A Happy Get Well Birthday!!

I want to thank all of my friends who sent me their Happy Birthday and Get Well wishes. The cards were a wonderful and uplifting present with each arrival. They are the reason I decided to have an RAK slide show too.
The card above is from Barbara Riefner. In real life the background glistens and the embossing gives it a really elegant look. The one below is from Barb Hardeman. She said she wasn't exactly happy with this card and I just loved it. I emailed and said if you don't like it I do and she sent it to me. How lucky can one get. She used Cuttlebug Smoosh and Cloisonne techniques from TJ Newsletters.

Denise Taylor, from New Zealand down under, designed this next beautiful card using the Technique Junkie technique Oh So Fru Fru. This fourth is from Laverne Wilson, who used the Scrunchie technique. The beautiful Copper cord and green leaf beads are just the right touch for this beautiful card.

The fifth wonderful card is from Carol Miller and is so bright and cheerful, including the birthday background.
This sixth card is from Brenda Elliott and is hand embroidered. It is gorgeous.
And last, but certainly not least I reacieved this lovely Lavender Cuttlebug Embossed, Spirelli, and Tole flower card from Connie Thorson. The background is highlighted with glitter! Wow!

All of these beautifu cards can also be seen in the slideshow on your right. Thank you all again for a really wonderful bouquet of birthday and get well cards!

 

 Shirley

 

Twinkling H2O Color Chart

Several people either emailed me or left a post that they would like to see the Charts I made for my Twinkling H2O's. I would also like to explain how I made them.

First I prepared the chart using WordPerfect. I used Table and asked for 16 rows and 7 columns. Last I used the feature "Make It Fit". I set up the cells so the text was at the top of each cell. Next I typed in the colors based on my old charts. I try to get the "like" colors together. I can't always do that. An example of this is the last and latest colors. I had to insert where I could, which means with the next set of new colors I will probably cut and past a new chart. It will be faster than doing the whole thing all over, which eventually I will have to do. LOL

For each color I wet the section first with just water. Next I add the color Direct From The Pot over the entire pre-wet area. Then I load my brush with more color DFTP. I start at the top and go only to about the middle. What happens next is kind of fun to see when it is dry. It kind of bleeds down gradually toward the light area. The purpose of this is to see the different shades each color has.

If you have problems downloading good charts from here, email me and I will send attachments that may be better. Hope these help.

 

 Shirley