Friday, December 1, 2017

It Is Well With My Soul


Sympathy cards.  I do not ever want to have to make them and really dislike making them, but on the other hand, I do enjoy it.  Only because I want them to be a blessing for the recipient.  I want them to know I care and am thinking of them and praying for them, so I often put more care into a sympathy card than another kind of card, but I've had to make too many recently!  The card I'm sharing today is one that a lot of love and effort went into.  It was made for a college friend who lost her husband after a great physical battle resulting from a stroke.  Too young!  Too soon!  But God had a plan, and their whole family was such a sweet testimony of God's strength and grace through it all.  Often in her updates on his condition, she often shared a song and what it had meant to her that day.

When I saw Sweet n Sassy Stamps' Hymn Blocks set, and I knew I wanted to get it and would use it often, so I ordered it.  When I needed to make her family a card, I knew I needed to use that set.   It has phrases from 6 songs, but I used "It Is Well."



I made it into an easel card...




Here's the inside...



Supplies...
~Sweet n Sassy Stamps Hymn Blocks
~Prima Nature Garden DP
~Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
~Spellbinders Classic Squares Small
~Spellbinders Celebra-tions Pierced Squares
~DIY Delights lace tape
~TH distress ink
~Cuttlebug  Teresa Collins Timeless EF
~Memory Box Virtuoso Music die
~Recollections flowers
~the Paper Studio doily
~twine
~Die-Namites Budding Branch die
~Inside rubber sentiment from ??
~"Praying..." digital sentiment


Challenges...
Scrapy Land #78 - anything goes w/ die brand sold at SL (Spellbinders, Memory Box, Die-Namites)
Word Art Wednesday #310-311 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Crafty Gals Corner #151 - anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks #379 - anything goes
Southern Girls - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #42 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

4 comments:

Donna said...

What a gorgeous card Debbie. Any your love and caring show through in it. Your card made e think of the Beatitude: Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Your card says it all!

Janice M said...

Debbie this is absolutely beautiful and I'm sure it was deeply appreciated.

TracyM #6773 said...

Beautiful card!
So sorry for your loss. The extra effort and love that went into the inky sentiment and delightful layers are sure to bring comfort.
Thank You for joining us at the Crafty Gals Corner :)

Tamie said...

Elegant and stunning, colors, layout, dies. A true master piece. Thank you so very much for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks Anything Goes Challenge this week.

Tamie DT