Oct 25 2008
Please Pray
I made this card to send to a family who just gave birth to twinpreemie girls. Stacy, Twinshappy, an SCS and blogging friend, wrote and asked for prayers primarly, and cards secondarily, for her friend’s family and these precious babies. The identical twin girls were born a day or two ago at 1# and 3#. Their names areHope and Peyton. Please keep them in your prayers. Thank you.
Knowing I was going to do a card for baby girls, pink was the obvious choice. I checked out the Inspiration Challenge at SCS, and the inspiration photos were of girls bedrooms decorated in pinks and other colors. For my inspiration I chose the 3rd photo that has more yellow in the room decor. I went with Pink Pirouette, Barely Banana andretired Mint Melody. Here’s my card, with double hearts for Hope and Peyton.
I’ll mail this card on Monday and hope it brings some comfort or momentary pleasure to the family. It was rather hard to decide what the sentiment should say. Congratulations or other typical new baby sentiments just didn’t seem quite right, so I settled on a heartfelt *Keeping you close in thought and prayer.* I am also very lacking in baby stamps, especially baby girl stamps, but I thought these adorable hearts from Simply Said would work, and I think they did. They were cut, embossed and matted using my Heart Nestabilities, layered on a frame made with Oval Nestabilities. The Oval Nesties also cut and embossed my sentiment. The bottom lacey border was done with a Martha Stewart Lace Punch, then I ran a single line of embossing just above the lace border. It was easily done with my Scor-It. Added a few pearls, buttons and ribbon and that finished it off.
Stamps: Simply Said and retired Hope for Comfort
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Barely Banana and retired Mint Melody
Ink: Black Stazon, Markers
Accessories: Pink Taffeta, Ticket Corner Punch, Martha Stewart Lace Punch, Scor-It, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Folder, Heart Nestabilities and Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Buttons, Pearls
Thank you so much for stopping in again today. I do so appreciate it!!! Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!!!
33 responses so far
Sharon, it’s just simply the perfect card. Prayers going up here.
Once again, you’ve created the perfect card! Sharon, it is so pretty and precious… and obvious you put sincere thought into it. Lifting them up in prayer…
OMGosh Sharon … this card is PERFECT and PRECIOUS!! I will keep this family in my prayers …
Sharon– this is just precious! LOVE all of the layers and frame around these lovely hearts. I’m sure the family will appreciate your sentiment and card!
What a beautiful card!! I think this sentiment is just perfect to go with it.
Absolutely perfect card for this! The two sweet hearts are precious, and the sentiment is so fitting and heartfelt. I really think the family will appreciate this so much!
smiles,Deena
Simply one of the sweetest, prettiest baby cards I’ve seen in a long time!
This is a beautiful card..the colors so soft and pretty together…
Oh Sharon this is wonderful and beauitful! I love the hearts and the layout, they are going to love this. I think the sentiment is perfect! I APPRECIATE you making them a card and all the prayers they need them! Thank you thank you so so much! Cacey loves handmade cards she is going to LOVE this!
This is just a precious, precious card, Sharon! They are going to love it! I will send up a prayer for the twins!!
Oh Sharon, this is so beautiful! I love the pink and yellow together and I love everything about it. It will be perfect for the parents of the twins.
Joan
This is a beautiful card and I think the sentiment is just perfect. Sending up prayers for Peyton and Hope.
Oh, Sharon! This is just ideal and so absolutely beautiful. It couldn’t be prettier and the sentiment is perfect. There’s sweetness and hope and so much love and caring in this card. It will bring a smile to their hearts. Bless those precious little babies!
It’s absolutely perfect, Sharon! I love the twin hearts, layout and sentiment! They’ll treasure it for sure!
What a beautiful card! My heart and prayers go out to the little baby girls and their family.
Your card is as beautiful as the thought behind it. My best wishes to the new mom and dad, and their precious baby girls. Thanks for the idea for the little flower heart from Simply Said. I never used that stamp but now will definitely pull it out.
This is a beautiful card!!
Oh Sharon, this is just lovely and so sweet. The mother of the precious babies will treasure this for sure!! Hugs,
I saw your beautiful card on SCS. I will keep that family in my prayers!!!
Just beautiful Sharon!!!
My prayers are with the family. I know how they feel as I had a preemie daughter 25 years ago. She is now being deployed to Iraq in 2 weeks.
Sharon, this is so pretty. Your sentiment is a good choice. I’ll pray for this family too.
This is simply beautiful. Such a statement for I’m sure are 2 beautiful babies as well. I will certainly pray for them. Thankyou for sharing their story with us.
Sharon, I’m positively speechless! This is so incredibly sweet and adorable and I agree with you on the sentiment, it’s perfect! The precious babies are in my prayers, as well as their parents. The pink buttons are the icing on the cake, your entire layout is just incredible! The pearls are a perfect accent on the oval, just sitting here speechless in awe of your talent.
The twins and family are in my thoughts and prayers. Sharon, this card is very stunning!
This is so pretty. I love the soft colors, the embellies, the LO and the cb ef. I’ll be praying for those precious babies!
What a sweet card! I love the colors, and the scallops, and the embossed dots. Okay…I love the whole thing! 🙂
What a wonderful card, so kind and thoughtful. The lil darlings will be in my thoughts and prayers.
I love this card. I will have to case it – if you don’t mind 🙂
I will also keep the twins in my prayers.
Wow, I am currently in the process of making a card for them, I came here for inspiration. This is just amazingly beautiful. Wow
This is perfect for those two little precious babies. I will be thinking and praying for the twins.
Sharon,
Hope, Peyton and their families are in our prayers…This card is breathtakingly beautiful and so perfect.
Perfect! Praying for those precious baby girls……..