justBstamping.blogspot.ca: Friends Until Pigs Fly

I'm lucky to have a few friends that I consider "lifers." You know the ones--high school friends that have seen you though university, first jobs, husbands, kids, mortgages. The ones you can depend on for a laugh or a cry, no matter how long it's been since you last spoke. I'm not going to get into specifics about how long ago high school was for me....let's just say it has been a decade or two and leave it at that! Life gets busy and we may not see each other very often but these friends are often in my thoughts.

I made this card specifically for one of those friends, L, for her birthday tomorrow (she's already received it, so I am okay to post!). As soon as a saw the This Little Piggy stamp set I knew I had to use it to make something special for her. As a pig farmer she has a lot of pig paraphernalia already, and I knew she would appreciate it!

I started out stamping my pig in black archival ink, and then watercolouring him with both Powder Pink and Flirty Flaming once dry. I really wanted to play with the new embossing paste and the sky mask and I think they really turned out looking like fluffy clouds in real life. L's absolutely favourite colour is well-known to be yellow, so I thought a yellow balloon bouquet was a perfect addition. :) A little gold metallic thread wrapped around my piggy has helped him to take flight. I used the Labeler Alphabet to make my own sentiment--it's so handy to have when you know exactly what you want to say, and Stampin' Up didn't already think of it!

I make a lot of cards throughout the year just because I have an idea in my head and want to play, but I always make cards specifically for the special people in my life when the time comes to celebrate something with them, and this card is the perfect example. I think it suits L and our relationship to a T!

Have a great week!
Barb

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Monday, 7 August 2017

Friends Until Pigs Fly

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