: Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party

Accessories: Island Indigo Bakers Twine, dimentionals, Scoring Tool, snail adhesive (non SU), sticky strip, 

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