Saturday, August 9, 2014

I Have You

I made this card for my sister, after I was inspired by Simon Says Stamp In the Family challenge.  When I think of my family, I think of my oldest sister-- the glue that held our family together when we were young.  And even today, she is still doing that, even though our family is spread all over the country. Since I write her several times a week, I say my letters to her are like therapy sessions, where I let off all my steam, and vent without abandon.


Simply Create Too is calling for something old or vintage on our projects, so I chose this vintage image "Sisters" to depict me and my sister. I stamped it twice, painted one with Distress Markers, cut out the girls, and glued them on with glue dots to give just a hint of dimension on the image.


I was inspired by The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge to use Stencils and  modeling paste on my project. There's no symbolism here; just wanted to add some texture  to a somewhat flat card. I think I still need LOTS of practice with this!

"Word Play" is the theme at Country View Challenges, and in addition to the stamped words on the front of my card, I wanted to make a play on words by the images on my card.  When I think of families, I recall the phrase "The nut doesn't fall far from the tree". So playing along with the family theme mentioned earlier, I included the tree and the nut images on my background. Not that anyone in MY family is nuts, or anything!!! I colored the tree image with several Distress Markers and gave it a spritz of water, before stamping on my background.

Products used:  cardstock, Distress Inks and Markers, Archival Ink, Inkessentials ink blending tool, water pen, Liquitex Modeling Paste, foam pop dots, glue dots. Stamp images: Stampin' Up, Tin Can Mail by Inkadinkado, Inkadinkado. Sentiment by Hampton Arts 7 Gypsies. Stencil by Ranger Dylusions.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:  Simon Says Stamp In The Family Monday Challenge, Simply Create Too #67 Old/VintageThe Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #3 Stencils and Modeling PasteInspiration Emporium's August Challenge Everything GoesCountry View Challenges Word Play.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look!

9 comments:

  1. Very sweet card with some great texture. I know your sister will love it. Thanks for joining us at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  2. This is so very sweet and what a lovely sentiment! Thank you for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! - Ashli :)

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  3. fabulous card! i really love that you and your sister write to each other! definitely the best therapist :) Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!
    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  4. Pretty card! Love the sentiment and the texture! Your sister will adore this card! Thanks for joining us in this month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge "Stencils and Pastes" !!

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  5. This is super! Bet she loved it. That image melts me.

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  6. Sara: Love your 2nd entry also!

    Diane
    Simply Create Too Design Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com

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  7. Your sister is going to love this! It's a wonderful card and sentiment. Thank you for joining us this month at Inspiration Journal. =)

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  8. Love this. Thanks for joining us at Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  9. Absolutely delightful! Love the combination of the words with that great vintage image... what a perfect card for your sister. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Country View Challenges.
    Alison x

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