Nana is actually my hubby, Brian's grandmother but she has claimed me as one of her own for years now and I have always felt like she and I had that kind of bond between us. Brian doesn't have to be with me for me to stop by and check on her and spend some time with her just talking and catching up. She's a wonderful lady and such a joy to be around. You know how it is when a person has lived as long as she has and been alone for the better part of the last decade. By that I mean her children are grown and husband is passed and she lives alone and has for years. Most of her grandchildren are parents themselves now. I can't remember how many grand children she has but I know that she has 25 great grandchildren. Isn't that amazing! She's so awesome and we all love her dearly. I am always happy to make cards for her. This year I got to make two cards for her, one from Brian and I and the other from the church. I will show that one in another post.
For this card I used a card base from Micheals and went around the edges with white gesso and then added a sheet of patterned paper from a Paper Studio paper pad from Hobby Lobby and I just distressed the edges (I use my dremol tool to do that) and the added some Vintage Photo distress ink. I just layered a doily then some vintage lace and some seam binding that I colored using some of my glimmer sprays and a few flat backed pearls on a strand. I used my bow it all to tie the double bow then added a brad with a pearl in the center to the bow after I removed the prongs from it. I added the chipboard flower after I went over the top of it with some white pigment ink to bring out some definition to the raised areas. I stamped the sentiment from Close to My Heart with Black India ink from Hero Arts on cream card stock and then cut it down into a flag shape.
That's all for this card, I hope you enjoyed it. I thought it turned out really nice for Nana and I'm really enjoying this color combination lately. I will show you another card in the coming post that uses the same color combo. I just love the gold with the white and cream. I think it looks so classy. I will try and come back tomorrow with another card for you so until then I hope you have a wonderful day. I will be back soon, till then, Much love and hugs, Amy K.
