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Friday, September 5, 2014

Grateful

TGIF!!!  Seriously, I have never been so happy for a Friday before.  It was my oldest daughters first week of Kindergarten and it's ALL DAY, that is C-R-A-Z-Y!  Anyway, it's been a bit of an emotional and exhausting week and in about 40 minutes I get to pick her up and start our weekend, YAY!!!

Quick post today for Unity's Friends With Flair.  I have been wanting to do a card swap for a while now but with 3 littles at home my craft time has been very minimal this past year.  With my oldest starting Kindergarten this week and my middle starting preschool next month I thought I might have a few more hours in the day to craft so I signed up for one finally!

Here is the first card I created for it.  I made 7 of them (6 to mail out and 1 for myself).  I rarely create more than one of a card design so I had to factor that in when making it.  The theme was fall so I grabbed this fabulous Bold Bloom from Unity and colored it with my Faber-Castell gelatos and stamped multiple times on watercolor paper.  The sentiment is from Unity as well, an old Kit of the Month called All Seasons from September 2011.  It is popped up for some dimension.  The mini pearls are from Martha Stewart.
 

Have a happy weekend everybody!

Entering into Mountains Plains Crafters Fall/leaves challenge and Unity Friends With Flair.

18 comments:

Linda said...

wow this card is very eye catching.

Ruby said...

Stunning card. Have a nice laid back weekend. My G/D is in full day kindergarten and she is coming home exhausted. Hopefully she will sleep in on SAt.

Kim Rippere said...

Gorgeous. Love all the color.

Tracy said...

Stunning Crystal!! Have a great weekend with your little one:-) xxxx

Waving My Wand said...

Beautiful card Crystal. Enjoy your weekend with your little one!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

The all day classes are such a change for their little bodies. I really love this pretty card!

Beth F. said...

Your card is gorgeous! I love both the background and the sentiment you used.
Beth
Beth's Beauties

Rubeena I. said...

oh my this is nice, i would have kept one for myself too :)

Carol L said...

Love those colorful blooms! Enjoy your weekend :)

Dawn Fields said...

Beautiful card! I ordered the Bold Blooms from the last sale at Unity; should be arriving early next week!

Karen (karey2005) said...

Beautiful huge bloom card. :)

Gaylynn said...

Oh my, this really turned out lovely and so colorful.

JPScraps said...

Awesome card! I love those colors.

Scrapper Myra said...

Love the final result on the combination of materials. Lovely color combination. It looks like a painting to frame and put right in your wall. Very nice.

ionabunny said...

Cute card. The pearls add a great touch of dimension.

Miwa said...

What a beautiful card! How exciting that your oldest is in kindergarten now!

Carol L said...

Love the bright colors and flowers! Enjoy your weekend!

Mountain Plain Crafter said...

Thanks so much for entering at Mountain Plains Crafters. Your card is lovely!