With Deepest Sympathy

I don't enjoy the occasions that call for sympathy cards, so while this card was a lot of fun to make - the circumstances surrounding it were not fun at all.
I got the inspiration for this card from Kittie Kraft's blog and the following card:

I just love the way she uses the Martha Stewart branch punch and had to try my hand at it.  While mine is not quite as perfect as her's, I was pretty please with how it turned out.
Here's a close up of the bottom of my card:

And those flowers in the pitcher:

You'll also notice I did some doodling around the edges of the card -- it just looked like it "needed" something and being the "pile it on" crafter that I am I had to fill up that "plain" space.
For the inside I lightened the cover image and printed a poem over-top that Abby posted on her blog sometime back.

Supplies Used:

• Digital image from Digi Web Studio
• they're having an awesome sale right now -- over 2,000 sets for $1 a piece!
• Martha Stewart Branch Punch
• Black Marker
• the center of the light colored flowers
• Liquid Pearls
• the center of the dark purple flowers
• White/Green/Purple colored pencils
• borders
• Black Felt tip pen
• faux stitching
• Purple Ribbon
• Fiskars Border punch
• the tiny flowers