I Am The Resurrection Sympathy Card Box

This weekend I made a special box for my sister to keep the sympathy cards she and my brother-in-law have received since the death of their oldest son (my 18-year-old nephew) in February. My nephew had wanted to join the Air Force, so my sister and BIL chose a red, white, and blue theme for the flowers at his funeral. That's why I decided to use red, white, and blue for this box, too.

To decorate the 11 1/4 by 7 3/4 inch box, I chose some double-sided card stock that has flowers on one side and small polka dots on the other. I used the flower side to cover the base of the box and the polka dots to cover the top.  I chose word art of John 11:25 from the Silhouette Design Store: "I am the resurrection and the life." How grateful I am for that truth! My nephew was a believer, and I have the comfort of knowing he is with the Lord in heaven now, and I will see him again one day. This tragedy has underscored the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus. I'm clinging to Him so tightly right now!

I did a print and cut of the word art for the focal point. Then I used some leftover scraps of the pattern paper to make squares for the top left and bottom right of the card and adhered them to the polka dot paper. I then added the word art panel. I die cut the epiphyllum flowers from Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Epiphyllum Layering Die Set using scraps from my collection of snippets and some of the polka dot pattern paper. I adhered the flowers in the corners of the sentiment panel. 

The idea to make this box came from a friend who lost one of her sons awhile back. She said her sister made her a special box to hold all the sympathy cards she received, and I asked my sister if she would like that, also. She and my mom both wanted one, so I'm going to make a second one for my mom and may make one for myself as well. 

Top of the box:

Side view:

Close up of the 3D flowers:

 Challenges I'm entering:

Word Power (wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with the sentiment as the focus 

As You Like It Challenge: Cute or Floral and Why: I love flowers and enjoy making floral cards and projects like this one because they are so pretty and elegant. (1/3; ends 4/17/24)

Creative Inspiration Challenges: ATG (1/2; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 3/10 for the challenge; ends 4/10/24)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 4/9/24)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG with option of adding one or more flowers (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 4/11/24)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (2/3; ends 4/6/24)

Snippets Playground (pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com): ATG with snippets (I used snippets for the 3D flowers on the box) (1/1; ends 4/13/24)

No more challenges.