A good friend and cardmaking buddy had brain surgery for repair of the trigeminal nerves in the brain, caused by a rare condition known as Trigeminal Neuraligia. This condition caused her chronic pain in the area supplying feelings, by the trigeminal nerve, to the cheek, jaw, teeth, gums, lips, or less often the eye and forehead. Bouts of pain can last from a few seconds, several minutes, days, weeks, months or longer (some people have periods when they have no pain at all for weeks or months). Her surgery seems very successful, though she can not be sure of the exact results for up to several months.
I wanted to make Charlene a pretty get well card that was cute and cheerful, letting her know how much I can't wait until she can join us again at the crafting table! After mulling around several ideas, I saw Sketch Challenge SC649 on Splitcoaststampers, issued June 14th. I really thought I could do something with this sketch idea, using a colored image in a cute round frame. After completing my outside design, I created a little verse and designed the inside to coordinate with the front. Take a look at her finished card below, both inside and out:
As it turned out, I took some liberties with the sketch elements, which we are allowed to do. Take a look at the original sketch that I worked with:
My little girl image shouted out for a square frame instead of a round one, and its angled band called for a straight and wider band to blend with my square frame. I also decided to add a couple of corner curves and eyelets cut-outs to spruce up my layers and a sheer ribbon and bow. I hope Charlene will enjoys her card as much as I had fun making it!
Ingredients are listed below:
Cardstocks:
Recollections Essentials (Violet); SU Whisper White. Patterns: Recollections:
Purple Ditsy Floral; K&Co.-Watercolor Bouquet-Purple. Color Digital Image:
Bandaging Kitty. Die: Spellbinders: Classic
Squares SM; Lacey Squares. SU Punch: Three Corner (retired). EK Border Punch: Patterned Circles (cut in
half). Offray 5/8" Sheer Violet
Ribbon. Bath & Body Works-Magic in the Air/ Diamond
Shimmer Mist. Frame (outside): 3-1/4".
Frame (inside: 2-1/4". Card Size:
4-3/4" x 6".
