HI Everyone. Happy Tuesday night.
I'm sorry I didn't do an update yesterday, but my visit to the Maxillofacial surgeon (doesn't that sound like someone that Alfred Hitchock, Wes Craven and Stephen King would just love!!!) and I had a meeting yesterday and I think I came off the worse. Let's just say I was still having a side order of blood with everything I ate, drank or swallowed until lunchtime today! "nuf said on that one! My thanks to all of you for sending me your kind wishes – they meant a lot to me 🙂 And my two female cats are at the vet having dental work done today, too! Poor things, we get to pick them up later today! So, all the girls – human and feline – in the family are feeling sorry for ourselves.
Before I get started on tonight's card I'd like to do a BIG SHOUT OUT to some amazing ladies Lynn H, Terri U, Beth R, Cam, Yvonne and Kelli. You guys rock! thank you!
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- Blog Candy draw #1 leave a comment and I'll put you in the draw for free paper and free stamps!
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- You have until end of day February 14 to enter into both
Today's card continues my new year's resolution to use what I have and don't give enough love to! I bought Fifth Avenue Floral when it was all the rage… and I think I have inked it up once! But, I wanted to do a crisp, clean thank you card to send to a couple of friends, and I went through my stamps and thought… ahh…. about time I tried to do something with this. I mixed it with Bordering Blue – a color I don't use very often! The splitcoaststampers clean and simple challenge this week was to "cut it out" – so it was a perfect fit for the challenge… and you know I can't resist a CAS challenge!
I don't know what's going on these days, but my screen is really showing this overexposed. I'm going to need to open up my PC instead of my Apple to have a look there once this post is done. I hope you can see it…. I actually water colored the image and then covered it in Iridescent Ice embossing powder to give it sparkle, so it really does look pretty in real life.
Card recipe
- Bordering Blue and Whisper White card stock. I used the Water Color paper for the flower.
- I used Basic Grey ink for the sentiment and the background flowers
- Basic Grey satin ribbon
- Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set
- Heard from the Heart (111644)
- Stampin Dimensionals, Bordering Blue classic ink, blending pen and Iridescent Ice embossing powder
- I stamped the image twice on my Bordering Blue matt in Basic Grey. I then used StazOn for the flower and stamped again onto water color paper. I used my blending pen and the Bordering Blue classic ink to give a soft subtle blue to the flower. I colored the middle of the flower darker, as the middle always seems to look richer! I didn't want to go too dark, as I wanted the flower to stand apart from the background matt of the same color.
- Once the water color flower was dry, I stamped over it with my Versamark and then added Iridescent Ice embossing powder (101930)
- It was very quick and easy to assemble. I wrapped the piece of Satin ribbon around the card and then secured it under the flower. I then mounted the flower using Dimensionals to give it, well… you know… dimension 🙂
I love the fact that you can change out the color combination to anything you like – and the sentiment – so it's a card that can be made over and over and still look fresh!
So, if you liked my Abundant Hope card from Sunday – you HAVE to check out Gretchen Barron's Abundant Hope card. It's stunning. So, pop on over to Gretchen's blog, have a look at the card – and show her you like it too, by leaving a comment 🙂 It's a stunning card using this same set. Gretchen told me she made this card for a swap in December and it's simply beautiful…. a gorgeous swap card!
I was reading Kelli's blog a few days ago and part of her topic was having chosen a word for the year…. and it got me thinking about my word for 2010 – Go check out Kelli's blog to see what her word is!
It took a lot of thinking, I might tell you! Lots of words made it to my mental list and were discarded. In the end I came up with my own word……..
GIVE
Why Give? Well, there are so many things that I can give every day – here's a list of some of the things I committed to doing in 2010 using GIVE as my theme:
- a helping hand; a smile; some love on their blog or gallery cards; more of myself to those who need/want it; more tolerance to those that I'm not normally tolerant towards! :-); love; donate more to the charities that I support and find a couple of new ones that I don't generally support; random acts of kindness to those I know – and those I don't; myself a break… I'm so hard on myself and I need to give myself a break occasionally; more love to my DH; more attention to my health and wellbeing; more attention to my spiritual side; more time to enjoy the things I used to enjoy so much
So, my challenge to you today…. what would your word for 2010 be?
As always, your visit and your support of my blog is greatly appreciated! I hope you have a fabulous Wednesday and get to spend some time doing the things you love, with those you love the most – four legged or two legged!
Hugs
Jaydee
6 Responses
I too have never really used this stamp set. Thanks for the encouragement to be bold and use what I already have! Beautiful card.
This card is so pretty Jaydee. Love the clean crisp style and the gorgeous use of glitter. I hope your health improves, take care of yourself. I like the word you chose, it is perfect. I must think on my word and get back to you.
Lesley 🙂
Lovely card, Jaydee. I really like how you did the main flower. I am going to have to give that technique a try, I like how it makes the flower sparkle. I too have this set, and I am sorry to say that it is not even mounted yet. I will make that a goal of mine for this week yet. To mount and use this stamp set. I am sorry to hear that you are not improving as well as expected. The Dentists and Doctors always make it sound like a piece of cake and yet it never is. I do hope that you get better soon. Thanks for posting on the Blog while you are not feeling well. I appreciate it. I will think about my word for 2010 and let you know what it is. Here’s hoping you heal soon.
Trish in Wisconsin
Jaydee,
Another beautiful card! I love it! I also love the word you chose! It fits you perfectly! Thank you for always giving to us- your time, creativity,inspiration, courage, and so so much more! I appreciate you!
Missy
What a great word. I was just telling my hubby yesterday how I need to give with sacrifice more often. I love the word project! Your card is beautiful. I love how the color of the flower fades out and that you used the stamp for the background. Also, can you email me where to send the card to…I need to write your address in a secure place. I hope to work on the cards this weekend.
How funny that you mentioned a word for the year! I had that thought a few weeks ago and I wondered to myself if anyone else did anything like that! My word for this year is KIND. Everyone always appreciates a little kindness and how easy it is to go the extra mile and express some kindness to those around us. I think especially of the health care professionals that I have been around since my mother suffered a stroke this past year. Some of them were so kind to her and to us and in a time of need, kindness really made the difference. So I am trying to be more kind this year!
Love the card, I have that set too and I will have to play around and see if I can make a card as beautiful as yours! Thanks!