I chose to base the card on my name and used old really low quality mini web images of me dressed as her in college Anyhow, first I stamped the cardstock with the background collage, then ran it thru the printer to add the photos and text...then stamped the hieroglyphs on the back and added the stencilled and stippled borders before I masked to add the other stamps
Text reads (not sure of the source, it was emailed to me over 10 years ago, note that the spelling of ancient egyptian words vary since it is a translation from another alphabet form and/or transcribed by visitors to egeypt thousands of years ago):
Most ancient Mother
Great Radiant One,
Lady of the Stars,
Mistress of the Celestial Ocean
Highest Judge,
Fiery One who rose from the Primordial Floods,
It is Neit who reaches down from the heavens
to take the hands of each who dies,
taking them into Her arms
to place them as stars of the universe,
each to light Her perfect body
with an emerald light,
sowing mortals upon Her heavenly self,
as others sow the green plants of the fields.
Though if Her anger was provoked
She might cause the sky to crash upon the ground,
still She was Mother of All
broad winged Goddess who protects from evil,
who defends the good with bow and arrow,
as She once defended those ancient priestesses
who took Her name:
Neit Hotep,
Meryet Neit,
Her Neit,
priestess queens who ruled when Egypt was young,
when only women served at Neit's altars,
each knowing throughout her life
that she would one day glisten as a star
upon the measureless body of the Mother of Heaven.
Date: Friday, February 10, 2006 GMT Views: 317
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Stamps: Club Scrap Egyptian Sr Woodmounted Collage Stamp and Unmounted Borders and Backgrounds Stamp; Stampfrancisco Uatcheti/Nebti Eye Stamp;
Ink: Ranger Adirondack Ginger, Caramel, and Latte Dye Pads; ColorBox Azurite, Bisque, Burnt Sienna, and Creamy Brown Fluid Chalk Pads;
Registered: July 28, 2004 Location: Stormin the Gates of Heaven with prayer for Dakota Posts: 49645
Sat, Feb 11, 2006 @ 12:48 AM
Awesome.
------------------------------ Autumn "This morning, I saw God, as I looked into the eyes of my 6 yr old son." Everyday is a Gift. For we walk by faith, not by sight.