Saturday, May 24, 2025

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Hi, Friends!

Happy Saturday to you!  I hope you are having a great weekend so far!  I finished the above card to keep in my stash.  I didn't have a specific person to send this to yet.  I know that it can be used for most any occasion, so I added the hello sentiment from Altenew.  The flowers were die cut using Altnew dies.  The petals were sponged with white ink and gems added to finish the card.  I've seen quite a few cards recently using Bold Bloom dies from Spellbinder's using this same design from Jennifer McGuire.  I decided to use colors that were already on my craft desk.  Lots of die cutting, but fun to put together with such an easy design!  I'm sure I'll be making more cards with this design in different colors.

This may very well be my last post for several weeks, since my hip surgery is on May 29th.  But, I'm sure that I'll be visiting your blogs to see your lovely creations.  And, wouldn't you know that the weather is going to nice next weekend.  Lately, it has been cool and rainy.  Today the sun is finally shining, though.  The warmer weather will give me incentive to walk and exercise that hip around our deck.  I'll be back to creating before you know it!

Ok, friends, thanks so much for taking the time to drop by!  Take care and have a great weekend!

Hugs!








7 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous, so many petals. I love the grey and pink with the black background. Someone will love receiving it. Good luck with your surgery. I hope it all goes well xx

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  2. That is a LOT of diecutting, but so worth it! Beautiful effect with the white sponging! You know I'm thinking of you, my friend. You're going to feel so much better soon!

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  3. Oh wow, your card is stunning and the work was more than worth it!!!

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  4. Beautiful card and the white sponging gave beautiful highlights to the petals. I'll be thinking of you today and wish you an uneventful recovery.

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  5. What a lovely card, Maria, and those flowers look so beautiful. I hope the surgery went well and you have a speedy recovery.
    Take care,
    Hugs,
    Carol x

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  6. So stunning, beautiful flowers and colors! Prayers for a speedy recovery. I had my hip replaced a year ago and on vacation last week I walked 12,000 to 26,000 steps a day!

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