Opposites Attract: Monochromatic Sympathy Card

This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge is Opposites Attract. At first, I struggled with this theme, because it is so vague that you could really create anything. Should I do a layout about my left-brained husband and me, his right-brained wife? Should I create a card using the negatives of an overlay? Then it hit me. When I think of opposites, I think of Black and White. So, I borrowed some inspiration from a recent CTMH blog challenge called Color Crush to create a Black and White monochromatic sympathy card.

Sympathy cards are tough for me. I never want them to seem too drab, because the goal should be to show support and uplift the grieving. Using the Brushstrokes stamp set and the decrease in color from Black to Slate to Whisper, I have kept the card Clean and Simple, but still beautiful and elegant. 

I used the Sincere Expressions stamp set to add the "With Sympathy" sentiment. And, that was it. I chose to forego embellishments altogether. The card is probably most suited for an adult who has lost someone. This is a design I think I will use again, because it makes an impact with minimal effort. 

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Happy Scrapping, My Artsy Friends!