Music in my Soul
Last Thursday night was the end of season First United Methodist Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas Handbell Choir party! I know what you're thinking; how can I get in on a rockin' party like that?? You can't. You're just going to have to be jealous...LOL
We had a great season and played one of our hardest pieces on Mother's Day! As much as I look forward to rehearsals starting in September, I also look forward to them ending in May. It's nice to have nothing to do for a few months of Thursdays.
After all of the hard work that our director, Sandra, puts in I wanted to put in some hard work for her. I made her a set of eight notecards as part of our Thank You gift. I wanted them to be music themed, but not so musical that she could only use them for music people!
I decided to use the Sheet Music Background Stamp stamped in Sahara Sand with other images stamped on top in Black Memento ink and then colored with Blends! In my head this looked really striking...I sure hoped it would look as good in real like! I wanted to use birds and flowers (oh and I wanted one of the cards that I could use as a #simplestamping callenge).
Here are the cards that I ended up making, along with my presentation (and the super retired ribbon that I found to tie them up with! LOL) I have to confess that I finished these at 9:30 last night so I had to take these photos in the big window at work; the marble window sill is nice, but the old radiator cover is less nice, LOL! But nicest of all is the lovely indirect sunlight that comes in at about 6:30 in the morning! Let's all agree that my radiator adds interest.
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| The Saraha Sand card bases give these cards such a soft feeling. I had originally planned to use Basic Black. Now I am glad that I didn't because the Sahara Sand gives them a feminine, but not girly air. |
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| I won the Bird Ballad Stamp Set at our team meeting on Saturday! This is the first time that I have used it! It's so sweet; I colored the birds with just light pool party and dark petal parade and did very light blending between the two colors. And I love how the musical notes been through! |
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| I happened to line them up on my Stamparatus so the their tummies in a blank spot in the music. It gives them nice shading! |
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| I love the Bloom & Grow Stamp Set. I colored the roses with Poppy Parade on the center one and Flirty Flamingo on the outer two roses. |
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| I used small sentiments from the Song & Beautiful Stamp Set on these three cards. |
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| I think we all have a woman in our lives who taught us what it means to be brave! |
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| I didn't use this hummingbird much and he's so pretty! He was fun to color and I love how the musical notes enhanced his feathers. |
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| And since the Sheet Music Background Stamp and the Humming Along Stamp Set are both retiring, this card is my #simplestamping card for May! |
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Joyful Stamping,
Elizabeth
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Gorgeous cards Elizabeth! And Congratulations on your application! I hope you are selected and you are quite the artist! Best of luck to you!
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