TIME AND MEMORY

It's one of those unfortunate aspects of life that we will all need to send out sympathy cardsat times. I experienced the outpouring of wonderful thoughts from others upon the death of my beloved mother not too long ago.

The card I am featuring today is a good example of how a hand created sympathy card can be made. I am working with tricky vellum, so read on to discover how I handled it.

SUPPLIES:

White cardstock

Old Olive cardstock

Designer Series Paper

Vellum

Bloom With Hope stamp set

VersaMark ink

Big Shot

Butterfly die

Embossing Buddy

Platinum Embossing Powder

Basic Pearls

Mini Glue Dots

DIRECTIONS:

Fold a piece of 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" white cardstock in half, creasing it well with a bone folder.

To this, add a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Old Olive cardstock. And to this, add a layer of coordinating Designer Series Paper that measures 3 3/4" x 5".

Cut a piece of vellum to 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". Rub the Embossing Buddy over this. Stamp the words in VersaMark ink about 3/4" from the top, and emboss it with a Platinum Embossing Powder.

With a Mini Glue Dot in each corner, add the vellum to the DSP.

Place a pearl on each of the corners, covering up the Mini Glue Dots.

From Old Olive cardstock, die cut a butterfly.

Only putting adhesive along the body, add the butterfly to the lower portion of the vellum.

Adhere a pearl on the butterfly's "head".

Gently tip the wings upwards to give the butterfly the feeling of inpending flight.

Comforting

Smiles.