MIM-Sympathy

This week's Make It Monday challenge is brought to us by Dawn, who encourages us not to always use neutral colors when creating a sympathy card.  Beautiful colors can be healing and meaningful.  You can see Dawn's beautiful card, wonderful video and inspiring cards submitted already by clicking here.  Having been on the receiving end of many PTI forum member's beautiful sympathy cards, I know the submissions this week will be amazing. 

Here's mine:

I wanted to keep the background simple, so I stamped it several times with one of my favorite branches from Turning a New Leaf.  The quote is special to me as it is on my parents' headstone.  My mother was an artist and mostly painted flowers, birds and butterflies.  Her love of butterflies (and tulips!) was passed on to me.  When my father suggested this quote after my mother passed, my sisters and I thought it was perfect.  I think it goes along perfectly with PTI's Butterfly Dreams set.  I ran the butterfly through my Xyron and sprinkled some prisma glitter on it for sparkle.  The body was created using black rhinestones. 

Here's the inside:

Honestly, I hope I don't need this anytime soon.   We've had a rough year at my school with many of us losing fathers, sisters, mothers, and husbands.  We need a break.  So, I'll file this one away to use much, much later.

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