With Sympathy (to kids)

During our recent trip to visit Scott's family, their 8 1/2 month old puppy, Moose, died. When we got back home, I made a sympathy card for the family and specifically for Chris and Beverly, Scott's young brother and sister. They really loved that puppy. I hope this card helps to cheer them up a bit.
The puppy on the front of the card is a cut at 4" from the Cricut Sampler cartridge (it is on the Paper Pups cartridge). I colored the image with my BIC markers and then covered the butterfly with Studio G glitter glue. The paper is from DCWV and the brown ribbon is from Big Lots.
The inside of the card says 'with Sympathy' and is cut at 1 1/4" from Zooballoo. I enjoy using that font for kids. The butterfly is from the Cricut Sampler cartridge at 1 1/2".
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Family

I completed this layout for the Chirper Challenge. After looking through my family scrapbooks, I realized that I had never done a page with both sides of the family together on one page. So, my goal was to include as many people from our families as I could. I was able to get most everyone on. Jonah really loves to look at this page and tell me who everyone is. I am so glad to be facilitating a love for family in my two sons.

I used the Cricut Sampler for the Family cut--but it is on Going Places. I handstitched around the square and hung some plastic heart embellishments. The title/journaling says, "Love is the tie that binds the family together." I used rub-ons from Heidi Grace on it. Each square is cut at 2 1/2 inches. The flourish is a stamp from Rhonna Ferrar and I heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder.

A close up:
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