This week our cards are headed off to Donnie in Arkansas. Donnie has MDD for which there is nothing that can be done, except to be made comfortable. Donnie loves to garden, he'd garden during the night if he could (actually he does sometimes with the aid of a light). Whether it be flowers, veggies, or mowing the lawn, Donnie loves to do it. So this week we are bringing the garden to Donnie. This one is for looking, there's be no weeding or pruning.
I don't really own appropriate vegetable stamps, so I went the way of flowers. My choice before this was to bring the pollinators, but they were fussing about being attached to a card. I had a plethora of butterflies, dragonflies, bees and ladybugs all stamped and fussy cut. The bee was going around buzzing everyone, scaring them. All the butterflies wanted to do was suck the nectar from the flowers, not get in a fight with the bee. So I sent the bee packing and he ended up here.
I used the Delightful Daisies 3D Embossibilities for the base of this card. The daisies and butterfly went through quite a transformation to get to this point. They are whitewashed, then colored with Tombow markers and blender pen. Then I have used my Pebbles cream chalks on them, then Pebbles frosted chalks . The leaves just have the frosted chalk. Mr. Bee is cut from acetate and has double sided adhesive on one side. I cut the backing off his wings first and dipped them into the warm micro glitter. Then peeled the backing off his body and spooned the black micro glitter over this. This was all burnished for extra sparkle. The sentiment is stamped with black Versa Fine ink.
I hope that Donnie is at least able to get out and enjoy the spring weather, even if he cannot participate in the gardening he loves, he can hopefully sit and watch the flowers grow.
Date: Monday, April 1, 2013 GMT Views: 1067
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Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 @ 11:36 AM
Jennifer, an adorable card!! What a great job with the ef bg. Love your big dasies!!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 @ 5:28 PM
Wow, those embossed daisies look positively amazing on that embossed BG with the highlighting done, I am guessing in the chalks- gives a really earthy look to your card - Donnie will see how many friends he has when all the tea potters show up!!
------------------------------ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55667
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 @ 6:43 PM
I like your flower garden with the pollinators also!! I get quite a bit of satisfaction working in my flower garden. I think most gardeners have a love for most things that grow - except for weeds. :>)
Registered: September 11, 2009 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 7266
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 @ 7:12 PM
Fantastic Jennifer! The daisies have a wonderful luminous quality you worked hard to create. Oh well...it was well worth it. This eb folder has amazing depth.
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