This is my card for today's Color Challenge - Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze and Daffodil Delight. The dessert is to use grosgrain ribbon. It is also for today's Teapot Tuesday Challenge: This week, we are headed to Kearney, Nebraska to help Orland and Wilbur Kite, who were headed for air traffic control school, but got ripped off by Brooke, the Crook. Now they are in Nebraska with nuttin' but blue sky! We are going to bring them 42,000 things that fly to cheer them up and give them a little adventure. I am bringing hot air balloons.
In real life, our cards are for Sean, the 23-year-old son of a co-worker of fellow SCSer, Judy (StampingQueenJar). Sean is battling testicular cancer and is dealing with a lot of tough medical issues right now. He likes video games and things that fly, so hopefully our flying cards will lift his spirits and bring him some encouragement. You can find out more about Sean here: Forums at Splitcoaststampers
One final note, I used this week's sketch from the Card Positioning Systems blog (CPS#204) for my layout: http://cardpositioningsystems.blogsp...04-part-1.html
TFL!
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 GMT Views: 1379
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Registered: October 25, 2010 Location: Switzerland Posts: 420
Wed, Feb 09, 2011 @ 4:57 AM
What a wonderful collection of hot air balloons, Carla! These are great! Many kinds of hot air balloons and many ways to hang in there! Sean will love the bright colors to brighten his day and encourage him for the future.
------------------------------ Best wishes from Patricia P.S. Stay away from negative people - for every solution, they find a problem.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131535
Wed, Feb 09, 2011 @ 6:02 AM
Those vintage balloons are so perfect, and totally fabulous looking. I like the lettered background, and both your colours and the style of the balloons remind me of the illustrated version we used to have of Around the World in Eighty Days.
Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Wed, Feb 09, 2011 @ 4:30 PM
Carla, lovely hot air balloons!! Nicely done!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 @ 8:08 AM
Wow, Carla, love the verse you chose to go with this very uplifting card -your layout with these vintage beauties is just perfect and will certainly "UPLIFT" Sean!
------------------------------ 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!