Inspiration Wednesday

Welcome to Wednesday with Unity.  Kris here to share a little personal story and the inspiration I have drawn from it.

 

I lost my Father about 6 weeks ago.  He was 85.  Strangely, he passed away on the very day that his Mother did 5 years earlier (she was 100!).  Over the weeks that followed, I received many beautiful sympathy cards - both handmade and store-bought.  I loved each of them and appreciated the thoughtfulness that went into either the selection or creation.  Here is a photo of several.

 

 

This also reminded me that I often find I need a sympathy card and have to rush around to get one done (no store-bought for me!).  That's when the light bulb went on and I decided to make a few caring cards to put in my stash.  With so much going on in my family I needed the cards to be clean and simple, so this is what I did.

 

 

Oh so easy!  I always think pastels work well for sympathy (both female and male).  I dry-embossed the pastel panel and trimmed it closely just outside the raised edge.  Then I used the sentiment kit from February Beautiful Life, Blessed Memories and stamped the sentiments.

 

Here is a picture of the kit linked above.

 

 

OH! and just so you know!  The new sentiment kit released yesterday and EVERY sentiment kit (including the one I used) are on sale this week HERE.  Go fill up your stash!