handmade sympathy cards

4 Handmade Sympathy Cards You Can Make For Anyone

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As a card maker, sympathy cards are some of the hardest, but most meaningful, to make. These 4 handmade sympathy cards are simple to make. I kept them very soft and calming.

For all of these cards, I have looked through the dies I have and found what I call “silhouette” dies. Dies that just cut floral/nature shapes; many different die sets have these.

I used the dies with a greeting set for my easy-to-make handmade sympathy cards.

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The texture & dimension on these sympathy cards are hard to see in the photos so you know what that means? You don’t want to miss watching the video to see how beautiful these cards are!

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Wonder How to Layer Die Cuts To Make Attractive Cards? Don’t Miss This!

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I wanted to make a unique sympathy card so I decided to layer die cuts to get a unique look. I love to layer die cuts on greeting cards and then ‘build’ my card.

You can cut pieces out of different colored cardstock and then layer die cuts for either a masculine or feminine card.

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In today’s video I show how to “cut down” dies that are too big, as well as how to create beautiful cards with just stamps, ink and paper. You don’t always need to use Designer Series Paper (even though I often do!)

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White On White Handmade Cards! The WOW Look Of Dies + Embossing Folders

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Get a WOW look when you make white on white handmade cards. I used die cuts and a coordinating embossing folder for these simple cards. I can’t wait to show you how awesome the Bloom Hybrid Embossing folder is!

These “hybrid” products are amazing and so different. The dies match up with the embossed images from the embossing folder. What a “pop” of dimension you can get with these.

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I have lots of tips for using the Dies + Embossing Folder. If you are like me, at first glance, you go….”what?” How do I use these. Let me show you how easy it is.

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