Sharing in Your Sorrow

This year has not been a very good one for my family. Not long after the loss of my dad my uncle passed away. Sympathy cards are not a favorite card of mine to make, as a matter of fact, they are very difficult. I never know what to say inside, not sure what to put on the outside either.

My aunt and uncle spent a lot of time in Maine, it was one of their favorite places. I can actually remember going camping up there with them when I was little. So this made my choice in images for these cards very easy. I used one of my favorite old stamp sets, Coast to Coast. It was perfect because one of the lighthouses in this set is from Maine.

I didn't want to do a lot of coloring with these, it just didn't seem right to make it bright and cheery so I only used one copic marker, B000 on the sky. I stamped with Memento brown ink and used kraft cardstock as the base with brown cardstock and soft sky as the layers. I had a 6 x 6 pad of designer paper from My Mind's Eye (one of my favorite companies as I love all of the papers they have put out this past year). This one is called Stella Rose - Hattie. The papers in this pack went with the colors I wanted to used just perfectly. To finish these off I used brown satin ribbon and a scalloped punch.

I really like the way these cards came together. I hadn't planned to share these cards tonight but the ones that I did plan to share may have to wait since I can't find the cord for my camera that I need to download my photos, sigh. Hopefully I can find it soon. Not sure where my memory is lately.

Hope you enjoy.

Happy Stamping and Scrapping,

Ronda