Tuesday 28 June 2011

Relax & Enjoy!

This week has been hard as my one & only child has bought his own place & at the age of 23 has left home Now whilst I am very proud of him & we have a fantastic relationship, I feel grief stricken, I know it will get easier in time & the fact he has gone means I have done a good job BUT it hurts!!!
Anyway I sat & made this card this afternoon to take my mind of things.
Make It Crafty have had a 40% sale on, so I took advantage of it & bought several of Zoes images as I really love them & this is one of them.
Coloured with Promarkers & Prisma pencils, I added Glossy Accents to the bath water, but it did not want to photograph well, so you will have to take my word for it. I decoupaged the dressing gown & towels to give some lift.
Backing papers are again from Dunelm, where I used a MS Daisy punch & added some Liquid Pearls.
Sentiment is my own computer generated one & brads & flowers are from stash.
Maybe I need to take more heed of the sentiment myself.....lol
Entered into the following challenges
Corrosive Challenges Water
Pollycraft Make A Splash
Do You Stack Up Mauve, Mustard & Pink

17 comments:

THERESA said...

Hang in there, it does get better, and they need to do that, be proud of him and yourself!
Love the card, being a fan of MIC images myself.....lol
lotsa luv

cheryl said...

oh hun love that image and the detail is beautiful know what you mean about your kids leaving hun felt the same when my daughter left home and she was 25 felt devestated too it does get easier hun so take care hugs cheryl xxx

chrissy xx said...

Know just how you feel Dawn. I had more than a few weeps when mine left home.
Chrissyxx

chrissy xx said...

Oh! I'm here again lol. you had me thinking there! I forgot why I had come for a visit. Your card is Gorgeous! Can just make out the water lol. LOve your image and colours.
Chrissyxx

Denise said...

Beautiful card - love the image. Thanks for joining us at DYSU this week xx

Patrice said...

Cute card! Visiting from DYSU...

Berry said...

Love the card Dawn and the image. I don't think any of mine will be leaving home for a while lol but I do empathise, even though sometimes I wish for peace and quite I know I will be empty when they all grow up and go, big hugs to you Rebekah xx

WencheP said...

Fabulous card. Thank you for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

-Wenche

Imke said...

Beautiful card ! Thanks for joining us at The Corrosive Challenge this week.

Brenda Brown said...

Yes things seem awfully quiet when they have gone, but I hsve got used to that now and enjoy being able to sprewad out more. It does get easier Dawn - honest!!
Love your card - such an unusual image.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Miranda said...

cute card Dawn, very lovely
thanks for joining the DYSU challenge this week
hugs
Miranda

Unknown said...

What a brilliant look - well done

kitten DYSU team

coldwaters2 said...

A super card Dawn love that image which you have coloured beautifully I love it.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Peggysue said...

Aww, hang in there Dawn, it will get easier. My son left at age 18 to join the Marines. That was tough for a while. Be proud that your son is making it on his own. So many parents these days are not so lucky.
Anywho.........Love your card and keep crafting through it all. I’m glad you joined us for the Do You Stack Up? COLOR challenge & hope to see you again!

Jinny Newlin said...

Super fun image! LOVE the addition of the Glossy Accents! Great take on the color story!

Jayne A said...

Great card. Fun image.

Jayne
x

Regan said...

Aw, I can't even imagine as mine is not quite two yet, but you should be proud! And hopefully he is close enough so there can be visits to help ease the transition!

Your card is lovely! Great coloring and love the daisy border punch! Thanks for playing along @ The Corrosive Challenge! :)
XX
Regan ~ Design Team