This card is for my aunt. She never had children of her own, so when we were growing up, my sister and I were her "special kids." She was a teacher and she started an "Aunt's Week" along with other teachers the week before Mother's Day in the teachers' lounge. Each year she would ask us to write her a letter that she could post on her Aunt's Week bulletin board in the lounge. She's now 79 and long retired, but my sister and I still send her Aunt's Week cards. It's a nice way to let her know she's special to us in lieu of Mother's Day.
New stuff I got to play with for my "bought it, use it" Flourishes challenge: just-purchased-yesterday MS topiary PATP set, new-to-ink Flourishes stamps, MS butterfly punch, SU designer label punch, green rhinestones, black embossing powder, and Basic Grey Kioshi paper pad.
For sparkle, I added white glitter (hard to see in photo) to the body of the butterfly and rhinestones on my sentiment panel. Also hard to see: I clear embossed the glass cloche over the orchid. Image is colored with inks and a blender pen.
I realized too late that I should have placed the butterfly on the left side of the image, rather than the right side, to balance my card out. Darn! Wish I would have caught that before I adhered it.
Thanks for looking!!
Emily
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Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 GMT Views: 1185
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Ink: Palette noir black, SU certainly celery, SU so saffron, Versamark
Accessories: MS topiary PATP set, CM circle cutters, MS royal butterfly punch, SU designer label punch, black EP, clear EP, dimensionals, glue pen, white/clear glitter, green rhinestones, white pearls
Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 @ 1:12 PM
This is lovely! I'm sure your aunt will think so too.
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Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 @ 2:23 PM
What a precious story! How special you and your sister must have been to her. I love the concept of Aunt's Day! She will, without question, so enjoy and appreciate a card from her special 'kid'.
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