Well, here we are half way through September. It is always a sad time of the year when we remember 9/11. One of our friends son perished during the Twin Towers attack. He had just started a new job with Cantor Fitzgerald and was so happy! He left behind his wife, son and a new baby girl. Such a sad time in our history and the anniversary of his death reminds me not to allow this act to be forgotten!
Before I get too involved with cards for the upcoming holidays, I wanted to make this cute card of pinwheels. I always used to get the girls pinwheels as they loved spinning them. When I saw this card in Pinterest, it brought back so many great memories. I thought it would come together quickly. Boy, was I wrong!
I decided to make it a slimline card. Then I used a stencil from Pretty Pink Posh called Starry Background for the first layer using Archival Ink Sky Blue. I created a line while moving the stencil over, so I decided to turn the paper over and redo the stencil which then turned out fine. I found a pinwheel sizzix die in my stash which took awhile! I made a few of them in different DSP scraps which was good! Since I am mailing this card to Jennifer, I made flat pinwheels instead of making them puffy which was easier. I couldn't find the small tiny gold brads that I wanted to use but came across these cute brads that look like buttons. My fingers just don't work like they use to! Eventually, I got them all together and decided to stamp my greeting which came from Gina K's So Many Sentiments stamp set. It looked so good until I dropped my black stamp pad right onto the layer!!! After a few choice words, I decided to turn the layer over to the original side with the line in it that I now decided didn't look too bad and stamp the greeting over again!!
For my inside sentiment, I used SU's Botanicals for You stamp set and decorated the base with some washi tape. For a card that I thought would be quick and easy it took most of the afternoon, but I like how it finally turned out!!
Thanks for listening to me rant/rave and for stopping by!
Nancy
