Sympathy cards - part one

Hi everyone - I'm not the only one to experience loss recently and I've had to make too many sympathy cards lately. I'll share a couple today and a couple tomorrow. My first card went to Hero Hostess sista Sally (Created by Sally) upon the passing of her beloved hubby Jem. She received my card so I'm free to share now. Still thinking of you, Sally, & sending prayers across the pond to you.

Supplies: Paper - BoBunny Garden Grove

Spellbinders A2 card; Paper Studio glitter; Neenah white

Dies - Altenew Lacy Doily and Mix and Match Frames;

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Stamps - Sunny Studio Cherry Blossoms (with dies);

Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Background;

Joy Clair Thankful for You

I was lucky enough to win an Altenew prize from a blog hop comment on my friend Virginia's blog (Yes, Virginia) back in April. It was a welcome surprize after losing my mom and I'm so grateful to Altenew. With my prize I ordered the doily die, enabled by this post by Virginia. I also bought the frame set which includes the torn paper die - perfect for layering. I die cut the doily from a coppery glitter paper and the torn paper from a piece of BoBunny. I had a bunch of cherry blossoms left from my March 31st DCD Sunny Studio post so arranged them on the doily. The bible verse came from a Joy Clair set I bought back when they sponsored DCD in April.

Since my doily and torn paper dies are new, I'll add this card to Darnell's May NBUS Challenge. I'm guest designer this month so please bring your NBUS on over. Next I have a sympathy card using an old My Monthly Hero kit. You can see birthday card with this floral spray here.

Colored this floral spray with Copics using the dot technique in different areas - really thought it added a lot comparing it to the other spray I colored. I used another one of the sentiments in the Taylored Expressions sentiment background stamp - very handy. 

Thanks for stopping & enjoy your day!