My mother-in-law had her hip replaced on Monday. She’s doing quite well, and moved from the hospital to rehab yesterday. Tracy’s been going up to “coach” her during her morning therapy sessions, and I wanted to send a cheery card with him today.
I first saw this Unity “itty bitty” stamp at CHA this summer, but it wasn’t for sale. When I was at Buffalo Stamps and Stuff in October I snatched it right up. It reminded me of the girl on the old Morton Salt containers when I was growing up. It’s hard to tell in the photo (I took this last night without available daylight) but the kraft layer was embossed with a Quickutz embossing folder–lines and dots–that made me think of raindrops. The umbrella was crying out to be paper pieced, and I ended up cutting out the bottom of the image as well.
Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy & Kraft (Papertrey Ink); Patterned paper: Bitty Dots (Papertrey Ink); Stamps: “Rain or Shine” (Unity) & Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey Ink); Cloud dies (Papertrey Ink); Copic markers; Quickutz embossing folder; Pearls (A Muse Creative Candy)
Hi Karen ~ I LOVE LOVE LOVE this card and the way you have pieced the different papers. SO cute and you attention to detail is lovely. Hope all is well in your world… xo
BTW, I still plan to do a post about the tomatoes I made after reading your “Let’s Eat” blog post – things have been a bit upside down over here… I see that my daughter gave you credit for the cheeseburger pie she made (SOOOO yummy!). :o)
What a lovely card Karen, I love all the work you’ve put into it and it’s turned out beautifully. I’m sure your mother in law will feel much cheerier when she gets it 🙂 xx
Karen, I love this card, too. Love all the colors and the paper piecing you did! Will definitely cheer up your MIL.
That’s adorable. The colors are so sunny, which works really well with your theme and image!
Rinda
What a cute little card – the design would be perfect in quite a few situations. I’m still thinking about you and yours, and I’ll add your MIL in there too 🙂
Wowser Karen – that’s a lot of tiny pieces to put together! Gorgeous card – hope MIL is able to recover quickly and without incident.
Really sweet card!!!
What a gorgeous card! 🙂
Oh that card really pops! It will definitely bring a smile.
The umbrella must have taken a lot of patience,Karen….but well worth it….looks so cute.
My aunt has had both her hips replaced….and is like a new woman.
This is a little work of art! Lovely card to receive and am sure it will be cherished. Hope your mother-in-law makes a good recovery – my Dad broke his hip when he was 82 and is now 87 and still going. 🙂
Gosh Karen, I hope that your Mother-In-Law makes a speedy recovery, she will enjoy the card no doubt. After reading Deb’s comment, it reminded me that I too have made the tomatoes from the blog hop, they were delicious and even the kids loved them!
Karen, this is so cute! Love the layered clouds a th paper piecing.
This is perfection! I’ve seen that stamp before, but who knew it could look SO CUTE? Love it.
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