Before we get to Card #15, the winner of yesterdays daily giveaway is: Ed who said, “Nice card. Would make a nice Birthday card, hint, hint. Feb. 7 is very close.”.

Thank you for your kind words and Congratulations Ed!

I hope you enjoy your card.

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Card #15 –  Sympathy Card

I started by assembling all my supplies.

As a rule, I’m not a fan of sympathy cards, but I do think it’s important to let people know that I’m thinking of and praying for them during difficult times.

I wanted the card to be clean, simple, beautiful and also respectful.

I used yellow textured cardstock (4 1/4″ X 11″) for my base, purple textured cardstock (3″ X 3″) for the border circle and white cardstock for the backing.

I first placed the front panel into my polka dot embossing folder.  I love the dimension the mini polka dots give.  I then used my scallop die to create a scalloped edging.  I ran the yellow panel through my die cut machine once more to punch the circle window.

To create the circle border, I placed two circle dies on the purple textured cardstock and ran them through the die cut machine.  This gave me a circle with a stitched edging that fit perfectly around the circle window on the front panel of the card.

I glued the border circle around the circle window and attached white cardstock to the back of the front panel.

Once I was finished die cutting the front panel, I went to work on the embellishments.  I chose to white emboss scribbled flowers and leaves on vellum and then color them with my Distress markers.  I love this technique because I can color OUTSIDE the lines and not mess anything up.  I selected different shades of yellows, purples and greens and colored away.  I dried them briefly with my heat gun and cut them out along the embossing lines.  Because they’re colored on vellum, the flowers and leaves have a soft, gentle look.

I chose a coordinating ink to stamp my sentiment in the middle of the circle window.  I then glued down the flowers and leaves in two sections along the circle.  I finished the card by placing three pearl embellishments in the center of each flower.

Here is the finished card.

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Until tomorrow,

When someone’s sad, I think it’s really important to be available for hugs, be a good listener and let my fur get a little wet from their tears.