Wednesday Weekly Card Giveaway

Hello bloggers!  I have a wisteria, white and black card for the giveaway today!  This one was a demo on Hochanda awhile back but I really liked the way it turned out so I hope you will too!  I started by creating multi-layered frames using the Scalloped Lattice Frames and the Stitched Lattice Frames.  I layered up white, black, wisteria and white to create the outer frames and added mounting foam to the back to raise them.  Next I cut the Pacific Ocean Background out of wisteria and backed it with black.  I cut the centre out, then cut down the frame in size to fit the frames that I made.  I cut the scalloped background from the Scalloped Lattice frames in white and nipped it in half and added a section to the sides under the background.  I embossed a piece of wisteria card with the Dot Matrix Pinpoint embossing folder to add texture and glued it behind.  I stamped my sentiment, then created a small frame for it with the Pacific Ocean Tag Duo and seated it in the middle of the card.  I used the Striped Nasturtiums to add a floral element around the card and inked the edges with Chic Viola Colour Cloud ink.  I embellished the flowers with leaves cut from the Family Tree die.  White, wisteria and black mats were added to complete the card.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x  8 1/2" in size.

If you will indulge me for a moment, today would have been my Dad's 97th birthday, but we lost him five years ago now.  Each year I like to honour his memory by reprinting something that he forwarded to me once in an email as I really found it to be rather profound in it's simplicity.  My Dad did not write this, but I know that he saw the honesty in its wisdom and that is why he shared it with me at the time.  I hope you will be able to take something away from it as well.  Here it is:

  LESSONS OF LIFE .Written By Regina Brett (who was 90 years old when she wrote it)

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 8. It's OK to get angry 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. 11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. 12. It's OK to let your children see you cry. 13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it. 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. 17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. 18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. 19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow. 23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. 24. The most important sex organ is the brain. 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?' 27. Always choose life. 28. Forgive everyone everything. 29. What other people think of you is none of your business. 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 33. Believe in miracles.3 4. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. 35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. 36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young. 37. Your children get only one childhood. 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back. 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 42. The best is yet to come.. 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 44. Yield. 45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift." Remember that I will always share my spoon with you !Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves I think that we all need to take a few moments every day and be grateful and appreciative of what we have.

 All for now, Sue x

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