Sympathy/Thank You

These are two simple thank you cards that I made in bulk for our PTA president. She asked for some cards she could use. I felt like I needed to use and red/green the traditional Christmas colors. It's been a busy day here in Ohio. Up early to shop and drop off cards to Jen Eberle which will go to soldiers to use. Then home to take DS to church for a youth group field trip. It was a BLAST I hear. Kids went tobaggoning at a place in the park. My DS has never been on fast rides before and he was put in front on the tobaggon the first time down........he said they felt like they were going 40 mph and he felt like his stomach left him! LOL He went down about 10 times . Might have been a good thing that his peers were there and not his sister. He might have let his sister talk him into getting off after the first ride! So proud of him for doing this.
His youth group (40 in number) went to the local mall after this for a scavenger hunt. They had to find the most expensive items in the mall. They had $100,000 to spend. He talked all through dinner. You know it was a blast if he monopolized the dinner conversation!

I needed to make some quick, easy cards for church. They sadly had run out of sympathy cards. Our Card Ministry meets the second Friday of the month so we'll be making more of these kind of cards. I just love Blossoms Abound so I had to use that for these cards. I liked the look of the leaves in the corners too. Banana and marigold are the colors if the flowers along with celery and artichoke for the leaves.
The masculine card was run through the cuttlebug and 3/16" eyelets were added. I love the Thomas Kinkade stamps in one color. Cocoa cardstock and ink were used here. Carmel was used as the base for the card.
My friend who has been fighting breast cancer for two years will lose her battle this month. The family isn't sure if she'll make it to Christmas. Her birthday is next Saturday....so sad....the saddest part is that she knew about the lump in her breast for 3 years before she had it looked at.......she was afraid. I'm so sad for her and her family. She's only 57............so sad.....Ladies, don't forget to get those mammograms and do those monthly checks. YOU'RE WORTH IT!
May God Bless you and comfort you in your daily trials and successes.