Card For Brenda

I can't believe it's been a year since I made the first card for the residents at work, and now I'm back at the beginning again.  This is a card for a lady who is 91!  I was a bit stumped at first, but remembered her love for cats, and knew exactly where to go for what I was looking for.  Here's the card:
This is a digi stamp from Little Claire's Designs, and it's very, very sweet.  I printed it out on paper, because of course, the beauty of digi stamps is that you can make it any size you like.  I just started playing and chose grey for the cats and it all came together from there.  The cardstock is basic grey and the paper is an old colour set from Papermania.  It took a while for me to twig that the sentiment is already on there, so I decided to keep it simple and left it at that.
Oh yes, one more thing.  I decided to add a dash of another colour and plumped for red.  Then I coloured the fish in red and wondered what on earth I was doing.  Then I realised... it's a red herring!  LOL!
And on that note, I will continue on with my day.  Hope yours is great and you get some time to craft.
Jane xx

Comments

  1. Michelle20 July 2013 at 22:05

    Love the cool greys and the pop of red. The cat images are so sweet. Hope Brenda loved it x x

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  2. Nannieflash24 July 2013 at 10:54

    Hi Jane, A really love card simple but with a stunning result. hugs Shirleyxxxxx

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