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Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Special Card to go off to America


A few weeks ago I saw a request to make cards for a little girl in America called Delia who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on 11 December 2009.  Of course I wanted to make a card to cheer her up and the artist Dustin Pike drew some owls which she loves and you could request them to make a card.  I did make a card and posted it on my blog a few weeks ago.  I decided I wanted a little something to go in the card to I bought something - it went astray in the post - so another was sent which I got yesterday.  I was getting the package ready for the Post Office tomorrow when I saw an update that Delia is at home and there is a picture with her sister.  

Well, I couldn't have her little sister Adira missing out so I whizzed up a card using some pre-coloured Dottie's World downloads of a little bird one side and a donkey the other side.  The card is actually made from my large square scalloped Nestabilities die following tips I picked up on one of Sheena Douglas' shows on Create and Craft (thank you Sheena).  The card has been finished off on one side with little raised stars and squidy foam letters to form Adira.  On the other side I have used an embossing folder that I won in some blog candy last year and some raised papermania glitter circles (think I am getting a liking for these now!!!).  I didn't want anything too raised or metallic in case it caused any problems on the journey to the USA.

Adira's card fits the following challenges:

Dottie's World - A small project (well my card was just about 4x4 and I struggled a bit on how to do it but I got there in the end)
Incy Wincy - Touchy feely (embossing, raised glitter circles and the squidgy foam letters)
Practical Scrappers - Stamps
Lexi's Creations - Anything goes
There's Magic in the Air - Distressing
Sophisticats - Embossing
Tuesday Taggers - Getting messy (I don't normally like getting messy but I have really got into using distressing inks and alcohol inks but no matter how hard I try my hands get messy.  I'm hoping my QVC TSV with the holder for the foam will be better for me ie less messy!!)
Created by Hand - Things that fly.

Here is a photo of the two cards ready to go off to America tomorrow.  I hope it will put a smile on both their faces.


20 comments:

  1. Yogi23 February 2010 at 14:17

    nice

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  2. lalkygirl23 February 2010 at 15:41

    fab card ,i love it,thanks for joining us st lexis and good luck in thw challenge,
    i bought the tsv too,look forward to seeing your creations.
    lalkygirl x

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  3. Robyn23 February 2010 at 16:25

    cheery it is!
    thanks for sharing and caring

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  4. Random Acts of Krafting23 February 2010 at 17:33

    Oh yeah! I love small cards. This is a wonderful idea, very cute. Thank you for stamping with Practical Scrappers this week.
    Hugs
    Tanya

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  5. Silvia(Barnie)23 February 2010 at 18:28

    Looks beautiful.

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  6. Gunn (Merete)23 February 2010 at 20:13

    Hello
    This is so great of you to do. I bet the sister will liket it too.
    Love the card you made, and so fun to see these two animals.
    Thanks a lot for joining us at DW this week.
    Hugs Gunn :-D

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  7. Amanda23 February 2010 at 20:39

    great cards and I love the stamps you used.. Thanks for joining us this week at Practical Scrappers..

    Amanda :0)

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  8. Heidi M23 February 2010 at 21:08

    Hi Kym! Wonderful cards! I actually just downloaded those owls from Dustin Pike. They are so cute!

    Thanks for joining our challenge at Practical Scrappers.

    Heidi :)

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  9. Beryl K23 February 2010 at 21:33

    Great cards Kym, I am sure they will be well received
    Beryl x

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  10. Shelly Hickox23 February 2010 at 21:33

    So sweet! I'm sure these will be treasured.

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  11. coldwaters224 February 2010 at 00:56

    How wonderful of you Kym I think both little girls are going to be thrilled to bits.

    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  12. Jayma Malme24 February 2010 at 04:09

    Great job! I love the scallops...it adds such interest to have scallops in two shapes. Thanks for playing at Practical Scrappers :)

    Jayma

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  13. Lexi24 February 2010 at 08:44

    Oh bless how thoughtful not to leave her out and i'm sure she will adore it :D Thanks for playing along at Lexi's Creations

    Hugs Lexi xxx

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  14. Saskia24 February 2010 at 10:59

    Lovely to see your work at Lexi's Creations Challenge! Thanks for joining us & good luck!

    Greetings, Saskia :)

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  15. cheryl24 February 2010 at 13:39

    this is just gorjus love the image great colours too thanks for joining us at incy this week hugs cheryl xxxxx

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  16. Tam26 February 2010 at 02:45

    Awesom card.

    Thanks for joining us at Incy Wincy Designs.
    Tami

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  17. Nikki26 February 2010 at 08:13

    This is so Sweet of you and I'm sure she will love it :)
    Thanks for Playing Incy Wincy this Week
    Hugs Nikki
    Don't forget to join our Blog hop this week

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  18. Louly27 February 2010 at 09:18

    Oh Kym, what a lovely story! You have a big warm heart. I'm proud to know that one of my drawings is going to make somebody very happy xx

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  19. Tracey27 February 2010 at 22:57

    These are fab Kym :-)

    Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations.

    Hugs
    Tracey
    x

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  20. Lady North1 March 2010 at 05:26

    Hi Kym! I love that owl card - its soo friggin cute..anyhow..blessings on your creativity and so nice that you and the post office are best buddies! x LN

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