Hi! This card was made for today's Color Combo Challenge: Navy, dark orange and burnt yellow.
I have been gone for about 10 days....Why? Well....Ten days ago,I felt a cold coming on and wanted to get as much done as possible before I got REALLY sick. So, I set about cleaning my home office. As I was cleaning the closet in my stampin' room, I leaned against my stampin' table and thought I had scraped my leg. Well, I had actually broken a gallon bottle of Odorless Mineral Spirits against my thigh. I kept working, standing in the same spot for over two hours. I finally had to use the restroom, and found that I had a CHEMICAL burn on my leg that was wet and according to Markie smelled like gas! I FREAKED! Markie walked into my office and started coughing and grabbed me, pulling me back into the hallway. I had been coughing, violently for over an hour and had NO CLUE this had happened! And, worse, after a 3 day stay at the hospital, I found out that I had lung damage from the Odorless Mineral Spirits. That's right...LUNG DAMAGE! (And, I'm an asthmatic. According to the doctors, and they were MORE worried about BRAIN damage, the asthma HELPED, as I didn't breathe in the chemicals too deeply.) Sunday I finally went back to work, for LIGHT duty. No phones or conversations, just typing.
So, to celebrate being able to now TALK, I decided to participate in today's Color Combo Challenge! I stamped the mouse image in VersaMark and embossed him in gold. Next, I colored him in with Watercolors and cut it out. I added in Flower Soft for the center. The bottom panel was embossed with the big flower from this NEW set: Greet the Day with Gerber. The focal panel and top panel were run through a Sizzix Texture Folder called: Plaid.
Finished card size: 5" Square
Total time to complete: 24 minutes
Registered: September 7, 2007 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 43261
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 @ 9:44 PM
Faith this is STUNNING!!!! And SO nice to see you back in the gallery!!!! (I just read your alarming reason for absence - who would think that could happen??) Glad you are on the mend!!
Registered: September 12, 2004 Location: Redmond, Washington Posts: 54470
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 @ 9:49 PM
Glad you are okay, that must have been so frighteniing!
Your card is really beautiful, I knew that you would come up with something totally awesome with this new set. Gorgeous!
------------------------------ This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Registered: July 27, 2005 Location: Texas USA Posts: 13067
Mon, Feb 07, 2011 @ 10:09 PM
Oh my word I was just popping in to say that your card is gorgeous and then I read your story and I'm shocked!! Of all the stamp related injuries, I never would have saw that coming!! Had no idea how dangerous that stuff is!! So glad you are doing better!!!
Hugs,
Anne
Registered: May 27, 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 12844
Tue, Feb 08, 2011 @ 4:01 AM
Faith, I was wondering where you were. Good grief! This is awful. What a dangerous situation. How is the chemical burn? Glad you are better and back making cards. This one is gorgeous.
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Registered: May 28, 2004 Location: My very hot stamp room, in Phoenix! It's a dry heat. Posts: 38730
Tue, Feb 08, 2011 @ 5:02 AM
What??????? Oh my word! Let's get dangerous chemicals out of our studios and homes. I am so glad you are on the mend now! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Your card is wonderful. That little mouse is so cute with the daisy. Nice work and we're so glad to have you back!
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79798
Tue, Feb 08, 2011 @ 5:48 AM
Like a Timex, you take a licking and keep on ticking!! All kidding aside, I can't tell you how happy I am to see you back to creating. This is gorgeous. Take care and I think you have taught us all a valuable lesson on how hazardous some of our crafting supplies can be. And most of us probably work in small areas.
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
Registered: September 26, 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 9625
Tue, Feb 08, 2011 @ 6:19 AM
Faith--this is my favorite image from the Greet the Day with Gerber and you did a fantastic job with it!!!! I''m so glad you're starting to feel better! TTYL!