Shine Bright My Friend

 

TFJB Challenge Blog: Celebrate Friendship

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Sparkle and Shine 

I have a good friend who is in a convalescent/rehab facility. She has had some serious medical problems for the past eight years, but recently fell and is confined to a rehabilitation center for the next six weeks. She is 71 years old but proclaims herself to be 'an Old Hippie Chick' who is, in her words, 'Still Standing'. She is a huge fan of my handmade cards and appreciates the personalized touch; she loves glitter, but I am not a fan so I compromised and used some Metallic Glitter Cardstock. 

While I was creating the card with the Sparkle and Shine theme, the Pink Floyd song 'Shine on you crazy diamond' kept running through my head, it was in our genre, so I used it for the inside of the card.

I stamped the light bulbs from Professor 7 in Versamark ink and clear embossing powder, and then used the foam blender tool with Distress Ink, Iced Spruce and Rusty Hinge. I used the Thinlits Mixed Media set to die cut the harlequin pattern and inserted the glitter cardstock behind it. I stamped the Art-C Shine in black embossing powder and the Bright in white embossing powder, then the my friend (Stampendous Happy Messages) in black embossing powder. I then die cut two stars from the glitter cardstock. The sentiment inside the card is computer generated and then stamped with Skipping Stones Design Heartsong (retired)

Thanks for looking!