This is my Cioci Flo (Cioci is Polish for Aunt and I wish I could find the schwa symbol so I could tell you how to pronounce that) and she is actually my great-aunt as well as being my Godmother. She was born after my mother which I think explains that. My sisters and brothers and I are in a generation of our own as my mother's cousins are more our age than hers which has always been a little confusing. Anyway, Cioci Flo didn't have children of her own for many years when we were little and she doted on us. She was like a real fairy godmother doing things for us and taking us places (mainly my sisters and I) to give my parents a break now and then. She gave me my first Barbie doll and taught me the Guardian Angel prayer when I slept over her house. It was so nice to be able to surprise her in this way.
Here is the card that I struggled with yesterday morning. I did it once and then stamped the sentiment directly on the front next to the flower and didn't like it so I started again and then used the wrong size oval to highlight the flower leaving so much white space I added those tabs on either side. I stuck with this one as I was running out of time.
Cardmakers, if you're interested in the deets - I used SU's Style Beautiful and Watercolor Trio stamp sets on Whisper White. The Stamp-a-ma-jig helped me place those motifs in the corners which I then used a corner rounder punch on. The oval was a stencil that I centered and then stamped the flower within. I daubered around the inside edges of the oval with Bashful Blue. The rest is pretty much visible.
Aw, she looks so surprised! How great!!! Pretty card too - even if you ran out of time :) Left you something today :)
ReplyDeleteThat was such a lovely thing for your cousins to arrange, I am sure your great-aunt really appreciated it.
ReplyDeleteThose generation things can be so confusing - my half-sister is older than my mother's sister, and in my dad's family there are almost two generations, making it hard to follow the cousin relationship sometimes.
I like the tabs on the card, they make me think of the *claws* on a ring holding the stone in place.