My mother-in-law asked me for a sympathy card because her brother-in-law's brother passed away. All I had were flowery sympathy cards and they just weren't quite right for these guys. I looked through all my stamps that were tagged "sympathy" and still couldn't come up with the right one. Then I realized trees were just right. A friend gave me this set of trees from The Greetery. I stamped it in dark, muted colors and thought it would have a nice feeling if I added some birds in the background. Simple and effective. I do like the addition of the twine and my mother-in-law was very happy with the card.