It is our eldest son's partner, Helen, birthday in a couple of days. I really should have already posted her card, but the timeliness button seems to have dropped off my dashboard sometime in the past few weeks. I forgot to post a dear friend's card to Sydney just recently and it seems I have come perilously close to missing Helens big day.
We needed to travel into town for a couple of things this morning so I was able to post her letter at the Mornington mail centre...her card will be on it's way even as I write. Our local mail is only collected once a day and so would not have been en route until tomorrow if I had posted it locally.
This year I had not made her a card specifically...I have a box (well, several boxes if I'm honest), of made cards all packaged in cellophane bags with their envelopes waiting to be sent off, and I have made a mid-term resolution not to make new ones until I have reduced the stockpile a little. It's an interesting fact that (almost) every time I need a card, as I rumble through the appropriate sentiment stash for one to post off, I have a brilliant idea for a new card that would be "just perfect" for the recipient...and we all know, don't we, that once we have an idea for a card we need to buzz right off and get it made.
Well, that happened today. I sorted through the birthday box, finally choosing a lovely bright and cheerful number that seemed the best bet, and I remembered the foil embossed piece I had on my work bench, waiting for completion. I grabbed out the purple and cyan acrylic paints, gave it a good dose, rubbed it off, a light sanding with a fine glass paper and adhered it to a lime green card base...a sentiment from Carrolls' "Jabberwocky" that I silver foiled, a quirky message for the inside, an envelope to match and it was done. Ho hum, the stock pile remains, but the grungy quirky card for Helen was much more "correct" than the one I originally chose. I may have to donate them all to the local aged care facility for use by the residents...I'm sure they would use them without being so picky!
Anyhow, here is the card I sent off...
We needed to travel into town for a couple of things this morning so I was able to post her letter at the Mornington mail centre...her card will be on it's way even as I write. Our local mail is only collected once a day and so would not have been en route until tomorrow if I had posted it locally.
This year I had not made her a card specifically...I have a box (well, several boxes if I'm honest), of made cards all packaged in cellophane bags with their envelopes waiting to be sent off, and I have made a mid-term resolution not to make new ones until I have reduced the stockpile a little. It's an interesting fact that (almost) every time I need a card, as I rumble through the appropriate sentiment stash for one to post off, I have a brilliant idea for a new card that would be "just perfect" for the recipient...and we all know, don't we, that once we have an idea for a card we need to buzz right off and get it made.
Well, that happened today. I sorted through the birthday box, finally choosing a lovely bright and cheerful number that seemed the best bet, and I remembered the foil embossed piece I had on my work bench, waiting for completion. I grabbed out the purple and cyan acrylic paints, gave it a good dose, rubbed it off, a light sanding with a fine glass paper and adhered it to a lime green card base...a sentiment from Carrolls' "Jabberwocky" that I silver foiled, a quirky message for the inside, an envelope to match and it was done. Ho hum, the stock pile remains, but the grungy quirky card for Helen was much more "correct" than the one I originally chose. I may have to donate them all to the local aged care facility for use by the residents...I'm sure they would use them without being so picky!
Anyhow, here is the card I sent off...
The sentiment banner looks as grungy as the card panel itself. I inadvertently foiled the sentiment onto the textured side of the matching card stock. I was going to flip it and repeat the printing on the smooth side but decided I preferred the distressed look. I simply layered it onto a small piece of the lime green card and adhered it firmly in place with glossy accents.
It has a lovely, grungy metallic gleam, with a lovely silver shine when it catches the light.
I recently was the very lucky winner at Scrapbook Boutique and with the store coupon prize I included a Dove Blender Pen and solution. I have just started to play with it and so far find it amazing to use. I have been pulling out a few outline image stamps and playing with various mediums on water colour paper...
The little SU elephant image, softly coloured with water colour pencils and my new Dove Blender Pen...I GA'd the balloon and the candle flame after it was dry.
A dear little image from 100 Proof Press that I coloured last evening again using water colour pencils and the Dove pen. I need to go over the background...one shouldn't try doing a light colour wash late at night with minimal lighting! However, I love how easy it was to get varying skin tones on these little ankle biters...
Better dash...there a few things happening in the garden it appears that I think I might need to supervise...;)
Bye now,
Di
Bye now,
Di
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