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I've been requested by the local church to come up with cards that could be used for children and young adult/teens for sympathy cards. The lady was pretty specific in asking for cards more geared for those age groups.
Does anyone have any suggestions of "older" stamp sets that could be appropriate or maybe some samples I could follow? We have a group meeting next Saturday, 6/12, to make cards and I need to make kits this weekend. I would be starting with a white base and nothing can be bulky on them.
Thanks so much for looking and maybe giving me some help! I'm better at scrapping than card making
I'm linking some from my gallery of cards I sent a few years ago to my sister's kids the first Christmas after she passed away (her kids were 20, 14, and :
I think swirls and flowers are good general-type images for all sorts of cards and lots of sets have at least one swirl or flower.
I can't find a picture of the card sent to my nephew but "boy/neutral" colors and circles or other geometric shapes are things I typical turn to for male cards.
If you use pleasing images (flowers, shapes, seashells, butterflies) and soothing colors the cards will be comforting. I personally prefer no sentiment on the front (so I can just look at the pretty card and not be blatantly reminded of its reason - I know but I could pretend, kwim - but the local church might want to be able to more quickly identify the purpose for the cards once they are sorted into whatever system they use.
I hope these links and ramblings serve as a springboard and that more people offer suggestions.
Thank you for this site. I'll have to ask the lady in charge if she would like some cards for the loss of a newborn or child. She hadn't mentioned that but it makes me wonder what my BIL and SIL received from them last year when they lost their 3 yo daughter.
I really like the one sentiment. I think I've seen that before on cards in the store.
I'm linking some from my gallery of cards I sent a few years ago to my sister's kids the first Christmas after she passed away (her kids were 20, 14, and :
I think swirls and flowers are good general-type images for all sorts of cards and lots of sets have at least one swirl or flower.
I can't find a picture of the card sent to my nephew but "boy/neutral" colors and circles or other geometric shapes are things I typical turn to for male cards.
If you use pleasing images (flowers, shapes, seashells, butterflies) and soothing colors the cards will be comforting. I personally prefer no sentiment on the front (so I can just look at the pretty card and not be blatantly reminded of its reason - I know but I could pretend, kwim - but the local church might want to be able to more quickly identify the purpose for the cards once they are sorted into whatever system they use.
I hope these links and ramblings serve as a springboard and that more people offer suggestions.
Thank you! An OSW sheet would be a good idea (I've got lots of wheels) and I did find quite a few color schemes that could be used when searching through the gallery under just "sympathy". The seashore/shells idea would be a good one to go with this time around since one lady designed a card using the footprints verse and it's summertime.
I think animals with a subtle background setting would also be a good choice for children.
Most important is the sentiment you would put. In my opinion using the word sympathy would not be appropriate for younger children as they probably wouldn't really understand the word. Something written inside letting them know their are always listening ears when needed.
When my mother passed on my 9th birthday after 6 months with cancer, I was given the book "Angel Unaware" by Dale Evans Rogers. At the time I didn't exactly understand the significance, but as time went on into years, I came to understand. I still have the book and cherish it.
I think animals with a subtle background setting would also be a good choice for children.
Most important is the sentiment you would put. In my opinion using the word sympathy would not be appropriate for younger children as they probably wouldn't really understand the word. Something written inside letting them know their are always listening ears when needed.
When my mother passed on my 9th birthday after 6 months with cancer, I was given the book "Angel Unaware" by Dale Evans Rogers. At the time I didn't exactly understand the significance, but as time went on into years, I came to understand. I still have the book and cherish it.
Patti
Thank you. I hadn't thought about animals and I do have several stamp sets with different ones. I would say 75% of the cards we make do not have any sentiments on the front since the many different church ministeries uses them to write appropriate messages in.
God be with you doing these cards. I have one suggestion and although I do one personal card at a time....for you do several if not more than six at a time...the reason being...you know the reason and by the time you need a card you know the story...heart crushing. Make this a major project at a time...then take a break. I did it my church and learned to save my nerves.
Thank you! An OSW sheet would be a good idea (I've got lots of wheels) and I did find quite a few color schemes that could be used when searching through the gallery under just "sympathy". The seashore/shells idea would be a good one to go with this time around since one lady designed a card using the footprints verse and it's summertime.
You're welcome (and thank you for the comments you left; it was a nice surprise!)
Terry.....You're Welcome! I feel children may not truly understand what death is or means. You never know what their parents have told them, so you do need to be careful in sending a card to children about particular subjects.
God be with you doing these cards. I have one suggestion and although I do one personal card at a time....for you do several if not more than six at a time...the reason being...you know the reason and by the time you need a card you know the story...heart crushing. Make this a major project at a time...then take a break. I did it my church and learned to save my nerves.
I can only imagine what you would go thru if you know the circumstances before you make the card for that particular occasion. I just make the cards, I don't have to write the messages. I was told to make very generic cards with blank insides.
The lady that headed up this ministry was an SU demo who moved across the country in December and I've only been filling in every other month so that they keep a good supply on hand until someone steps forward to provide leadership. Last session we made 240 cards in 1-1/2 hrs with only 5 ladies! Really shocked my socks off! I enjoy making cards as a rule but not when I HAVE to...iykwim?? I needed to take a break last month cause I really stress over getting things together especially for those ladies that want to help but know next to nothing about card making. It certainly requires a LOT of patience to let them do it their way even if I think it could be done differently. Just as long as it looks OK when done, I need to be cool with that .
I had only attended 2 previous sessions with this ministry before the leader had moved so I've been kind of lost with preparations for a large group but SCS galleries have provided so many wonderful examples that I have shamelessly copied! (I do let all the ladies know where I get the inspiration though!) And I did attend 2 shoebox swaps recently so I at least understood the benefits of having everything precut and all they have to do is tape together and stamp some things before taping.
I think animals with a subtle background setting would also be a good choice for children.
Most important is the sentiment you would put. In my opinion using the word sympathy would not be appropriate for younger children as they probably wouldn't really understand the word. Something written inside letting them know their are always listening ears when needed.
When my mother passed on my 9th birthday after 6 months with cancer, I was given the book "Angel Unaware" by Dale Evans Rogers. At the time I didn't exactly understand the significance, but as time went on into years, I came to understand. I still have the book and cherish it.
Patti
I am in a group and we have several Ronald McDonald houses adopted that we donate cards and supplies for cardmaking/scrapbooking.
Sadly we also need to supply sympathy cards for parents that lose a child.
These are the hardest cards I have to make.
I do use the PaperTrey set I posted above for small children and older children I use nature/animal themed stamps.
The butterfly image would be a good one to use...thank you for the tip. I have small stamps but I believe I can borrow one from a stamping friend for this project and with all the different colors of butterflies, it should work great!
Ideas for child/teen sympathy cards?
