I'm back from a camping holiday with my family and thanks for being patient and allowing me one of the first "real" holidays I've had in six years, where I haven't had to worry about having blog posts ready to cover the days I'm away. It was wonderful. It was also wonderful because I had all my girls and all my grandchildren along on the camping trip! (Sons-in-law, too!) While we were at our first location, we had a Magical Moment:
Our camping trip was to the Cariboo. The first part was at Green Lake, near where Ken's parents used to own a cabin where we would spend our summer holidays back when we were young and penniless. We have so many fond memories of our time there. We walked down to see it from our campsite, and Kristen knocked on the door to see if we could just look around the yard again. Well, the lovely owner, an 84 yr old lady, invited us in for a look around (all 14 of us!! Bless her heart!!) and as soon as we looked into the main living area, we burst into tears. So many things had not changed and the memories came flooding in! That was the magical moment! Guess who I made a card for today?
- I used the Free As a Bird stamp set and the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper as the basis for this design. On the card base of Pool Party, I added a panel of Bird Ballad DSP backed by some Crumb Cake cardstock.
- I stamped the birds on a branch image from Free As a Bird stamp set on Whisper White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured in the image using the Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo and the Petal Pink Stamping Blends Combo. For the branch and leaves I used the Crumb Cake Combo and the Old Olive Combo of Blends.
- I die cut it using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies and die cut a Silver Foil Backing for it at the same time. I coloured in the background using the Light Soft Sea Foam Blends colour.
- Both sentiments, which are perfect for the lovely lady who let all 14 of us invade her house, come from the Free As a Bird stamp set. One is stamped right on the image panel, and the other is stamped on a Whisper White flag and mounted on the image panel, as shown.
- The finishing touch is using the neutral coloured ribbon from the Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack to create a ruched ribbon look by running a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive along the width of the DSP panel and apply the ribbon by hand; turning, bunching and pressing on the tape, every 1/4"- 1/2" or so to create the ruches.
- A little bow of Mossy Meadow linen thread completes the picture.
Here are some photos of the Magical Moment:
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| The cabin as it looks now from the outside. |
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| Ken & I and all 3 girls with all 6 grandkids in front of the big old fireplace! Same light fixtures! |
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| The original curtains looking from the beloved, enclosed front porch into the living room/dining room! |
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| The whole family, on the front deck - added after we left. |
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| This was the cabin back when Ken's parents owned it - it was our last season there! |
Hope you enjoyed that little heartwarming story!
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Beautiful card Heather. I am sure that she is going to love it. What a wonderful opportunity you had to take that walk down memory lane. I am sure that your hearts are still bursting whenever you think about it.
ReplyDeleteWow - a truly magical moment, as is having all your family together with you for a week. The things you've done with ribbons on your card are pretty magical too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jan and Eunice! It was a great week, despite the rain and the bugs! It's so rare to have everyone together that I cherish the time and this incident was the icing on the cake!
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