This is the card I really wanted to make for Polly's MIX237 last week...
Some of you might remember my MIX186 Little White Birdies card, which journalled a visit to my dad and told how his vocabulary was diminishing as his dementia progressed. I last visited the hens with him in March, when he was making good recovery from pneumonia earlier in the year. He fell just before Easter and broke his hip, and never fully recovered from that. Yesterday I visited the hens and not-hens for one last time before his funeral.
I added "Amazing" as the only word (apart from the dictionary page for Polly) to this card as it was one of his last common words. He couldn't speak much towards the end, but I might tell him a story and he'd smile and say "That's amazing." Or he'd look at my knitting as I sat there beside him and say "You're amazing."
Here's the hen run in the hospital garden with all the hens and chicks safely inside, none needing to be chased back inside by me with him holding the fence up and stopping any more escaping...
I used Wonderfully Worn for the foreground, then scribbled in some gelatos and dusted chalk pastels all over it.
The oak leaves were stamped (with masking and more stamping) in Versafine Sepia and coloured with chalk pastels. I stamped the foliage and flowers before adding the picket fence cut from an old book page and painted with gesso. The coop and hens were all stamped on white card, coloured with pencils and fussy cut.
The base is grey card stamped with Timeless Textures.
Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 GMT Views: 1964
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50413
Wed, Aug 16, 2017 @ 2:01 PM
Your card is beyond amazing Sabrina. I'm so sorry about your father's passing. I know what it's like to care for parents with long term illnesses and I know how precious some of those intimate moments can be. I'm in awe that you were able to translate that into your beautiful card. Those memories of your dad are so precious. Sending many hugs and prayers to you...xo
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Wed, Aug 16, 2017 @ 2:46 PM
Oh Sabrina, I am totally amazed that you made this "happy" card given your circumstances. I am so sorry to read this news about your dear father. My father has dementia too so I have some understanding of how hard this is, and he had chickens too! You have made an incredible card that honors your father perfectly! This is going into my favs! Take care dear one... Hugs! ~Karen.
Registered: October 18, 2015 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 19903
Wed, Aug 16, 2017 @ 6:02 PM
Sabrina, I am in awe that you made this lovely card considering the circumstances. So sorry about your dad's passing. This is a horrible disease that hopefully, we will get an answer. My dad died due to this as well. God bless....
Registered: July 25, 2004 Location: Hog Wallow, KY Posts: 38242
Wed, Aug 16, 2017 @ 9:28 PM
Sabrina, let me say with Heartfelt Sympathy, I am sorry for your loss. It sounds like you have some great memories. You've put your heart and soul in this amazing piece. Savor the memories. Hugs
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Fri, Aug 18, 2017 @ 11:05 PM
Sabrina thank you so much for sharing this 'amazing' card with us and for sharing some of your visits you had with your dad. I hope you keep this card on your mantle piece or piano for a very, very, long time. Gentle hugs my friend.
------------------------------ Susie
Please don't take your organs to heaven - heaven knows we need them here.
Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Fri, Aug 18, 2017 @ 11:46 PM
Dear, sweet Sabrina, offering you my deepest sympathy on hearing of your Dad's passing. I loved the stories of your visits with him, when everything was little white birdies, and especially the story of him holding up the fence so you could get the hens and "not-hens" back into the hen run on the hospital gardens without any of them escaping. Such a simple, innocent, and good memory that must make you smile whenever you recall it. Your Dad was right - your ARE AMAZING - in so many ways. May you feel the comfort of God enveloping you every time you look at this card, forever freezing in time that sweet memory. Sending love, hugs, and prayers to you and your family!
------------------------------ 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: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40251
Sat, Aug 19, 2017 @ 12:57 AM
Your card is so lovely, Sabrina, and I am sure has so much sentiment attached to it for you. My condolences to you for the loss of your Dad, so nice to read he thought you were amazing ~
------------------------------ Sue
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 89871
Sat, Aug 19, 2017 @ 3:04 AM
Sabrina, your card is truly an amazing card inspired by your dad. I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your dad. You have shared so many wonderful stories of visiting with him. I hope you have a wonderful place where you can admire that card and have it bring back warm wonderful memories of him. Sending you and your family hugs and prayers.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28818
Sat, Aug 19, 2017 @ 5:28 AM
Oh Sabrina I am so sorry to hear about your Dad passing away. Your story brought tears to my eyes, it seems you and your Dad had a wonderful relationship. I am sorry to hear this news. May God be with you at this sad time and comfort you and hold you in his hands.
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Oh, Sabrina, I am so sorry for your loss of your amazing Dad. I am so happy for the sweet times you were able to spend with him. This is a very sweet tribute to your Dad. Thank you for sharing with us.