Ole!

I haven't posted a card in a week! Life has been very busy here. For those of you who are following my life's adventures, my hubby is doing well now, having spent 4 days in the hospital - yes! again! He had a severe reaction to the antibiotic he had been infusing for 5 weeks! Okay already! Can there be any more setbacks to this leg issue?

The kids and I survived very well, and I was able to keep up with Jordan's swim classes and get him to school every morning. Hubby is home again, all is well and we're all settling into our normal routine again. Jordan has been attending a Magnet school since March and it was unsure as to whether he'd be able to continue next year. All the students are selected by lottery, unless you're already in attendance of course. Pre-K is not considered regular attendance. But when I picked him up on Thursday afternoon, the teacher told me that his name was on the list and that he'll go back in the fall. Woohoo! I can't tell you how excited we are to hear that news. This school is Exemplary every year - just outstanding...

So enough about family and onto my card for this week. I saw a tutorial recently on StampArtic making a frame card. Arghhhh! Try as I might I just couldn't get the instructions to work for me. In the end I pitched out my first attempt, salvaged the image and tried again. I went through an entire sheet of 12 X 12 dp trying to get this to work out (ouch!)

For my card front I used several different punches and dies. The outside is a Martha Stewart punch around the page, the inner oval is a Nellie Snellen die. The oval frame is a Spellbinder die while the small scalloped oval behind Tilda is a smaller Nellie Snellen die. I used #303 SPANISH TILDA MINI available from Diana's fabulous online shop here.

Here is the front of my card. I have taken this card completely apart twice. This is my third and final attempt. I will just have to leave well enough alone!



Here is a close up of Tilda. She is colored with Copics and the background was done with Distress Inks...



I took a picture of the side view of this Easel card, since it's an odd shape...



Here is the open front of my card...



Finally a closer view of my sentiment...



My card recipe:

Card stock - Bazzill Black, generic white, Cryogen white
DP - pebbles Mr & Mrs Pinstripe
Copics:
Skin - E000, 02, 11
Hair/Shoes - C7, 5 ,3, 1
Dress - R22, 14, 39
Fan - Coo, o1
Distress Inks - weatherd wood, tattered rose
All flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - stash
Flourish - Sizzix
Pearl Shimmer Mist
Sentiment - SU retired Curvy Verses

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today...

Hugs,
Barb