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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

A Very Special Person

Hello, happy Tuesday! It's amazing how you can begin to make a card with one thing in mind and it turns out to be way beyond what you expected! Both in the making and the result. That's what happened to me this week. 

Over the weekend, I started out wanting to use a die cut flower for the JUGS challenge. What began as a simple search for the right flower, turned into looking at past classes to remember how to use the chosen flower. And then realizing that my aunt - the last remaining of my mother's family is having a 98th birthday soon. Thus, my title: A Very Special Person. Here's the card! 




Ample ink blending provided the background panel and all the colors of the flowers from Altenew's Fresh Flowers Die set. I used Fresh Dye Inks in Teal Tempest, Honeydew Melon, and Blush Rose. It's amazing how you can blend the Honeydew Melon - a greenish yellow with the teal and get a new shade of pale green. ALso used the melon to tone down the pink on the petals.

The sentiments are from the Cascading Flowers stamp set.  Embossed in gold. I tried so many different sentiments out but ended up liking this best. The big happy Birthday will be inside. 

Thanks for hanging in there with this post. I am going to leave these supplies out in a prominent place so I use them again before I forget how!  Have a great day. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  







9 comments:

Bobby said...

Fresh Flowers is my new favorite flower die set, Cindy, and your inking of them is stunning. Who knew a yellow-green ink could make such a difference in other colors? Your aunt is sure to love it. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Just Us Girls.

Lisa Elton said...

You chose some very pretty flowers for that very special person! I like the arched panel you added them too and the little touches of gold. Fabulous card, Cindy. Thanks so much for playing along at Just Us Girls!

Carol said...

GORgeous flowers Cindy! Your aunt will love this card. Your inkblending in those colors is so well done!!! Thanks so much for playing in our Use a Flower Die challeng this week at Just Us Girls!

Leslie Miller said...

Be still my heart! I can't even come up with words for this, other than to say how exquisitely gorgeous it is! Some of the best ink blending ever and a beautiful composition. My heart is pitter pattering!

Carrianne said...

A very lovely card! Thank you for sharing with us at Beautiful Blossoms.

Donna Walls said...

Such a lovely card for a milestone birthday! Your Auntie will love it and Thanks for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge, we enjoy seeing everyone's creativity and appreciate the support.
Donna xx
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Susan (rainy) said...

This is breathtaking! Your coloring/blending is so stunning. Your aunt will love this gorgeous creation.

JoAnn said...

Gorgeous card for a special person. That is awesome that your aunt is 98. Congrats on your win at Triple B.

Conniecrafter said...

Gorgeous, love the soft coloring of your flowers!