My card will be sent to my niece's husband who just arrived in Iraq for his 3rd tour. I wanted him to know how much we care and that he is "ALWAYS on our minds".
For the challenge Lori had us think about when we first started doing vintage type cards.
Well I've been stamping about 3 yrs. and loved the vintage sets that SU offered......I have several sets but they quickly became retired. However, my interest seemed to spark when I purchased a Crafty Secrets Altered Alphabet booklet at a Scrapbooking store. I purchased more items from there and have loved being inspired by the weekly challenges.
So this card has the "Altered Alphabets" which I inked with Blue Bayou.
The celery layer is stamped with the sanded bg in blue bayou, and the base layer is soft sky sponged with blue bayou. (sky, bayou & celery, this weeks color challenge)
The central image is from CS Seasonal booklet distressed and sponged with BBayou. I needed to carry the color of the alphabet over to my sentiment so I sponged on color plus mounted it on another one of the alphabet cut outs.
Whew! that was long....why didn't I just say everything is sponged with Blue Bayou! Hope I didn't bore you! TFL
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 GMT Views: 756
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Registered: June 23, 2006 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 4676
Thu, May 22, 2008 @ 4:49 AM
Wow Pammy! This card is amazing!! Knowing who it is being sent to makes it even more powerful! You really did a fabulous job. The colors and layout just work with image beautifully! Just a stunning card!!
Registered: September 3, 2007 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 3080
Thu, May 22, 2008 @ 5:40 AM
This card is just simply wonderful, and may your niece.s husband stay safe and know that we all support him and are very thankful for what he is doing for us all....
Registered: January 23, 2008 Location: South Lake Tahoe Posts: 752
Thu, May 22, 2008 @ 5:41 AM
Besides being beautiful, this is an amazingly heart touching card - I'm sure he will treasure this forever. Wouldn't it be nice if all our soldiers could receive something so wonderful that show our appreciation for all they're doing? Dru
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