With sympathy...

As I was making a few cards for one of my daughters, I decided that a sympathy card should be in the mix. This is the card I made.

The "With Sympathy" die-cut was made with Dee's Distinctively dies and the fancy rectangle is a Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die-cut.

Before putting my card together, I embossed my green mat with Spellbinder's Cabbage Rose M-Bossability. These embossing plates don't seem to produce a very deeply embossed pattern, but I thought it still worked well for this card, especially since there is a subtle rose pattern in the beige (with bits of green) cardstock.

For my sentiment on the inside, I used a Technique Tuesday stamp and also a little dove stamped in green to coordinate with the card front.

We have been in the middle of a bathroom remodel for a few weeks now, but I think we are now on the downhill side. My brother will be installing the tile, and he is currently prepping the walls. Remodeling is a lot of work and a big mess no matter what, but when your house is as small as ours, I think it's even worse. There's just no escaping it! Luckily we have a second bathroom in our basement, but the trips in the middle of the night from our bedroom on the second floor (upstairs) can seem a little long. I know that I will love it when it's all done, and I'll be thankful that we were able to fix the problems and make it new and beautiful again.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl