Get well, or else!!



Made this card for my oldest daughter who is terribly ill at present. She is fairly far away from me and never wants me to travel there when she is ill as she says she wants to enjoy my visit. So I sit home and mope because "Mommy can't fix things anymore!". She is, after all a Grandma herself! I looked for an image that I thought would cheer her up. This Tilda always does that for me. I colored her awhile back before I came up with my post it plan. Of course my daughter loves color as much as I do, so this one is really colorful. I wanted to do something I had never done before on anyone's card. I came up with this faux mirror kind of thing. I could have put silver paper behind her, now that I think of it, but I can assure you, it would have been a nightmare to photograph! I did get to play a whole lot with my new I-Rock! I usually lace edge strips I add, but somehow I thought it looked better just as a stripes. This kid of mine loves stripes! I didn't photo the inside but I used Prang metallic pens to write a message with and there's a cute circle of a beaver I cut from the Green paper stack. He says "Because I said so!". I wanted to get this in the mail ASAP and ended up making an envelope for it. There is a video on youtube how to make an envelope - this one is super easy as you measure the card diagonally, add an inch = the square measurement for your cardstock envelope. I use cardstock to go thru the mail as it helps protect along with wrapping the card in bubblewrap (the tiny bubble kind). Anyhow, you turn the paper to be diamond shape, place your card as near to center as possible. I draw lightly the corners with pencil. Staying at least 1/4 outside of these lines, try to line it up on a score thing and score your 4 lines, cut the tiny corner overlap out , use scor-tape and you are in like Flynn!!



Now, about the post-its - I found that I always choose my copics from the color chart before I begin coloring. It is just less I have to have around me. I usually have my papers chosen so I can match colors. If I am in doubt, I have a scrap of the white paper I am using to try the markers on. Once I pick out all that I think I will use, I write them on a post-it which I stick to my surface. If I don't use something, I cross it out when I put the marker away. It seems like a good system as then I can stick the post-it to the back of the image. Then when I do make a card, I will know what colors I used. Or when I post it. Hugs to you all, hope this cheers you all up also!!! Barb F