The inspiration at the 52-Card Pickup blog this week is this wonderful (short) video. It explains that on your tombstone there will be the day you were born and the day you died, but the really important part of your life is "the dash" in between & how you lived that dash. It stresses the importance of being true and real ... and loving people in our lives like we've never loved before. Having lost several people very close to me much, much too soon ... I certainly concur.
My silhouette arrived yesterday, so I had to try out those cool Donna Downey hollyhocks. I re-sized them for my card, but was equally intrigued by the shapes left behind in the cardstock. I used those as a mask to sponge a few more hollyhocks onto my Memory Box paper. The paper for the frame is actually some Halloween spider web paper. I loved the varied shades of purple in the design.
Flowers always remind me of my Grandma and how much I enjoyed just spending time in her flower garden with her ... certainly one of the cherished memories of my "dash". I also thought the sentiment from Hero Arts echoed this memory well.
For those of you who've mentioned problems cutting through thicker cardstock, there's a great video on the Silhouette blog that explains putting two images on top of each other to get the machine to cut through twice.
Beautiful & Creative. Your art is inspiring.
Posted by: debby | January 10, 2010 at 02:59 PM
Just lovely, Steph! I so enjoy looking at the things you create, and I'm SO glad that you decided to join in my little inspiration venture! It's sort of like exercise - easier on the "buddy" system - so I'm staying more focused and motivated. Thanks so much!
Posted by: Sue C | January 10, 2010 at 03:26 PM
Such a wonderful card Steff. Love what you did with the die cuts
Posted by: Dawn T | January 10, 2010 at 05:13 PM
oooooooh!
OOOH♥OOOH♥OOOH!!!!
(& dammit...i totally want a silhouette now!!!)
holy moly you have ROCKED the hollyhocks, BIGTIME...using the cut outs AND the remaining negative space as a mask??!?!! DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm not worthy!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥
(you've made me NEED a silhoutte *AND* talk in puclic like wayne and garth...and it's not even 10am yet! you have MUCH to answer for, mujer!!!) :)
Posted by: laurenb | January 11, 2010 at 08:49 AM
This is so pretty Steph and a lovely way to remember the time spent with your Grandmother! Oh, and you'd never know the base layer is spider web paper..it looks wonderful!
Posted by: Sherry D | January 13, 2010 at 01:32 PM