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: 1186
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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: December 2, 2009 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia (minutes from Virginia Beach) Posts: 4522
Wed, Apr 07, 2010 @ 6:51 PM
What a pretty card, Emily!! Love the colors and designs of your paper...you rock with your border punches...that frame is a punch, right?....I didn't see a punch in your listings...it is amazing! The pearl accents are lovely...your Aunt sounds like a wonderful lady...made teaching her life...now instead simply a letter, she receives a beautiful card...very sweet!!
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Thu, Apr 08, 2010 @ 11:59 AM
Wow, you had lots of "new to you" stuff to play with! And I loved reading about how you give your aunt these cards...that is too sweet. I like the stamp of the violet under a cloche, and how you paired all the purples and greens together so deftly!
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Thu, Apr 08, 2010 @ 4:43 PM
Emzi, BEAUTIFUL papers, colors, image and coloring and that MS framed punch is AWESOME!! Your aunt is going to LOVE this and 4 punchez - way 2 go my friend!! TFS!!
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Registered: April 14, 2009 Location: in my own little PINK sparkly world Posts: 12150
Thu, Apr 08, 2010 @ 5:30 PM
this is just gorgeous....love the beautifully cut mat....and I know your aunt will love this too....I never had children either and my nieces would send me Mommie 2 cards on Mothers Day...thx for the great memories
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Sun, Apr 11, 2010 @ 3:29 PM
Gorgeous, Emily! Beautiful colors and I LOVE that frame to surround that beautifully colored stamped image! Lovely card! Thanks so much for playing FTTC!