


How does time slip away so quickly? I knew I had been busy but not that I had been too busy to blog for a whole month. My work is demanding - have been travelling a lot, but have found a few moments to make one or two cards. We had a graduation ceremony for our students and I made 25 photo holders in one evening - they were pretty simple but I thought they looked effective. I just used angel wire on cardstock and some ribbon and paper flowers with brads for the women. For the men, I substituted a swirl clip for the flower. Each holder turned out slightly differently, and the students can put their grad photos under the corner ribbons and then frame them.
Another thing I did was make an Aussie card for a friend in Canada who has been ill. I got to play with water colours again - the more I use water colours the better I like them. Another stamping friend I have in another State was selling some stamping magazines which I bought, and one of them had some great water colouring tips, so I plan to do more water colouring projects in the near future.
Then it was my DD's 20th birthday and I made her a card in some of her favourite colours. I found some oval punched cardstock and a friend had sent me the cute little cupcake embellishment, and I found out that my DD loved the bg paper I decided to use, which was a great coup. She and I do have quite different taste in many things so I have to pay close attention to clues like that! She liked the card. I found this lovely saying to put inside too -
“There are many things in life that will catch your eye,
She liked the saying probably more than she liked the actual card!
Now I think I will stop and see how this post is going to look on the blog...
Hi Susan,
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about being busy! Life has been crazy busy here in Maryland and Wednesday I leave for Nashville, Tennasee to visit my quilt hanging in the show there. Summer is not the slow relaxing time I remeber it to be from my youth.
I love your cards especially the Aussied one. How did you do the watercolor background. It's beautiful. I also like your photo holders. What a wonderful idea for those special photos.
Suzanne