My kids are out of school today and Monday for teacher workdays marking the end of the first semester of the 2009-2010 school year. It’s been a difficult year so far at our elementary school. Our clinic aide’s teenage daughter passed away in the fall due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. In December, one of our special education aides lost her battle with cancer. I think everyone’s hoping for a brighter 2010.
So on behalf of the PTA Executive Board, I’ve had to make some sympathy cards. I’ll share them here today. Both of these were projects from the stamp club I attend, so thank you to my demo for coming up with the ideas!
The first card is the one for the clinic aide. The color scheme is a lot brighter than what I’d normally use for a sympathy card, but something about the card seemed to work for this situation.
Supplies:
Stamps: Medallion, Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Real Red (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Crushed Curry, Real Red (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: sponge, blingie flower that my demo found somewhere
Here’s the card that was sent to the family of our special ed aide. My demo had this card for us at our September club meeting. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a perfectionist, and that night I was having a creative block or something. This card just wasn’t “feeling right” for me with the sentiment stamps and embellishments we were offered that night. So I decided I’d leave the pieces as they were and assemble the card at home. When I needed the sympathy card, I finally decided the floral pieces and colors would work nicely with this sentiment stamp and didn’t need any additional ribbon or anything, and the card finally came together.
Supplies:
Stamps: Friends 24-7, Always in My Thoughts (Stampin’ Up!)
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue (Stampin’ Up!); Versamark
Other: sponges
