Sympathy {and Show Choir}

Hi there...I'm back again with a couple of cards I CASEd from the Stamp It issue.  Two sympathy cards featuring two PaperTrey Ink Sets:  Words of Comfort and Meadow Greens.  There were several cards using the Meadow Greens set (Alice Wertz on p. 32 and Betsy Veldman on p. 45). I absolutely adored the color combos used in both of them.  So...I went to work using the color combos and choose differently layouts and sentiments.  I love sentiment stamp sets..sentiments and florals are my go to types of stamp sets.  What about you?  Have a favorite type of stamp set?  I struggle with stamp sets that I need to color so I tend to try and stay away from them!

I'm also interested in what you think of this double banner sentiment.  Thinking I don't really love it...want the sentiments to both be left justified!  We'll see if I change it before I send it. The first card is going to my dear friend and neighbor who lost her dad last week.  My thoughts and prayers are with her.

I thought I'd also share a show choir update.  We're a couple weeks into the competition season and are off to a great start.  Here's a few pictures of Jonathon and Ryan!

Thankful for my friend Monica who grabbed a quick picture of Ryan and me Saturday night right after they competed in the finals...they took home Grand Champions!

First up are pictures of Jonathon...his group is off to a great start.  They've placed second in the two competitions they have competed in so far. Their vocals sound amazing and their choreography is fabulous.  Jonathon's loving it!

Ryan's group is also having a great year...winning both of their competitions so far. The energy in their show is truly incredible!  Video probably won't be available for a while, but as soon as it is for both shows, I'll be sure to post a link. 

 This last picture is of Ryan at a rehearsal.  I love this face...this is Ryan's look when he is really concentrating.  Man oh man...they are both growing up so fast!