This is the last week of school, and with it comes a very busy schedule. There are pool parties, art celebrations, spring fairs, and more. I am exhausted from all the running around! I'm also scrambling to find things for my kids to do this summer, like art classes maybe.
I did find time to do a BIG birthday card for my now-13 YO daughter. It's 6 3/4" square, so big that I do not own an envelope for it. I just asked her to close her eyes while I placed it in her teenaged-hands.
I broke out a piece of Hollywood Vogue Webster's Pages, from my precious supply. I didn't want to cut into it at all, which is why the card is as big as it is!
I chose this piece of patterned paper because it has special meaning for my daughter. In the background of the patterned paper is a script from "The Wizard Of Oz." When Haley was really little, that was her favorite movie and she had her very own Ruby Red Slippers from Target. She wore them ALL the time, even when she was in my sister's wedding (we got permission first). ;) When her feet got too big for those "Dorothy" shoes, we had to go get the next size up. Today, on a shelf high on Haley's wall, resides that first pair of Ruby Red Slippers amid her Wizard of Oz figurine collection.
I added some lily-of-the-valley stamps from the Stampin' Up! set,
Ever After. These are Haley's favorite flowers. After stamping them right onto the Webster's Page in Always Artichoke, I used a white gel pen to whiten the flowers.
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See the Wizard of Oz script in the background? |
I am proud to have gotten my Deco Fan punch-around-the-page to work so well!
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The inside of the card. |
This card is entered into one challenge:
The Shabby Tea Room - pink, green, neutrals and flowers.
I want to share my big news with you: I'm going to be on TV! The Philadelphia-area
CBS affiliate is doing a story on
Operation Write Home. Operation Write Home (OWH) is a non-profit that collects handmade cards from crafters like you and me, then sends them overseas to our soldiers. The soldiers can 'shop' for any cards they need to send to their loved ones.
Recently the president of OWH, Sandy Allnock, asked if I'd be willing to be interviewed for my involvement with OWH (I donated many cards in the past year). I nervously said 'yes'. A producer and cameraman came to my house last week and filmed me! I made cards in front of them, showed off some of my more recent creations, and had an interview.
The piece is set to air sometime in July, but the producer isn't sure exactly when. After it does air, however, I'll be able to show a link here at my blog to the CBS site, showing the interview. I can't wait to share that with you!
Colleen
Stamps: Ever After, Bliss, Charming - SU; Strawberries - Flourishes
Paper: Pink Pirhouette, Very Vanilla, Basic Black - SU; Hollywood Vogue - Webster's Pages
Ink: Always Artichoke, Basic Black
Punches: Monarch and Royal butterflies, Garden Gate deep edge, Deco Fan PATP - Martha Stewart; wide oval - SU
Other: pink satin ribbon, pearls, white gel pen, rhinestones