ANZAC Day remembered

Hello!

I've been wondering how to begin this post for awhile, as it's been ages since my last post...  I figured I should just start and go from there!

But first things first...  Health-wise, things are going really well.  I finished chemo in February and I had a post-treatment MRI last month, and it came back clear!!  Yay!  I don't see the oncologist again until June, unless something comes up in the meantime, so it's looking positive.  I've been given the "all clear" to travel, so my mother and I are making the long trip to the UK to visit with family, then to Italy to visit Rome and Florence.  Can't wait to come home and scrap the photos!  Other than that, I'm slowly increasing my hours at work, and will be on 15 hours a week when I get back from our trip.  Physically, I'm feeling really good, but I do get tired pretty easily so I have to pace myself. After everything that's been happening, I've feeling blessed that it's gone so well.  But enough about me...

I have a project to share that I created a few days ago on ANZAC Day. For the last few years, I have created a card on ANZAC Day to remember the fallen, and to commemorate the freedom we have in this country.  This one came together pretty quickly.

Card: real red, basic black, whisper white

Ink: real red, cherry cobbler, basic black, real red marker, basic black marker

Stamp set(s): awash with flowers, word play

Accessories: sponges, rhinestones

I sponged real red and cherry cobbler on the left bottom corner, stamped the poppy, marked up the sentiment with the two different colours and stamped it at the top of the project.  You can't go wrong with rhinestones, so I added a line of rhinestones on the sentiment, and a few on the poppy.  I just had to do the inside, so I stamped a smaller poppy twice on the inside panel.

Hope you like it!

Card: crumb cake, whisper white, early expresso

DSP: well worn

Stamp set(s): word play, need for speed, solid strips

Ink: real red, early expresso

Accessories: real red embossing powder, heat gun, foil, cork

This was one of the projects we completed at Stamp Camp a few weekends back. Bev showed us how to create this amazing masculine easel card, with dry embossing on foil, and heat embossing. I love this card with the foil embossing, and the flags and car just make it masculine! The cork sets it off nicely, too.

Techniques class no.1

Card: soft suede, more mustard, very vanilla
Ink: soft suede, more mustard, cajun craze, always artichoke, cajun craze marker, soft suede marker
Stamp set(s): french foilage, word play
Accessories: hemp twine, clip, very vanilla envelope

I attended Paula's first techniques class today, where she taught us how to create a mat/background using clear blocks. You can use your clear blocks as stamping tools, and create a layered effect without the bulk of card - genuis! I love the colours of this project, and I just adore the french foilage stamp set. It's now on my wish list, along with some of the inks we've used here :-) I also love the stamped envelope to make it truely unique. Thanks, Paula, for the fun and inspiration!