Heartfelt Sympathy

It seems there is never time to make a sympathy card when you need one - and this time I needed TWO.  This post talks about the first, and the next post will describe the second.

I decided to make use of a paper pack I had purchased from Heartfelt Creations as I like the symbol of a butterfly at times like this. 

The background is a dark blue glimmer paper that was embossed with an embossing folder (not sure which one now).  I had a hard time deciding how to mat the focal picture, but finally decided the copper foil was the best that I had.  I used it to mat the sentiment (cut with a die from HOTP) as well.  The sentiment was cut from the paper and the butterfly was a dimensional one I got at the dollar store.

Here's the inside:

As you can see, I added light blue paper for the background of the inside, then used the dark blue and the copper to double mat the message - also from the paper pack.  The butterfly at the bottom was another from the dollar store.