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Wednesday 12 August 2015

Best Wishes

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I am well and truly back the washing is all sorted and lots of other jobs have been done. I am slowly catching up with my crafty projects. It did take me a while to get back into the swing of  things, I am lucky that I get so much time to play in the summer.

Sadly while we were away the lady who plays the piano for most of our church services had a stroke and was taken into hospital. She is quite poorly and it will be a while before we know how much she has been affected. I decided to make a card to send to her.


I wanted to make something bright and cheerful and I also wanted a musical element to the card. I remembered a card I had made before in browns and I decided to adapt the design,  I made the backing paper first by stamping both sizes of butterfly from Visible Image in four shades of Distress Ink they were then heat embossed with a clear powder and the whole page was inked over in two shades of blue Distress Ink. I do like my Distress Inks. 


For the topper I found some free printable pink music paper on the internet. I cut it to size with one of my Tonic square dies this made cutting the mat for it easier. I stamped the Visible Image Inkcognito Butterfly with Perfect Medium and I heat embossed it with some gold powder. On some separate card I stamped the Large butterfly which was heat embossed and then inked over with two shades of Distress ink this I cut out by hand, I found a small "Best Wishes" stamp for the corner. The topper was mounted on foam tape. I cut  tattered lace musical notes die four times and added them to the design.


I do hope this card cheers the lady up a bit. She has done so much for our church I hope that she gets better soon.

I am enjoying having the time to craft that the summer holidays brings. I hope you are having a good week. 

I would like to enter this for the Challenge 72 at Crafting from the Heart and 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

24 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Jackie, beautifully created card, love the design and the butterfly is gorgeous. I am sure the lady will be very happy to receive it and I am sure it will cheer her up. Hugs Jennifer xx

Carole Pollard said...

Jackie this is such a beautiful card i love the design its perfect I'm certain this will cheer the lady up its a very thoughtful card to send her. Enjoy your Summer crafting. love and hugs Carole

Linda Simpson said...

Morning Jackie this is stunning! I love the gorgeous butterfly topper and design.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Kathy said...

ohhh, this is beautiful, Jackie

McCrafty's Cards said...

So beautiful Jackie, I love the butterfly and the background
Kevin xx

Mrs A. said...

Not much more to say then this is really beautiful. Hugs Mrs A.

Alison59 said...

What a thoughtful gesture. This beautiful card is sure to cheer her up :-)

pam said...

Beautiful card for a lady into music Jackie, hope she picks up soon. she will lov your card.
Hugs Pam x

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous fab image and colours.xxx

Brawny x said...

Wow fabulous design even though I'm petrified of butterflies hahaha. Great card x

Katie said...

Stunning card and the butterfly is very eye catching. Hope she gets better soon.

Laine said...

Such a kind thought and a beautiful creation Jackie.
Laine
xx

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Beautiful card Jackie....pretty colours and lovely butterfly....hope the lady is home soon....Joolsx

Dawn said...

Gorgeous card, I love the colours you've chosen to work with!
I hope the lady makes a speedy recovery!
Will keep her in my thoughts & prayers!
Hugs
Dawn x

Andree said...

A gorgeous card Jackie. Lovely butterflies and colours. I hope your friend makes a good recovery xx

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

So many beautiful butterflies. I hoep this card brings some cheer. Holley

Jackie said...

What a beautiful card, I love your colour combo :o)
Jackie xx

Sam Lewis said...

This card is beautiful!! I bet it made her smile at least x
I adore the colours and butterflies. xxSAMxx

crafty said...

This is beautiful. Love the combination of music and butterfly. Thank you for sharing your card with us at Crafting from the Heart. Mary

Wheelie Crafty said...

Absolutely Gorgeous Jackie, Hopefully this beautiful card will cheer the recipent up..

Hugs xxx

Em Louise Fairley said...

Wow, Jackie, this is gorgeous! I love the die cuts and of course the butterflies, you know me lol.
Hugs,
Em x

Di said...

What a beautiful card Jackie - you put a lot of time and love into making it for sure. And it's perfect for your friend, I do hope she makes a good recovery - am sure this lovely card will have given her a lift!

Hugs

Di xx

Tracey said...

Beautiful card Jackie & perfect for someone who is poorly & I love that you've put the music on to make it more personal. I hope the lady makes a full recovery.
Hugs
Tracey
xx

ALI said...

Lovely thoughtful card, and you included a musical theme.