The hardest cards in the world to make, write and receive are sympathy cards. No one receives a sympathy card unless they have endured a great loss. Knowing what to say to someone who has suffered a loss is difficult at best.
Mondo Peony by Julie Ebersole for Essentials by Ellen (Hutson) colored with Copic Markers. Sentiment from Hero Arts. |
Last week I had planned to show you all a few cards I sent to a family of friends who lost their mother/grandmother. She was a nice lady that my son knew as Grandma Betty.
Image is from a retired Stampin' Up! set, water colored with Stampin' Up! inks. |
While I was preparing this series, my brother-in-law lost his mother. She was a very kind woman who wanted to take my whole family home to India with her.
Images and die cuts are Henna Elements from Altenew. Sentiments are from Hero Arts. |
Before I could get too far into the series two aquaintances lost their dogs. I was beginning to think that I should abandon the idea of sharing sympathy cards at all.
I colored this beauty with Copic Markers. I have no idea who made this image, if you know let me know. The maker of the sentiment is also a mystery, again if you know let me know. |
2 comments:
The sympathy cards I love best are the ones in which someone shared some great memory they had of Mom, or shared true empathy from having been through a similar loss themselves.
Lovely cards. Beautifully designed and executed.
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