The circumstances of her birth were somewhat unusual and she was literally declared dead by the doctor who delivered her. She was born at home as were most births back then, and the delivery was difficult. After she was born, the doctor stated: "What a beautiful baby. Too bad she's dead" Everyone was really upset about that announcement, but her Aunt noticed something. Mary moved her shoulder ever so slightly. "She's not dead! She's not dead!"
The doctor quickly ordered the Aunt to put Mary (my now neighbour) in alternating hot and cold water and before long the wail of a healthy baby pierced the birthing room.
After that auspicious start, Mary is now celebrating her 89th birthday. What a celebration!!!
Since "celebration" is the theme for the SUO challenge this week here I am submitting the card I made to this challenge.
The floral image from "Blended Seasons" was colored with Blends. after which I used the Light Petal Pink blend to color lightly all the way around the image. Since her eye sight isn't the greatest, I used the larger "Stylized Birthday" stamp and gold embossed it. I also gold embossed her age, the numbers of which are from the retired "Metro Type Alphabet" set.
I colored some rhinestones with Bermuda Bay blends and added them to the lower right of the card front. And of course, no card is complete without bling, so I added Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers.
Both top corners were punched using the Detailed Trio Punch, first with the floral image followed by the corner rounded.
The Whisper White art piece layer was adhered to a gold foil layer, which was adhered to a thick Whisper White card base.
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Blended Seasons, Stylized Birthday, Metro Type Alphabet
Inks: Black Memento, Blends (Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Light Petal Pink) Versa Mark
Papers: Whisper White, Gold Foil, Thick Whisper White
Accessories: Gold embossing powder, Stamparatus, Detailed Trio Punch, Clear Wink of Stella, rhinestones
4 comments:
She will love that card!
I am sure Mary loved her card.
Beautiful colouring and I love all the gold highlights too! What an amazing story to celebrate! Thankyou for sharing her interesting start to life! So glad you joined the fun at SUOChallenges.
Hi Maria. I love this! Lovely coloring and fantastic design. I'm sure your fiesty neighbor will love it! Thank you so much for joining us at Stampin' Up! Only Challenges. A new challenge has been posted today and we hope that you will participate!
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