When it comes to holiday cards, it’s great to have an option that is easy AND sparkly. Today’s Stitched Season card fills both of these requirements. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!
This week, sweet Christy is hosting our sketch challenge. I LOVE the sketch she has for us. What a wonderful layout for showing off 3 images as well as lovely paper! While I opted to create a slimline card to show off the versatility of this sketch, I can’t wait to see what YOU create. But before you head off to gather your stamps, papers and inks, please stop by and leave my incredible Design Teammates, who work so hard to inspire you weekly, some “Comment Love”. It brightens our day!
Colors Of The Day
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
One of my favorite design tips is to let the paper do the work. This card reflects this. The three images are from the “A Stitched Season” designer series paper collection. There are lots of wonderful comfy, quilted style images with a country vibe in this paper pack. I really liked this grouping with the cardinal and the wreath because they were perfect for adding my favorite go-to embellishments, “Adhesive Backed Blooms”. The center square, a mini polka-dot pattern in Secret Sea, was embellished with a fun little quilt piece created using a small “Stitched Stocking” die. It adds texture and dimension and was a perfect “parking place” for another Bloom embellishment. Another seasonal work horse in my stable is the Shimmering Stripes specialty paper. This is a stunning white paper with thin silvery, shimmery stripes. It was used to create the background panel and the snowflake. Sadly, as hard as I tried, I could not capture the gorgeous sparkle. To finish off the card, I used a sentiment from the retired Merriest Moments set and die cut it out with a label die from the Lovely Arrangement dies set.
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Nueve’s Notes
Hi, everyone! It’s me, Nueve! I finally got to come home Tuesday night. I’m not all better yet, but my doctors at Iowa State University Veterinary Hospital thought I could finish getting better at home. That made me happy ’cause I missed my mom and dad. I do have ‘strictions. I can’t play or get excited, so Sixxy and Uncle Q are staying with our Aunt Rose for a long time. I have to eat 4 small meals a day until my tummy gets healed. I can’t go to ‘bedience classes. They said I just have to be a couch potato. They said it could be several weeks until I’m all better. I have to get a checkup on Wednesday to see if my blood is getting better. ‘Cause I was a good boy in the hospital, Mom bought me a new Mr. Bill.
I also had some get-well cards waiting for me when I got home. I made sure they were addressed to me, ’cause I didn’t want to open someone else’s mail. If you look carefully you can see where they shaved my leg to put in a “Cat-hurter” so they didn’t have to keep poking me when they wanted my blood.
They also shaved five places on my body so they could hook up electrodes and things. They didn’t do a very neat job. Mom said they were in a hurry to get me hooked up to everything. Some of the places are kind of ouchie still. And my “belbows” got really icky and lost hair. Mom said they got “calloused” ’cause I didn’t have a soft, cushiony bed like I have at home.
When I got home, Mom made sure to cover my bed with a soft Minky blankie and she laid a Minky next to my bed. I have a ‘corn close by and Mr. Bill, too. At night I get to sleep right beside Mom. Dr. Gomez said I needed to get lots of rest so my bones would make more blood cells.
I was a very good boy for the doctors. I did all of the things they wanted me to do ’cause I knew they were trying to make me feel better. It was sad saying good-bye to my new friend, Maggie. She went with me to every test and to see all of the specialists. She fed me and took me potty. She was with me from 7:00 in the morning until midnight every day after I was transferred from the Critical Care Unit to Internal Medicine. Mom told her my obedience commands so I would sit and down and stay. The doctors all said I was one of the bestest boys ever. Mom also told Maggie the command for one of my tricks: besitos. A few days later, when I started feeling better after my transfusion, she and the specialists would say “Besitos” and I would give them kisses. They thought that was pretty awesome. Mom also told them my nickname was “Mr. Handsome Pants”. They would call me Mr. Handsome Pants to see if they could get me to wag my tail. Dr. Gomez always got a tail wag and that made Dr. Bodner jealous. Giving little kisses and tail wags to those helping me is just part of my job. I am a Working Dog. I am Good Boy Nueve…
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