I hope you are all having a great weekend. It's certainly summer here in Cali and boy is Mother Nature giving us a lot of heat! But it's been great! Hope you are all enjoying some fine weather. : )
I don't know about you all but I think the hardest cards to make are Sympathy cards. I say they are hard because you never want to have to make one. My dad's cousin passed away and he went to the funeral on Friday. He asked me to make a card for their family and I knew it had to be special because it was for family. I made two so he could choose one, the second one I would keep. Using kraft and dark brown as my color scheme, I chose a floral embossing background, two different Spellbinder frames and tropical flowers for the center. I also added twine and a MS butterfly. This particular flower is from Stampendous and the sentiment is from the Greeting Farm (retired set).
As there are sympathy cards, there are also Christening cards. Yesterday my co-worker baptized her son, so I had to make him a card. Since the christened are usually dressed in white I decided to go with an almost all white card with a pop of blue. Of course he had to have brown hair, but the rest of the card is mostly white. I still had the left over bottom part of WS Daniel from the graduation card I swapped out his upper half for. I used Oh Boy Ian to top him off. Yes, another swap. I am also using my newest set of Spellbinders, Wonky rectangles (yay), and a fun star-studded embossing folder. I had to add some clouds, a few punched out stars and a white ribbon. Yep had to.. lol...
Alrighty my friends, I hope Sunday brings you all some rest and relaxation. As for me, I have a few cards to finish and a small project or two. It's going to be a busy week for me so I have to use my Sunday to try to get ahead. Mahalo for stopping by, have a wonderful Sunday!
Hugs,
Lilo
10 comments:
All the cards are just lovely! I'm sorry for your family's loss too.
both cards are so beautiful! yes, sympathy cards are hard to make!
I agree, sympathy cards are so difficult and I too turn to flowers or trees. Love the christening card! It could be used for so many things and love the body swap. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Very Pretty Sympathy card...they are so hard to make for more reasons than one!! Love the Christening card too....so cute and perfectly done!! Hugs!
Je t'offre mes sympathies ainsi qu'a toute ta famille. Tes créations sont superbes.
Hugs
Nadyne xx
Your sympathy cards are perfect Leanne...beautifully serene and peaceful!
I like the mostly white with just the touch of blue for the christening card and your altered Ian is awesome!
Hope your week goes splendidly for you! :)
Beautiful cards Leanne! The sympathy cards are very tranquil and the christening card is too cute! Love the star embossed background! Hope you have a great week! ;)
Oh those cards are lovely leanne - sympathy cards are the hardest to make in my opinion but yours are just wonderful and the colours are perfect! I love your altering - super fun christening card
love tasha xx
awesome job leanne! I loved how you used the swaps...the little boy and mamma will surely love it and frame it as a milestone =)
I am sorry, too, for the loss of your Dad's cousin. What an honor that your Dad asked you to make such a card- you did a wonderful job. it's gorgeous and simple and muted for just the right theme/ touch. Your Christening card is so pure and white and adorable-really makes you think about the whole circle of life thing when seeing two cards for these two occasions together...
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