The Right Words, Brushed With Beauty, Sympathy Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a quick and simple card to share with you. It's a layout I've used before and it's always been among my favorites. You get two cards when making this (if you want). Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut two 4" x 5-1/4" pieces for each card (I opted to make two). I taped one to the inside and the other I set aside until I was ready to stamp the words.

Next came the Designer Series Paper (DSP). Mine is from the "Brushed With Beauty" 12" x 12" package. I cut two pieces of the same design that measure 2-1/2" x 3-1/2".  I turned one piece over. I lined them up and cut them on the diagonal on my paper cutter.  Just making one and cutting it on the diagonal doesn't give you both colors, so you almost have to make two cards. And why not?

I like to cut a piece of copier paper that is just shy of 2-1.2" x 3-1/2".  I taped the floral part of the image on the upper part of the copier paper and the more solid color on the bottom.  The second card will be the opposite unless your images don't matter which way they go. My flowers did so my second card has the solid on the top and the flowers on the bottom.  When I've made this card before I didn't use the copier paper, I just taped the DSP right to the 4" x 5-1/4" layer.  But this time I wanted it popped up and the only way to do that easily was to put it on a backing.  You can use card stock, I just had a scrap piece of copier paper near me.  

Once the rectangle was assembled I laid it on the top of the layer to see where the words would go. The words are from "The Right Words" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink. 

The rectangle was then set in place using Dimensionals.

I thought the center needed something so I used the smallest circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set on a scrap piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. I glued it to the center. I chose glue because I wanted to be able to move it around a bit to get it centered enough to look centered! I didn't measure.

That wasn't enough, it still looked like it needed something so I added a pearl to the center. I figure most people go to the funeral so they don't mail them so the pearl was okay to add.

Like I said at the beginning of this post, this was such a quick and easy card to make. I love using this layout. It works for so many other occasions. It just depends on the DSP you use. And it also works if. you have the fold on the top and move the rectangle to the left, or the right if you prefer. It's very versatile!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's sympathy card,
Wanda