Our cards are going to an amazingly brave little 6 year old boy from Texas. Young Austin has an extremely rare medical condition and he is also blind. He loves receiving cards and touches them to 'see' what they are like.
I made a card of the letter 'A' and covered both sides and the insides with high tactile cardboard and paper. The corrugated board was a RAK from our very own Miss Kathleen Lammie from Alabama. The cowboy, horse, boots, sayings etc was from a gorgeous 6 x 6 paper pad. Unfortunately I used the cover on an earlier project and now I don't know the brand. All the papers are highly embossed, so there are list of little things for Austin to feel.
I am off to craft camp on Friday, we have 4 days and 3 nights of hysterical laughter, lots of food and a bit of card making. I have been packing and sorting my craft stuff all day. I found things that I didn't even know I had lost, but more importantly I found where the terrible "road kill/dead something" smell was coming from.
Remember when I started a small fire when using my heat gun to get the moulding paste off the wall where my Martha Stewart punch made a big hole? You may also remember that I had a vase of roses on my craft desk at the time. Initially I tried to swat the fire out with a few roses, but a rose fell down into the wall cavity at which point I just threw the water on the wall........ok we are all caught up now, I shall continue. There has been the most awful smell slowly building in my craft area, I thought the rose in the wall cavity had rotted.....not so, when I was cleaning up my desk today I discovered a sausage wrapped in cling wrap!! Remember the frozen sausage “brayer”, well I apparently forgot to throw it out. In my defense it was scrunched up in the aluminium foil I use as a craft mat. I only share this story as a reminder to always dispose of your frozen sausage brayer in a timely manner.
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Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79439
Wed, Jun 04, 2014 @ 3:47 AM
Susie, you are so adorable! This card is from the heart and so thought out in special ways for this little boy in Texas. Being from Texas myself, this card is certainly filled with things we love about Texas!! Have fun on your craft retreat, and I got a good laugh about your forgotten sausage. You are a girl of my own heart. Sounds like you don't like cleaning up so much either. Me neither! My work table will get to the point of no workable surface before I make myself take the time to clean it.
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Wed, Jun 04, 2014 @ 5:45 AM
Susie, your heart and soul went into this fabulous card for this little guy! He will LOVE this! There is so much for him to feel with all the texture and wonderful embellishments! The feather and corrugated cardboard are awesome ideas.
Thank you to for the morning chuckles. You always make my day!
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Wed, Jun 04, 2014 @ 6:12 AM
LOL - I was wondering how roses could smell that bad, but a thawed sausage - in Australian temperatures!!! Oh my.
And oh my, what a wonderful tactile textured card, and making it in a shape was an extra-inspired idea. And the feather and fibres - this is an all-out treat both visually and for feeling.
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Wed, Jun 04, 2014 @ 11:07 AM
LOL...poor Susie I am going to have to call you Susie Texas now...you have so managed to capture so much of that state, as I have heard. AWESOME ideas and job. Austin is going to have so much fun " looking " and feeling these.
Sausage brayer...?...I think I missed that story, I remember the rest. Did that actually work?...so like my table it gets so full there are times I don't know how I work...lol...i think the creative juices are out more when it is a bit more messy, then you see the bits and pieces more...glad you found your smell, now you cna work peacefully...he-he...for now that is...;0)
Have fun at that craft camp, sounds amazingly fun...Huggles...:0)
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Thu, Jun 05, 2014 @ 11:03 PM
What a great story Susie and I can just imagine how that sausage must have smelled...ooowwweee!!
Susie you have the best imagination!! You are so creative. Wow all those papers and corrugated cardstock and everything you put into this card is so fantastic!!! How you ever thought of it all is beyond me! Wow, wow, wow!!! I love it and I know Austin will love it too!!
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