Earthy Earth Day

This card was made for my friend Carla. I met her in CFM at church. It seems most of the adults in the group are at the age where they have to take care of both children and aging parents and Carla is no exception. Her mother is not doing well and I wanted to let her know that my prayers were with them. I'm sure she would appreciate your prayers as well.

As I was preparing it for the web I realized how perfect this card is for Earth Day. A dozen years ago I was in charge of the GREEN TEAM, a work-based environmental group. The group has disbanded since for a variety of reasons, but the ideas we brought to the table are still in place and if you are in Chicago and see the blue newspaper recycling bins on the train lines -- that was us. I showed my son the recycling video we put together for in-office use and he didn't seem all that impressed. I do think he was grateful it was only 6 minutes long though. He was humming the song that we used in the video while we were doing his Earth Day homework - finding the recycling symbol and bringing in 3 things that can be recycled.

All Supplies Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:
CS: Very Vanilla
Stamps: Oh, So Lovely & Tres Chic
Ink: Bkgrd is Tim Holtz Distress Ink in old paper. Flowers all stamped in Always Artichoke. Foliage colored with Mellow Moss & Bravo Burgundy markers. Blooms colored with Prismacolor pencils blended with Gamsol.
Accessories: snips and snails

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Not Hallmark

I made the cards in this post for my aunt so she wouldn't have to go to Hallmark or Walmart to get cards while she is sick. Well I was reading Time magazine while waiting to see the allergist about my latest sinus infection (it's a recurring problem) and I came across the article Synthetic Authenticity in the hard copy version they had a chart that had 2 axis good/bad and real/fake. Here is the card-maker's-Reader's-Digest version:

So now on the cards. These were made some time ago but I didn't photograph them until Easter. [note to self: remove the date from the camera].



I'm really proud of all these cards, but the last one is a favorite for it's stamping on cloth and actually sewing with SU hemp thread. If you want any details (CS colors, stamps, etc.) of any of these cards just comment here or email me.



I'm on my lunch hour and need to get back to all the work I have to do before my vacation next week. Yeah! I so need the time to do my Spring Cleaning. The work office is moving 1/2 an hour further from everyone's home and we have to pack our desks too.
I told my son that when the office moves it will be a completely different life. I'm going to go shopping on my vacation and buy some new duds (so strange to even think about shopping in a clothing store vs. a craft store). We're going to have to get up earlier and really move, etc. He said, "And you can wear makeup more." I'm not big on the face paint anymore — takes up time I'd rather be sleeping or stamping but he likes it when I make an effort in that area so... I'll start wearing makeup.
New office. New outlook. New life.

We'll see what happens.
Later