White Elephant Gift – Unsympathy Cards

by Kristina Werner on December 1, 2009

in General, Stuff to buy

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Hi all! We’re having an office holiday party tomorrow night and I needed an inexpensive white elephant gift. For those that don’t know, white elephant gifts are usually silly gifts that you bring to a party and then play some sort of game where gifts are swapped and you never know what you’ll end up with. Anyhow, after brainstorming with the peeps in my little office (there are four of us), we came up with some “unsympathy cards.”

As I was designing them tonight, I couldn’t stop laughing. They’re so ridiculous. Thought that maybe some of you might get a kick out of them, too. NOTE: If you’re offended by any of these cards, please know that I mean no offense. The funny part is I would NEVER ever send these cards. Hopefully you’ll find the humor in them, too. :)

So, if you’d like to make some for yourself, here are the details…

When you purchase the Unsympathy Cards, you get 6 PDF files that you can print out on your own cardstock and cut in half. NOTE: These are designed for letter size cardstock (8-1/2 x 11):

Green Card 1
(perfect on Stampin’ Up! Sage Shadow cardstock)
FRONT: Sorry about your breakup.
INSIDE: It’s because you smell. No offense.

Green Card 2
(perfect on Stampin’ Up! Sage Shadow cardstock)
FRONT: So I heard you’re on drugs.
INSIDE: You should probably quit. I’m just sayin’.

Yellow Card 1
(perfect on Stampin’ Up! So Saffron cardstock)
FRONT: When God closes a door, He opens a window.
INSIDE: Except when you’re in prison. Tough break. See ya in 3 to 5.

Yellow Card 2
(perfect on Stampin’ Up! So Saffron cardstock)
FRONT: We need to talk. It’s not you, it’s me.
INSIDE: Okay, okay. It’s you.

Brown Card 1
(perfect on Kraft cardstock)
FRONT: Gee, so sorry you’re ugly.
INSIDE: You’re no Einstein, either.

Brown Card 2
(perfect on Kraft cardstock)
FRONT: Sorry you lost your job.
INSIDE: Oh, well. You weren’t that good at it anyway.

If you’d like to purchase the card designs, just click “add to cart” below! :)

Unsympathy Cards, $4 US
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NOTE: A ton of you asked what font I used. I used Alpha Echo. :)

{ 74 comments }

Angela Fehr December 2, 2009 at 11:13 am

These are great, Kristina! I think the Einstein and prison ones were the funniest! You’ll be a hero at that party!

karina December 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm

love it ,those cards are so funny ,love the fonts,what kind is it?

Stephanie December 2, 2009 at 12:24 pm

This is hilarious!!!!

Tiffany H. December 2, 2009 at 1:04 pm

OMG! These are the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long while! You’re so creative to think of this set of cards.

Stephanie Klauck December 2, 2009 at 1:42 pm

OMGosh those are hilarious!
Love them!

donna mikasa December 2, 2009 at 1:46 pm

Kinda funny and cute, but sad and true! Gotta get these!

Jeanne December 2, 2009 at 2:18 pm

HYSTERICAL!!!!!!!!

Stefani December 2, 2009 at 2:19 pm

funniest thing ever!!! i cracked up!! i’m so buying these and giving them to my friends :) you’re hilarious!

Rhonda :) December 2, 2009 at 5:09 pm

great cards!!!

andrea jones December 2, 2009 at 7:02 pm

omg! hilarious!! my fave is the prison card! i nearly peed my pants!!! awesome idea!!

Kelley December 2, 2009 at 7:29 pm

Kristen, I love these cards. I’ve got tears from laughing so hard. I wouldn’t send them either, but they are a great white elephant gift. Hum, I think I need a white elephant on Saturday.

Diana December 2, 2009 at 8:16 pm

These are too funny!
I love reading the comments on how these are cracking people up.
Fun stuff.

Victoria December 2, 2009 at 9:21 pm

OMG!
When I first read the card without the explanation…I sat there with my mouth open and in a bit of a shock!
All these thoughts went flying left then right then left again…REALLY?? Is this the same KWerner with all these wonderful cards and she has gone awry and has finally had enough…she has gone rogue??
I got busy doing something else and didn’t really ever stop thinking about these cards and what could have possible happened that brought these on.
I once again went to my e-mail (where I get my blog updates there) and saw the cards again and reread them just to make sure I was reading them correctly. I then headed to the site and saw the OTHER cards. Oh my, oh my…the one about your stank, and the one about it really being you…
I finally got around to reading the explanation and still couldn’t stop LOL.
I am not sure if I like the rogue warrior or the funny gal more…aaaaaaaahhhhhahahahhahaa.

Michelle Lupton December 2, 2009 at 10:54 pm

rotflmao!!! Thanks for making my day that much sillier ;)

Mary Duffek December 3, 2009 at 5:42 am

These are tooo funny!!! LOL!!

Dawn December 3, 2009 at 7:02 am

Bwahahahahahahaha!!! These are brilliant Kristina!! Love them all! What a great sense of humour you have!!

Colette December 3, 2009 at 7:40 am

I loved them too Kristina!
I would so buy some!!!

Ilyn December 3, 2009 at 7:53 am

Hysterical!!! LOL!!!

Janice December 3, 2009 at 9:39 am

These are so very funny, I will definitely be making them for our next funny gift exchange. We put some great articles we no longer want in some parcels, and some zonks in others, so you have no idea if you have a winner or not until it is opened.

Great one liners.

Michelle Dyson December 3, 2009 at 10:47 am

These are hysterical!!! Thanks for sharing.

Lori December 3, 2009 at 9:15 pm

Sorry, I posted my reply for your white elephant cards on your x-mas card! But these are so funny! Thanks so much for the laugh!!!

Randi December 4, 2009 at 8:38 pm

Love your cards! What a perfect white elephant gift!:)

Morgan December 4, 2009 at 9:22 pm

hilarious!!!

Dawn W. December 6, 2009 at 4:56 pm

These are so me! They are actually a good way to make a GOOD friend laugh.

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