Monday 17 November 2008

A Spoon Full of Sugar makes the medicine go down!


My blogging friend Cathy's daughter Ellie is due to go into hospital to have her tonsils removed ... she's not quite 4, bless her, so Cathy has asked if her friends can make her some cards to help keep her entertained while she is recuperating.

Now I have never made any small children's cards to speak of as there are no young kids in my family, so I was a bit unsure what a 4 year old might like ... so I settled on a FF teddy image with flowers which was a gift from my friend Kaz; and I spotted some bright cheeful paper whilst I was out & about at the weekend. I kept the layout fairly simple with sticky ribbon, a flower in one corner, and the word "hi" which I hope is nice and cheerful .. dunno if Ellie can read yet - if so then this is easy for her to understand; if not then it is easy for her mum to explain!

This is a last minute entry into this week's Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #25 which is a card for a child ... didn't anticipate entering when it was set LOL! I would also like to enter it for this week's One Stop Craft Challenge which is Pretty Petals ... I hope I have covered this one off with both the image and the embellishment!

Main image: Forever Friends - coloured with watercolour pencil and Sakura sparkly pens, matted onto lemon glitter card cut with nestie.
Sentiment: diecut using Cuttlebug cut'n'emboss folder
Paper: BasicGrey "Oh! Baby Girl"
Flowers: WH Smith (yellow), Cardology (white), Prima (orange)
Sparkly brad: Doodlebug
Sticky ribbon: Papermania

18 comments:

Jac’s Playground said...

Very pretty card and I'm sure she will love it.

Dawny P said...

This is so pretty. The little dink will love it Pauline. Hope her op goes well, bless her xxxxx

Debbie said...

Gorgeous childs card, Thanks for joining us this week at a spoonfull of sugar, Hugs Debbie x

Cathy said...

Such a cute card Pauline - Ellie will love it ... its pink!!
Hugs
Cathy xx

Donna said...

Such a pretty card, love forever friends and your papers are beautiful.Thanks for joining in the One Stop Craft Challenge. Donna x

Nikki said...

What a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us this week at One Stop Craft Challenge.
Nikki x

Å olanje na domu-Waldorf said...

Pretty and soft. Darling image.

x Natasha x

Helen said...

Fab card - I'm sure she'll love it!
Helen x

Sharon Traynor Designs said...

Beautiful card Pauline. That paper is stunning and the FF teddy is just right for a little girl.
Sharon

CraftyC said...

A beautiful card Pauline, I'm sure Ellie will love it!
Clairexx

Paula said...

such a beautiful card i too love forever friends bears. Thankyou for joining in with the one stop craft challenge
Paula xxxx

Sandra said...

Gorgeous card Pauline...i so love these FF stamps,this one is just perfect,great card for Ellie,what little girl dosen't like teddies,
Take care
Sandra x

Debbie said...

Cute card Pauline, love the sweet FF image and the papers are so pretty. Debbie x

Mephisto said...

Oh thats so a cute Card!

Wonderful!

Domi

~Emma~ said...

Pauline its beautiful and she will love it. Hope you are well. Hugs Em.x

Carole said...

Wonderful card Pauline, the cute FF bear is gorgeous.Carole :-)
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Lexxie said...

This is just so pretty Pauline-she will love it,

Love Sarita xxx

Anonymous said...

Oh I think Ellie is gonna love it sooooo much its so pretty love the colours! just like sugar fondant pink! sooooo yummi! :0)