Today we will travel back to the States. Please keep us in our thoughts on this LONG day. At least the jet lag going back won’t be so bad. We get back into Florida about 8:30 p.m. By the time we get home it’s time for bed!

Rick needed a card for one of his men that lost his Dad. Rick wanted it to be very simple.

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I started with a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of chocolate chip cardstock folded halfway. The patterned paper is from the Simply Scrappin’ At Home kit. I inked up the Heartfelt Thanks flower with Cranberry crisp and Mellow moss and stamped it two times in full force, once stamped off on Shimmery White cardstock. Cindy Lyles had a great card on her blog recently adding Glassy Glaze over the stamped image to achieve a dewy look. I did that on my flowers. I stamped Heartfelt underneath and stippled first So Saffron in the center, then brocade blue on the outside of the image.

I paper pierced the top two corners and added an ivory organdy ribbon, that Rick made me take off later. (MAN cards don’t need ribbon!). The saying is from Warm Regards.

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I stippled the inside in similar fashion as the outside. The greeting is from God’s Blessings.

Beate

Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.

28 Responses to “Heartfelt Sympathy”

  1. Praying for your safe return journey!

  2. My husband has a real thing against ribbon too. I just don’t get it. Your card is very nice. I like the stippling.

  3. Very nice card. I will be thinking of you on your long trip home!

  4. Safe trip home.

  5. Have a safe trip home!!!

  6. I thought about you this weekend! I was in Destin and on our way home to Nashville I saw a sign that said Niceville!

    Hope you have a safe journey!

  7. what a lovely card. I never thought of stippling like that, it is very pretty. Going to have to try that. Have a safe trip home. Too bad you can’t stamp on the plane!

  8. Lovely card. I love the piercing in the corners. Very nice. So thoughtful for the occasion. Have a safe trip home!

  9. what a lovely card Beate!!!
    so beautiful!!!!!

    marja

  10. Prayers for a safe, uneventful trip home & no jet lag!
    Beautiful card, too!

  11. Very pretty!! Yes, cards for males are so hard to do, is’nt it funny how they like them really plain??? When I was working on your gatefold week-end challenge my DH walked in and said I love that card. So I made another one and gave that one to him. TFS.

  12. Really nice card, Beate! I like how you used a flower and still made it masculine. Your card got me thinking though…it might have been a “man” who took the organdy out of the catalog.

  13. Boys are *stoopid*. . . Hugs, and call when you get home!

  14. Hope you have a safe trip home! Love your card too!!

  15. I am praying for you and your family to have a safe and pleasant trip home…and a good night’s rest once there! Thanks for having such a great site for me to visit! It really is fresh and fun!!

  16. Oh I’ve missed you while you have been gone, thanks for sharing your art with us!

  17. Wishing you a safe trip home. You’ve done such a great job keeping up with your blog while you are gone! Love the card!

  18. Have a safe trip home, beautiful card 🙂

  19. Love the saffron in the center. Gorgeous card!

  20. Just beautiful! Have a safe trip back. You’ll be in my thoughts!

  21. What a lovely sympathy card! Have a safe trip home, Beate!!!

  22. What a stunning card. The way you put together your cards & projects totally amazes me. They are all stunning.

    Hope you have a safe trip home!

  23. Gorgeous card! Have a wonderful and safe trip home.

  24. My hubby doesn’t like ribbon either! He always say, “Yea, nice card…but I don’t like the ribbon!” Must be a man thing : ) Have a safe trip in…..And get some rest!

  25. Great card. Sympathy cards are the hardest to make

  26. Gorgeous Beate. Traveling mercies on your trip home.

  27. Wishing you a safe trip home. It is such a long flight from Germany!

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