That Kind of Weekend (2nd draft)

Early today I posted to this blog but by evening it disappeared.  Vanished into a cyberspace blackhole.  Since I am not so internet savvy I will try to recreate the missing post.  If you read this, please leave a comment so I know I did it right this time.  Thanks! - Dena

So have you every had a weekend where things just seemed to go right?  I know you are probably used to being asked about things going wrong, but we all experience those kind of days.  Well, I just had one of those kind of weekends where things went right.  It started with a long drive to see my eldest daughter.  It is a three hour drive when the traffic moves smoothly, but with it being a holiday weekend you can usually expect it to almost double.  Much to my surprise we made it in only three hours.  I got to play on on my phone as my husband drove and my youngest daughter entertained herself to our delight.  When we arrived no one was home, but we had a spare key so all was well.  My daughter arrived a few minutes later and we had a nice evening then got some sleep.  The next morning my husband and I went for a pleasant walk to the local 7-Eleven for coffee.  We earned a free cup!  Once we returned to the apartment, I found out that I had selected as a winner of a giveaway! 

I was blown away with the generosity and kindness of Jennifer McGuire. (She was the first blogger and You Tube video poster I began to follow.)  I never miss her posts.  Next, I decided to make a German pancake for breakfast and burned my hand on the pan.  (please note:  use a potholder when handling a pan that came out of an oven at 450 degrees)  I ran cold water over my hand and then used a dish towel and ice to control the pain.  Believe it or not, no blister and no scar. The weekend continued this way with things going right.  Everyone needs one of those kind of weekends.  

All of that lead me to make this card. 

It was one of the cards I made with the Simon Says Stamp June 2016 card kit.  I have been challenging myself to make at least ten cards with each kit as inspired by Vicky Papaioannou.  

Here is how I did it:

I started by cutting the very bright and colorful heart paper that was in the kit.  I then stamped the flowers and leaves from the kit in grey ink along the two sides of my panel.  This did not tone down the paper enough for me, so I did a wash of white acrylic paint over the entire panel.  Thin enough so I could still see the images but also mute the colors.  Then I stamped the flowers again in grey ink and the leaves in Factory Green ink by My Favorite Things (one of the inks I won).  Then I used a distress marker, Tattered Rose, as a quick dab in the center of the flowers.  I used Glossy accents in the center of each flower and sat it aside to dry.  For the green mat, I cut a piece of white cardstock and used the Factory Green ink along the edges to coordinated with my top panel.  But it didn't look quite right so I did a white wash over that and I was smiling once again.  I used my Factory Green ink again and stamped a couple leave in each corner.  Now onto the sentiment.  I used a HeroArts stamp set called Acts of Kindness.  I used a black ink and clear embossing powder.  I used Ranger's Multi Medium Matte behind the sentiment to attach it to the card.  All that was left to do was assemble.
The green mat went on first to the cardbase using a double sided adhesive then the top panel was added using a foam tape.  Voila the card is done.

I hope you have fun making cards or just spending time with people you love this weekend.  Maybe it can be one of those kind of weekends for you!