I've been stamping, but let me give you an overview of the month thus far. In the past three weeks, we've been to four (count them!) four calling hours and three funerals. Work has been a real challenge and with this beautiful weather come my allergies. Work and the allergies are minor inconveniences, to go along with the crown that I'm going to have to have and all the medical tests that come along with being a cancer survivor who is turning 50! Happy Happy! Joy Joy! Do you see me doing the Snoopy Dance? "I am too blessed to be stressed," and that has become my mantra....
At any rate, the National Guard unit from our city has been deployed to Afghanistan. There is a group putting together care packages and I've been making cards for the packages to be sent. I finished those up this weekend and hope to get some pictures of some of the cards I did. But...today I stamped just for me and decided to take the challenge issued by Just Us Girls. The challenge was to create a card box with sentiments that the user could decide upon. I love this idea and since I regularly donate to auctions, I'm thinking I'll just keep making these so I have a few on hand. I can't wait to see what the others who take the challenge come up with so I can case their cards! Here's my entry...
Forgive me the poor photo quality. I took this picture when the sun peeked through the clouds and I was standing with my back to the windows in the sunroom. Can you see the reflection in the window sheet on my box?
The cards were created on Naturals Confetti card stock and I used a mask to create the oval. Anyone who has followed my blog for a while realizes that one of my favorite colors is So Saffron. I used a sponge to fill in the color inside my frame. Although you can't see it, prior to filling in the color, I stamped En Francais in Versamark. It doesn't work well on the Naturals cardstock, but is beautiful on our Whisper White or Very Vanilla.
You might recognize the stamp set, Just Believe. It was wildly popular when the IBC came out last July and I absolutely adore this set. I used my Old Olive and Rose Red markers to ink the stamp and couldn't pass up the opportunity to add some pearls to my flowers. I used the "greenery" stamp from the Just Believe on the Naturals Envelopes to tie this together.
There are six sentiments attached to a piece of So Saffron cardstock with temporary dotto adhesive. I've stamped the sentiments from Watercolor Trio (retired) because the fonts are beautiful. They include "From the Heart","Birthday Wishes" and "Thanks so Much", all stamped in Soft Suede on Natural cardstock. I stamped them, punched them out with the Large Oval Punch, and then matted them with Soft Suede. The other three sentiments are "With Sympathy," and "Happy Anniversary" from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set. All the cards and sentiments were liberally sprayed with homemade shimmer spray and they just glisten.
Just in case you wonder, the sentiments have two pop dots on the back of each and all the recipient needs to do is to pull off the adhesive and place them on the card. I would not have come up with this idea myself (DUH!) unless challenged to do so and I thank the Just Us Girls gals for issuing the challenge. If you've haven't ever seen the blog, you should check their work -- gorgeous!
And yes, I created the box, using a window sheet so the cards show through the oval in the window. I love those window sheets and have a ton of them -- thankfully I remembered to use them! If you'd like the dimensions, drop me an email and I'll be happy to send them to you. If I've created it, you know it has to be an easy project.....
Enjoy your day and the upcoming week! I'm hitting the half-century mark this week and am hoping to do some retail therapy on that day. Shopping always lifts my spirits.
God Bless and thanks for stopping by.