Fun Fri~ Sis & Her Hubby's 2023 BDay Card: Cabin Fever

I was about 5 days late making and mailing this card to my sister. 

Her husband has spent many hours building this cabin,

so I had to include it as his very early birthday card too.

 

 I SO enJOY pulling out my tools and pallet of fabrics

to work on a special card.

I try to make it as something that features something in their life

that has been special over the past year/s.

The white piece is a scrap of embroidery stabilizer

being cut down to the size of the card.

This pieces is the base for the work

which is made and then sewn onto the card

 around the edge as one piece 

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I decided some time ago,

this method makes for a less messy back of the inside of the card.

Then I try to remember to sign and date the inside back of the work.

I always feel like I can't do these,

but once I sit down in my comfortable space and

grab a sheet of paper and fold it to size,

and start sketching,

it then starts shaping up and I get even more comfortable.

Oh yeah, I turn on some soft relaxing music via IHeart or YouTube.

I first started to make the roof in 3 different sections,

then decided on just one piece.

The roof on the left was traced and cut out for a pattern.

 

The hardest thing for me

is pulling out details

yet keeping it simple

but yet forming the picture 

that can be recognized.

When I take a picture of the work

I can actually appreciate it to be the results I intended or not.

Sometimes, too many details

clutter it up too much.

Then I wished I'd left well enough alone.

My sister can sew,

but her biggest talent is flower arrangements.

She can seek out flowers both real and artificial

and come up with the most fantastic arrangements.

I just cannot bring them together like she does.

She and her hubby do an awesome job

tending to the arrangements on all our families' graves.

I SO appreciate that.

 

Happy Birthday, D & R!


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