Friday, September 14, 2012

Loss Of A Pet

I am going to keep this short because I played in my craftroom too long and it is now very late (or should I say early?).  Tomorrow is the start of a very fun weekend.  My friend, and now a fellow designer for SNS, is coming into town and a whole group of us will spend the weekend playing together and going to the Stamp Scrap Art Tour Stamp Convention.  I know I won’t be getting very much sleep but will enjoy the time!! 


Earlier this week the lady I work for lost her dog.  She had him a long time and he was quite old, but it still was very sudden.  I had just received the new Sparkle N Sprinkle stampette set, Pet Sympathy.  I just had to stay up and make her a card. 

This image is stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and colored with markers.  I used a glitter pen to add sparkle to the wings and halo.  I cut it out and add it to the center of a scalloped circle, punched from sticker paper.  I added Shimmering Sea glitter, layered it on a slightly larger scalloped circle in burnt orange, and attached it to the card front with a Wobble.  The designer paper on the card front came from a pack of cute pet themed cardstock, along with some lovely striped paper from Basic Grey called Bradford, from their Pyrus collection. 

The sentiment is stamped in Rich Cocoa and die cut with a Spellbinders’ tag die.  I added it with some brown seam binding ribbon and added a few jewels.

Hope your weekend is as great as mine is going to be!! 

E. Marie

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Basic Grey Challenge #76 – Punch It!!
AllSorts Challenge Week 171 – Layers
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #74 – Winged Things   
Crafty Creations Challenge #187 - MOVE IT (Wobble)
Craft Your Passion Challenge 127 – Blast from the Past (Challenge 116 ~ Things with Wings)

13 comments:

Shona Erlenborn said...

What a great card Marie, love the glitter background! Have fun this weekend.

Sandra H said...

This is gorgeous Marie, hope you enjoy your time with your friends and have a fab weekend will there be plenty of spending ......lol ....hope so!! x

Anne Temple said...

Gorgeous card, I know your friend will love and appreciate it. Have fun at the expo. Wish they came closer to where I live.

Nicola said...

Great card!
Thanks for layering up for us at Allsorts this week and good luck!
Hugs Nicola xxx

Brenda said...

A very special and beautiful card. Enjoy the convention!!! $$$ flying out the door LOL

Anonymous said...

Cute card! You did a terrific job, as usual!

Kim S

SusanH said...

Cute card! And thanks for including "all of us" on your blog - we had a fun day!!

~ginny said...

Awww... makes me sad for her loss. You, however were able to make a happy memory for her I think. I especially like idea of the Wobble!
Nice to see you at Craft Your Passion and I hope to see you again next week!
~ginny
CYP Design Team
RubberMAD (my blog)

April said...

So sweet! You did a great job and I know she will love the card!

Julie Z said...

Lovely card Marie. I'm sure she was very touched by your thoughtfulness and beautiful card.

Beverly Baxley said...

Marie,
Thanks for making our stamping weekend such fun. I felt so reconnected to everyone and couldn't stop grinning. I slept until noon yesterday and finally got caught up. We had a good time playing and visiting.
Hugs,
Beverly

Donna Ellis said...

Aw, such a sweet SWEET card. Our pets are so sparkly in spirit, aren't they? And they often have sparkly noses if they venture into the craft room. So pretty, Marie!

Barbara Bruder said...

What a sweet card for a friend and the loss of her pet.