Flashback Friday!

Hey! It's one of your favorite days here at Heartfelt Greetings today. It's Flashback Friday, where I show you one of my "old" cards (I say it that way becuz I haven't been stamping all that long) and recreate it based on where I'm at today as far as skill level goes. I think just by looking at these two cards you can tell that one was made in the fall, and one was made in the summer! My tastes in color definitely changes with the season!

I made the flashback card last September when I was big time into tearing. You can also tell that my love affair with designer paper started early, as there are 4 different patterned papers included here! Of course, since I'm even a bigger patterned paper hog today, I had to stay with that original idea of using lots of paper!!

The stamp I used on the original card is by Paperbag Studios. I really love their selection and style of stamps, but images like this are difficult to get to stamp well. You can see I had a difficult time the first time around. You can barely see the little girl or the words! Since then, I've discovered Versafine Black Ink, which made the little girl image on my second rock!

I went with a black, red and white color theme for my new card. I've been using this color combination a lot lately, haven't I? I think I'm trying to be a good girl and use up my scraps! To add a little pizzaz, I used a red and white toile type patterned paper to mat the little girl image. I added a black ribbon loop at the top for fun. At this point, I thought I was done last night. I went to bed, but did so knowing I wasn't happy with the outcome of the card where it was at. It seemed a little boring to me. I didn't like that I added a sentiment below the little girl image on the first card, so I knew I didn't want to do the same thing on the new card. When I woke up this morning, I decided I needed to add something or I was going to be embarrassed showing it this morning on my blog. It didn't look much better than the old card!

So, I simply added some red cardstock horizontally across the card in a few places and added both a black and red button. This was just the right touch to finish the card off so I could share it with you today without cringing:)!!!

I've got some good news for those of you following my MIL's heart surgery. She is now basically "awake", although she still is pretty incoherent due to pain meds! The two diuretics they tried WORKED, and she never had to have the mini dialysis! And lastly, they've taken the breathing tube out! Woo-hoo! We are all so relieved she seems to be on the mend. At this point, they can begin having her sit up, getting her to walk, etc, etc. All parts of her rehabilitation can begin now that the problems seemed to have been solved. My hubby got to see her yesterday after work, so he's feeling better too. It was so rough on him. He's so close to his mom. I heard from my hubby this morning that she has received a few RAK's so far from my blogger friends....THANK YOU! My husband told me that it has restored his faith in humanity, that so many people that don't know his mom would consider sending her a card with get well wishes. Doesn't that make you feel good inside? You guys are the best!

Hugs!