Sympathy card for a Vasectomy

Today's card is rated PG-13, and it was all my sister's idea!  She asked me today (jokingly, I think) if I was going to make a card for her husband's upcoming surgery.  I asked if she had any suggestions, and she suggested a squirrel and nuts.  This is what I came up with:

Inside:

The squirrel and acorns are from Create a Critter.  I used my Cuttlebug folders Swiss Dots and Distressed Stripes and the Spots folder from the Animal Print set.  The sentiments were printed from Microsoft Word

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday 287--sketch challenge

Paper Playtime #7--Use a pun (I hope this counts--my pun is implied with the die cuts inside the card.)

Sympathy cards

Unfortunately, I needed to make 2 sympathy cards (and decided to make a third right away to have one in my stash).  One for a fellow cardmaker and one for a former coworker, both of whom have lost loved ones to cancer.  I wanted to make them simple, and the sketch at Die Cuttin' Divas fit the bill for that.  I had some scrap paper from a Colorbok pad of paper that had colors I liked.  The stack also included some punch-outs, and I stamped my sentiment on those for the front of the card.  I wanted to add some ribbon, but am not yet an expert bow tier.  I got one of them to look alright, but with the other two cards I decided to try a technique I saw on Youtube.  It is so much simpler, and I think it looks pretty nice.  I added a few brads at the bottom.  Inside the card, I used a cut from Accent Essentials.  I cut it once in purple and another time, smaller, in cream.  I ran the cream colored ones through my printer (see this great tip here).  The idea for the sentiment inside the card came from Simple Sympathy.

I had recently picked up a little roll of ribbon for one of the recipients.  She is a proud dog owner and the ribbon has little paw prints on it.  I decided to give her that along with the card to brighten her day.  I had received Tags, Bags, Boxes and More from the free Gypsy download, but hadn't used it yet.  Using that cart, I made a little "purse" to hold the spool of ribbon.  I also decorated the sides of the spool of ribbon a bit.