This is my first card since my dh's kidney transplantation. I was not in the right mood for stamping up to now since there occured some severe complications during surgery. But now there is some hope that the kidney nevertheless might start to work, and I wanted to give with this card a big hug to all of you who sent me and my dh so many wonderful supportive mails and get-well wishes.
I stamped the butterfly image with white Brilliance ink onto burgundy cardstock. Then I added some color with crayons and outlined the butterflies with a white gelly pen, and I accentuated the swirls with a white and a black gelly pen. I worked in a similar way with the sentiment. The background panel is cb embossed and then wiped with some white ink. I distressed the edges of all the panels and added a corner die cut onto the image panel.
Again - thank you all, and please keep us in your thoughts - we still have a long way to go until we'll be back in normal life.
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 GMT Views: 310
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Accessories: black and white gelly pens, crayons, Sizzlits corner die cut, Cuttlebug embossing folder, circle punches (Marvy Uchida), edge distressing tool, dimensionals
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55666
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 @ 7:42 PM
Christiane, I am happy to see that you felt up to stamping. Stamping is therapeutic and I know you must need that now. Your card is beautiful. I love the butterflies, and you know those are a sign of new life. We hope that you and your dh will be enjoying life together soon. Keep up the stamping and hang in there!
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 @ 10:49 PM
That's wonderful, Christianne! I'm so excited for you: This is such a serious surgery and to develop complications can be so consequential. Yeah, the worst is over and another new chapter to be opened. Oh, by the way, the card is truly fantastic, but not as fantastic as your good news.
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