Sending Prayers African Daisy Card

A crafty friend of mine recently lost her mother, and I wanted to make a card for her. I had some pieces from previous craft sessions on my craft desk and decided to combine them to create my sympathy card.

I started by creating a white, top-folding card base and trimming a white panel to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. I then taped off a section of the white card panel and ink blended Catherin Pooler's Tiki Torch ink to create an ombré orange stripe between my sections of tape. Then I removed the tape and decided on my arrangement of die cuts. I'm taking part in Altenew's Tuesday Live Challenge which is to have elements that go off the sides of the card base as well as Altenew's March Inspiration Challenge with a pink, green, and orange color palette, so I kept that in mind while choosing my leftover pieces and arranging them to go off the sides of the card base.

The green leaves are from Altenew's Creative Cuts: Strawberry Patch, and I liked the size of the foliage and that it's all in one piece. Then I had a couple die cut African Daisies from Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: African Daisy set as well as some butterflies from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Butterfly Garden project kit. I added the flowers and butterflies with Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape for a bit of dimension. 

For the sentiment, I had die cut "sending prayers" using Altenew's Versatile Greetings 2 die set and pink holographic and vellum papers from Your Paper Insider. If you'd like to subscribe to Your Paper Insider's quarterly box of mystery papers or shop for any of their specialty paper collections, I would love it if you shopped with my affiliate link. I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you: Your Paper Insider. If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  Altenew carries many wonderful die sets like the ones I've used on this card as well as a wide array of other crafting supplies. 

 Challenges I'm entering: 

March 2026 Inspiration Challenge | Altenew: 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 3/28/26)

A Place To Start: ATG (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG or things with wings (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Things with wings or ATG (1/6; ends 3/27/26)

The Diva's that cut ....paper!: Celebrate Spring with Gina K. Designs, March 2026: Celebrate Spring (4/4; ends at the end of the  month)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Spring (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (1/6; ends 4/12/26)

Word Power: Words as focus (1/3; ends at the end of the month) 

Craft Rocket Challenges: No design paper (unlimited; ends at the end of the month)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Garden Party: Anything in or from a garden (1/5; ends 4/6/26)

little red wagon: Signs of spring (1/3; ends 3/24/26)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Beautiful Blooms (1/5; ends 3/23/26)

Triple B: ATG with birds, blooms, and/or butterflies (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

The Creative Crafters: ATG (1/3; ends 4/7/26)

fourseasons: Spring (ends at the end of the month)

Daisy Chain Challenges: Flowers (1/3; ends 3/28/26)

Critter Crazy CHALLENGE BLOG: ATG with an animal (or bird or bug/butterfly, etc.) (ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Animals: ATG with animals, birds, bugs/butterflies, etc. (ends 3/27/26)

Crafting from the Art challenge: ATG (1/3; ends 4/9/26)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of fun folds (unlimited; ends 4/12/26)