Hello Friends and welcome to my favourite Sweetie Pie card so far!
I love my husband. Truly and deeply. And oh, so many years ago our mutual love took root and was nurtured and cared for - and over these last 22 years it has grown into our Sweetie-Pie Family Tree!
I LOVE this sentiment! The Power of Two took root and has grown into something so much better than either one of us alone!
The Sweet Sorbet designer series paper that you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration is still available for one more week and it provided the background tree for our Family to grow on. We often refer to our eldest (the one with pigtails) and our youngest (our son) as our "book-ends" so it is appropriate that his image was generated by merely not inking the pigtails of her image.
As for darling daughter #2 with the short hair? I wasn't thrilled that this particular photopolymer image has a bit if a frown - so I substituted the smile of daughter #3 (image with the headband) for the frown of the short-haired image and I was much happier. And you can see the family resemblance too, can't you? (wink).
The perfectly clear photopolymer makes substituting smiles an easy task. No Stamp-a-ma-jig required!
As for my darling husband? His image is that of the short-haired girl (once again substituting a smile for a frown) but like my son's image, I masked off the longer tresses on either side of the face so my hubby would look a trifle more manly in his grooming.
I suppose the Family Tree would be more authentic if mine and my hubby's hair were coloured with a fair amount of gray, but then again, I didn't mean for this to be an identical likeness! :) At least the hearts, compliments of the owl punch, lend an air or realism to the card. Because truly, it is love that has grown us into what you see before you.
My husband should be home from work soon and I cannot wait to give him this card.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he has *never* underestimated the power of two!
Hope you enjoy this card. And I hope you are looking forward to seeing just a few more Sweetie Pie cards in the coming days.
In the meantime, enjoy your Monday and God Bless you all! ~Cynthia <><
Product List
Stamp :
Yippee-Skippee! Clear-mount Stamp Set [131344],
Sweetie Pie [photopolymer] [136849]
Ink :
Versamark Pad [102283]
,
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]
Card Stock :
Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]
,
Real Red 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [102482]
,
Summer Starfruit 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [126839]
Tools & Adhesive :
Aqua Painter [103954]
,
Paper Snips [103579]
Punch :
1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch [119860]
,
Owl Punch [118074]
Accessory :
Black Stampin' Emboss Powder [109133]
,
Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper [133521]
Hello Friends
You didn't really think I would make Sweetie Pie cards for all of my daughters but neglect my son did you?
You might be forgiven for thinking that, since the stamp set does not include any male images. But where there's a will there's a way and in the stamping world, we are known for being creative so.....
I used the image of the girl with the pigtails, and merely masked off the pigtails while I was inking her up. Make sure the ink only gets on the hair on top of the head and Voila......a little boy instead of a girl!
My son is about to turn 12 years old and any of you with a boy that age will know that one of the most frequent adjectives in his vocabulary right now is, "Awesome".
And to tell you the truth, he is. Awesome that is. Truly and wonderfully AWESOME.
So I couldn't have designed a better card for him.
His little face is peering through the porthole in the front of the card. Love that little detail! When you open it up, he is still there, looking up at you.
He'll always be my little boy.
At any rate, this is the 4th and final installment of my quick and simple "Sweetie Pie Children" cards - since I have only 4 children. But visit again later this afternoon to see the card I created for my husband. Sweet and Poignant and I cannot wait to give it to him!
He is, after all, my original Sweetie Pie!
In the meantime, I hope you are all looking forward to a spectacular day.
God Bless, ~Cynthia <><
Product List
Stamp :
Hello, Sailor [clear] [133278]
,
Yippee-Skippee! Clear-mount Stamp Set [131344],
Sweetie Pie [photopolymer] [136849]
Ink :
Versamark Pad [102283]
,
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]
Card Stock :
High Tide Designer Series Paper [132992]
,
Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]
,
Pacific Point 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [111350]
Punch :
1-1/4 Inch Circle Punch [119861]
,
1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch [119860]
Accessory :
Black Stampin' Emboss Powder [109133]
Howdy Howdy Howdy Friends
Thankful Thursday today is all about being thankful for the little things. Like my 16 yr old getting her driver's license last week. Because it wasn't until she drove her sisters and brother to Youth Group at the church that same night - while Dad and I stayed home, comfortable on the couch - that I realized just how much driving I have done over the last dozen years or so.
Four kids.
One vehicle.
You do the math.
To be honest, I am equally thankful that my daughter is a good driver. A very good driver. Hence us giving her the car just hours after she passed her driving test. We trust her. And she appreciates that trust. We've been pretty blessed with all our kids. But that is an entire years'-worth of Thankful Thursdays for another time.
So for now - I am just thankful that for both of the last 2 nights, when I had club ladies here creating up a storm in my basement, I didn't have to be the one driving my kids out and about to the places they needed to be. Darling daughter had it all under control. And I got to just teach and ink and glue and cut in peace.
Thankful? Who me? You betcha!!
So who actually gets this Thank You card? Hmmm. Daughter? Driving Instructor? Driving Examiner? All of the above - or none of the above? Could be that this is just one for my stash. But the gratitude I feel to all those people who contributed to this outcome so that I have just a bit more freedom than I had before......well I kid you not, I am thankful indeed!
Hope everyone has a chance to focus on all the things they are thankful for, be they big or small. And that you feel blessed beyond compare! Have a lovely day and God Bless, ~Cynthia <><
