Set Your Heart On Something Beautiful

Hi there!

I wanted to pop in and share another card.

Wow, I'm doing pretty good on the crafting front

this week, aren't I?

Take a look at this one.

This card actually looks so much prettier in person.

For some reason my camera does not photograph

light colors well. But I think you get the jist of it.

The image is from Lili of the Valley.

Isn't it pure sweetness?

I love it.

It reminds me of my aunt Cheryl and I

(she's just two years older than me)

when we were growing up together.

In fact, I'm going to give it to her.

I've actually been working on coloring this image

for a couple of weeks. I've had it sitting on my desk,

and each morning while waiting to get into the bathroom

(which is right outside my office)

I've colored it a little bit more.

Let me tell you, sharing one tiny bathroom

with a grown man and three boys

teaches you a lot of hard lessons in patience.

Not to mention hygiene. Ick.

Anyway,...

I paired it with this great text print from the

All About Girls mini stack from DCWV.

It says sweet things like "strike a pose",

"you are beautiful", "share your gifts",

and "have a lovely day."

Plus it has a built-in sentiment --

"set your heart on something beautiful"

above that great minty green scalloped border.

To make the image stand out more,

I mounted it first on a green gingham print

from the same stack, rounded all the corners

and popped it up with dimensionals.

Then I added a scrap of purple

Pure Color ribbon, tied in a bow, and

cut the ends into a V shape, which

seemed to fit the image.

Hope you like it!

Okay, gotta run!

Hell's Kitchen is starting and I've got

to get the kids in bed.

Have a great night!