Sympathy card

I actually got to craft a little bit on Sunday, YEAH!! and finally got to play with my Cuttle Bug (oh how I missed it so).
Today I have a sympathy card, actually two, as I made them in two different colors I really need to have some of those on hand, just in case. Those are the type of cards you always hope to never have to use, but unfortunately you do end up needing them :(
Well, here is my card...
The sentiment is printed on the card itself and then the embossed card stock is attached on top of it. I used crocheting yarn around the card to add little more character. There is also a little bit of stickles around the sentiment (though it's hard to see it). This is a dark purple card stock, but unfortunately the color does not show correctly on the picture.
And then I made the blue one...
Here I combined two different folders and also used beads to crisscross my yarn...

I popped those corner rectangles on dimensionals to allow for the yarn to hang, which also helped the beads to not stick out so much :)

This card is for: Cuttlebug Challenge - to make a sympathy card.

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Sympathy card

Someone at work asked me to make a sympathy card for their friend, so I had to make one quickly. I remember seeing the idea somewhere on the web or one of the magazines and always wanted to try to layer vellum on top of the image, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I printed bouquet and colored it with different shades of purple. Then I embossed vellum with "with deepest sympathy" with dark purple then I added a little piece of folded ribbon on top of the vellum. Overall I was happy with the technique and thought of many other ways to use it.
Thank you girls for stopping by! And thank you for all sweet comments you left me for my Alice card - I greatly appreciate it! Thank you, you are all sooooooooooooooo sweet to me!!!

Hello!
hope you all having a good day. It's Monday morning and I have to run to work, but before I leave I wanted to share something with you.

Last night we just found out that my SIL's cat died. He was 14 years old, so he had a good life with my SIL, but it is always so sad to loose your pets .....

I personally love to mail cards to my loved ones in time of happiness or sorrow - just to remind them that I love them and there for them.

So I made a card for my SIL and here it is (sorry I forgot to take a picture before my husband signed it, oops):

I printed "With Deepest Sympathy" from my computer (as I don't have any sympathy stamps at this time). I didn't want to have overpowering design for this card, so I kept it simple by using "tattoo" paper and solid blue cardstock. Also added rhinestones for some bling....

And here is how it looks from the back...

I always wanted to try to make a card like this one, but for some reason thought it was too small...too complicated or whatever...

but this card is perfect! And you can do so much with it :)

I enjoyed this card folding technique and will use it again in a future.