Time for Sympathy

This is a little snippet of something I made the Saturday before last. There was an unexpected death of family of our family and so I wanted to share my support and I made them all cards and made them some homemade muffins. I really wanted to make an appearance because I know how it feels to loose someone close unexpectedly. I know that for me I remember the people that came to me more. I am not saying cards aren't important. I am just saying that nothing beats personal contact. They won't forget it if you go to them because chances are they need you.

I am a big fan of Stampin Up products and most of the paper crafting supplies that I use is Stampin up exspecially cards. I really like Stampin Up's paper because it is nice and sturdy so it feels like a real card and not a homemade one. The houndstooth paper came from an old Stampin up paper pack I had in Taken with Teal, I sponged the edged of the typed paper and ripped it. I used actual water color paper and StaysOn ink for the tree stamp. (Which surprise is Stampin Up "Lovely as a Tree.") I just bought a watercolor paper pad from the art section at Hobby Lobby and I cut it to the size I need. On two of the cards I used the top of the sheet that I had torn out of the spiral and I really like the way they turned out.  I also used some pop dots to pop them up as you can see by the shadowing around it.