In need of a Sympathy Card.

Yesterday I found myself in need of a Sympathy card to give to my Cousins family. She died suddenly from complications of the Flu at only 47 years old.  My stash of cards did not contain a single Sympathy card.  I guess making cards makes me happy, so I haven't previously felt the need to make a sad card for the sake of crafting.  Yesterday however, I felt the need to personally make a card for my Uncle to pass on my condolences for the loss of his daughter.  Although I haven't seen my cousin since we were little kids due to her parents marriage breakup, her dad (my dads brother) has continued to be a part of our lives and is being a great support to my Dad who is battling cancer.  My Uncle, and every other non-crafter out there, probably has no idea about how much time, effort and thought goes into the crafting of a card, but I felt better giving a card that had "me" in it rather than one purchased from a shop.  I can now find motivation and satisfaction in creating Sympathy cards.

I did have to search the Holy Grail of Ideas AKA Pinterest as I had no idea where to start with a
Sympathy Card.  I found a beautiful card that I really liked which was made by Kay Miller of My Joyful Moments. If you get a chance check out her blog.  She is not a SU demonstrator but I have used her card for inspiration and adapted it to use SU product.  Thankyou Kay for sharing your work.

I also put together a "Hello" card at the same time.  I used a mishmash of stamp and dies sets for these cards.  I loved the simplicity of the original card and tried to maintain this on my version.  I really like the mix of grey and white with just a pop of colour.  

Thankyou for viewing my card.  I have listed all the products below that I used to create these cards.

Happy Crafting!!

PRODUCTS

Whisper White Thick Cardstock
Smoky Slate Cardstock
Simply Scored
Striched Shapes Framelits
Bouquet Bunch Framelits
Lots of Love Stamp Set
Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
Better together Stamp Set
Timeless Textiures Stamp Set
Flirty Flamingo Ink Pad
Smoky Slate Inkpad
Glitter Enamel Dots