The circle of life...

Life can be so strange.
Yesterday I was talking about babies and today I needed to make a sympathy card. One of my sons teachers just lost her Dad to leukemia. She was definitely "Daddy's Girl" and I thought this image called "My Sweet Lili" by Sarah Kay would be perfect.
I used warm gray Copics to color the image in a monochromatic scheme and added just a touch of pink to Lili's cheeks.

I wanted to add a bit of embellishment without taking away from the main image, so I decided to go with a black jewel flourish.

And finished it off with a rub on sentiment and some piercing along the border.

I guess you just never know what each day will bring, so make the most of it and go give those loved ones a squeeze.

Extreme Makeover - Card Edition

Wow! It's been soooo quiet out there in blog land this week.
I guess everyone is still recovering from CHA.

Today I've got a little card makeover to share with you. As some of you know, I'm on day 6 of the Master Cleanse Diet. That being said, I've gotten a lot of stamping done and my workshop has been totally reorganized and cleaned up. Apparently I can be pretty productive when I'm trying to keep my mind off of food!

While I was cleaning off one of my tables, I came across this...It's the sample card from a workshop I did, oh back in March I think.
Do you see the torn paper and adhesive left on the card? There was a large paper flower there, that I yanked off to use on another project. It's been sitting on my desk ever since. Well, after neglecting this poor little "frankensteined" card for 5 months, I thought I'd see what I could do with it. It seemed like such a waste to throw it away.

I needed an anniversary card to pop in the mail, so I inked up my Sarah Kay "A Kiss for Chloe" image and got stampin. Here's what I came up with...
As you can see, I flipped the card 90 degrees and added a scalloped Kraft panel on the right side to cover the rub-on sentiment from the original card. I colored the image with my Copics, added some So Saffron ribbon and Voila!

I hope this inspires you to keep some of your little treasures out of the trash!
Be sure to check back tomorrow for my Friday Faves!
Until then...