Green Sympathy Card

I never make sympathy or birthday cards before I know to whom I am sending it. I always want the card to reflect the person I am sending it to...to make it more personal. I had to make a sympathy card for a friend who is male and is married, so it couldn't be too feminine. Here is the very simple card I came up with. I am also submitting it to the Gingersnaps Creations color challenge for "glorious greens".

I did not end up using the flowers, as it looked too feminine. I love Prima packaging. It is great for repurposing. The little green tag was given to me with a charm on it from Nancy Arbuckle-Mayer, from the ATT Yahoo Group.  It is too cute and perfectly colored and distressed not to use for something. Thanks Nancy!

I used corrugated paper to die cut the flourishes and lace. They were inked with Pumice Stone Distress Ink. I heat embossed the sentiment on the Prima packaging and then coated it in Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. I applied gesso first and then stamped the green background with script in Evergreen Bough. The green mini tag was stamped and heat embossed with the Time sentiment using Archival Ink and Vintage Photo Embossing Powder.

Supplies:
My Sentiments Exactly: Innie & Outie Sympathy Stamp
From My Stash: corrugated paper, Prima packaging scrap

Core′dinations Nostalgia	Distressed Doily Die	Mini Flourish Movers & Shapers Die	Mini Playful Journey Stamp Set	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder
Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint	Pumice Stone Distress Ink	Ink Blending Tool	Distress Embossing Ink	Glossy Accents	Winter 2011 Distress Ink Pack
Jet Black Archival Ink	Idea-ology Long Fasteners	Washers	Paper distresser

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!