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DH is home, but there are massive dietary changes now that we are both trying to get our heads around. Thank you all for your support and best wishes and prayers - for those wishing a speedy recovery - I'm sorry to say there will be no permanent recovery, and all treatments are palliative only.
This card was inspired by need, and the sketch over at Simply Less is More this week.
I started with the rose, (a stamp which came with a magazine and I have used repeatedly - I love it!) stamped and silver embossed. I then watercoloured it using the wet on wet technique. When that was dry I layered WoS over it for some sparkle, and that moved the colour a wee bit more. You can just see the sparkle in this photo.
I mounted it over a small silver circle using fun foam, and then over the larger stitched blue circle.
This was then placed over an organza ribbon layered with a fine silver cord, and then the sentiment was embossed in silver. The top layer was lightly embossed with the Stitched oblongs die and mounted over the base with another layer of fun foam.
The card is a recycled card from a local printer and is a lovely soft, flecked gray.
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Hi Maxine, glad that your other half is home again, good luck with the new diet, love the rose image you have used and the gorgeous combination of the silver embossing powder and the pink water colours. Have a wonderful week... Megan
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ReplyDeleteI wish all the best for your DH and for you Maxine!
My thoughts are with you!
Happy , good new week to you!
oxo Susi
The silver embossing and touches give a lovely soft feel Maxine and a very elegant creation perfect for purpose, many thanks for joining us again at Penny Black and More challenge
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Lovely rose and the embossing looks fabulous. Take care.xx[aNNie]
ReplyDeleteHi Maxine. Sounds like the dietary changes are overwhelming. I hope that you'll be able to adjust to it soon so that it doesn't cause you any extra stress with all that you are already dealing with. Take care ... sending hugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your card. The watercoloured rose is gorgeous, especially with the silvery embossing. xx
I love the embossing with silver and your coloring rose so beautiful
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Hugs
Monika
Beautiful Maxine. I'm sure it will be received with all the love you have put into it.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your DH. My love and prayers.
Wishing you all the best with the lifestyle changes coming up. FAB make and the rose image IS super
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Hi Maxine - i am sorry for all that is happening for you my friend and have you and Kelson in my prayers - thank God for God!! Love this card - so pretty - that rose is divne and beautifully coloured - simply lovely! {{{hugs}}}
ReplyDeleteHope you get used to the diary together real fast! All that helps is so good...
ReplyDeleteGlad you find some disstraction in making cards...and this one looks beautifully coloured! The silver embossing gives it even more elegance! xx
Hi dear Maxine,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that I have not been visiting as often as It must have been quite a time for you with hubby in hospital but I know how strong your belief is and how positive you are. I hope the dietary changes are easy to adapt to.
Your card is stunning. I love the rose and wink of stella always does the wonder that it is supposed to. I just use it on any and everything and it makes me so happy to see the shimmer.
I like the way you have used a thin silver cord on the pink organza ribbon. Looks so nice with the silver rose. Very pretty card, Maxine.
Take care and sending your energy of faith, trust and ease,
Monica
I'm sorry to hear your news Maxine. It sounds as if you are going through a very difficult time. Sending love. Your card is beautiful. Barbxx
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your husband, Maxine. Best wishes and prayers for you both.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty rose, looks lovely embossed in silver.
Your card is beautiful, Maxine. I love the silver embossing! So glad to see you join us again at Penny Black and More!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to read about your husband's health problems, but glad he is home and hopefully you all can adjust to the dietary changes soon!
Hugs,
Ellie
Hope your husband is dealing with the dietary changes and that you are both coping ok. Prayers for you both.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card-love that rose!
Lovely card, pretty stamp.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing over at Penny Black and more;-))m
Thinking of you and sending love and hugs. Such an appropriate card today, pretty and loving that rose x
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear your DH is home with you, and I hope the next few weeks/months are not too overwhelming for you both. Sorry that you need a sympathy card, but it's very beautiful - love the watercolouring. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous card Maxine. Love this.
ReplyDeleteSo glad your husband is home now. Sending hugs and thinking of you all the time.
Lynn
such a beautiful card! i love the layout and the soft grey background! i'm sorry to hear about your husband's health and i hope the dietary changes ease his suffering. thank you so much for playing along with us at penny black and more!
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So lovely. I always like all the different techniques that you use on your cards.
ReplyDeleteLove this beautiful card- the rose is just stunning! Keeping you in thoughts and prayers : )
ReplyDeleteSuch a terrific design to use silver embossing...it makes for such an elegant card. Thanks for sharing at Less is More!
ReplyDeleteMaxine, your embossed flower is beautiful as is this card!
ReplyDeleteHello, my sweet and creative friend Maxine!!! Look at that gorgeous embossing. You never cease to amaze me with all your stamping techniques. I actually embossed a sentiment for a card I'm posting tomorrow. I had a couple of "glops" but I covered them with sequins....LOL I don't know how you always do it so flawlessly. I never get it to not have "glops"...it just happens no matter how careful I am. Thanks SO MUCH for sharing in our challenge. I'm always delighted to have you play along, and I hope you're having a wonderful week. I said a prayer for you today. May God continue to bless and keep you.
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Karen
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A gorgeous rose, perfect for this card. Sending very best wishes.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x
What a great looking rose. Good luck with the dietary changes. I'm sure it seems daunting now.
ReplyDeleteHi Maxine!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that I have not been blogging or commenting as often. Glad that DH is home. Sending loads of prayers and well wishes to you all. I hope he adapts to the dietary changes ..
Your card is gorgeous- love the rose and wet on wet technique for coloring! :)
Suchi xx
Oh Maxine, I'm sorry to hear of the stress you've gone through. Sending you love. Your card is very pretty, I love the shimmery rose.
ReplyDeleteNot surprised you like that rose, it is gorgeous. Love what you have done with it, very effective.
ReplyDeleteHope the dietary changes help, think of you two often and include you in prayer.
Hugs, Neet xx
Oh my, what lovely work on this gorgeous rose. I'm in awe of the watercolor effect with the silver embossing. Glad to hear DH is home (will have to scroll through some posts as I didn't realize he had been hospitalized). Sending lots of prayers to you both. Big hugs & TFS
ReplyDeleteHello… Thanks for sharing your card with us at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog… your card is lovely and fits perfectly with our ‘All that Glitters’ challenge theme… hope you can join us next time and good luck in the draw.
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Hullo dear sweet sister in the LORD across the ditch, praying the LORD will be your Strength and Help through each and every day. "Without Me Ye can do nothing." John 15:7
ReplyDelete❤❤ Love this chapter, 15 of John, the abiding chapter.
Ah dear Maxine this card is truly beautiful your first pickie doesn't do it justice. Sad to have a need to make it too.
Hugs and prayers dear sis,
Thanks for sharing your inspiration!
Shaz in Oz.x
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lovely card
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us at Less Is More this week, Jen xx
Hello Maxine, It was with a heavy heart that I read your words at the beginning of this post. I may not know you personally but it still touched me deeply to hear that while you are being so kind and generous with your time, by reading and commenting on the blog work of other crafters you are clearly not in a very happy place with your ailing DH. My thoughts and prayers for sunny days to come. Anne xx
ReplyDeleteAll my positive thoughts and prayers go to your DH and to you my dear Maxine.
ReplyDeleteYour card is so very beautiful!
xoxo Olga
This is simply cute, Maxine! Thank you for joining our Challenge a few weeks ago at Word Art Wednesday. We have a week left on our current Challenge and I hope you join us again. Leaving you with the inspiration of God's Word in Psalm 84:11 and it says, "For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly." Have a blessed week.
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