Sympathy Cards.

Over the last couple of weeks I've been asked to make two sympathy cards. Sad occasions, both of them, one was for a child and one was for a great grandmother.

The first one, for a little girl, was commissioned through my madeit store. My brief was that her parents had called her their "little ladybug". I had a gorgeous little ladybug button from Purple Pumpkin that was pink and white and I wasn't comfortable using dark colours for a child so this is what I came up with.

See the little ladybug button?

The next one was for a great grandmother and I used the more traditional dark colours and a flourish from Flourish with a Bling.

I hope I might have helped you with ideas for sympathy cards, they're so hard to make.

Happy Birthday Card For Crafty Cardmakers

Crafty Cardmakers are 1! Hip Hip Hooray!

To celebrate their 1st birthday in the blogasphere their challenge is...yep...you guessed it...Birthdays.

For my entry I have used Kaisercraft Sugar Sugar papers. I embellished the top of the cakes with tiny pearls. Don't they look like cashous?

Happy Birthday Crafty Cardmakers!