Hi! This card was made for today's Clean & Simple Challenge: Flower Accents. I chose to use the Premium Paper Flower today.
This past week has, unfortunately, been very stressful for us. My son, Nick is now stationed in Korea on the DMZ. If you watch the news, you know that I am frightened. Every night that I don't get an email, I worry. He went 9 days without an email. Then, yesterday, we got one. Short, but we got one! Then, with my father's problems...well, we have just been taking it one day at a time. Mother refuses to go home if he doesn't get help. And, he promised to stop drinking. Well, you and I both know that will NOT happen. He's stopped drinking many times. However, he starts back up. For some cheerful news, I got to eat my OWN fried turkey on Thursday. Yep, Mark fried 5, and one was ALL mine! My grandmother insisted upon making a baked turkey to take in to my mother, but the darn thing took 2 more hours than expected, so Mother didn't get any of it. However, she cleaned her plate of the fried turkey, Honey Ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean cassorole, yams and cranberries. She finished off with pumpkin pie! Yep, the woman was determined to enjoy that meal. And, it's funny...Mark MADE IT ALL! The ham was BETTER than any Honey Baked Ham store ham I've ever had, and that's saying something! He is a DREAM in the kitchen! And, we only went to 3 stores on Black Friday, as my grandmother's flight out was VERY eary on Friday Morning! (So, we did a BUNCH of shopping on-line!)
The card took about 11 minutes to make...I embossed the card base with a TH Texture Folder. Next, I cut out the oval and stamped on the sentiment and the pine. I colored in the pine with Copics and popped on the poinsettia Premium Paper Flower.
Finished size: 5 1/2" x 4 14"
Total time to complete: 11 minutes
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79798
Mon, Nov 29, 2010 @ 5:42 AM
Simply elegant in the usual Faith style of loveliness!!
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Mon, Nov 29, 2010 @ 6:09 AM
Gorgeous, gorgeous, and even more amazing knowing you made it in 11 minutes!! You must be well organised Faith, it takes me 11 minute to find my stuff So strking and dramatic.
Praying things will stabilize soon over there in Far East and those boys will be able to get out of there!
Registered: February 3, 2005 Location: Delray Beach, FL Posts: 34769
Mon, Nov 29, 2010 @ 6:11 AM
What a beautiful card, Faith! I love the simplicity...great embossing folder, and the pine and pine cone on the edge is perfectly colored! It's a wow! Definitely need to try something like this, since I'm still working on this year's cards! So sorry to hear about your family...will be praying for your son Nick in NK...may God guide and protect him! Hugs, Cheryl
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Registered: October 14, 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 14527
Mon, Nov 29, 2010 @ 7:11 AM
this is simply festive. I had to add it to my favorites. I will pray for your son's safety as well as your father's drinking. Sounds like you have your hands full.