Cosmos Border Cards

Hello friends.  Sorry that other than my Color Hues DT posts, I've been a bit MIA.  My 94-year-old mom had a bad fall about a month ago and has gone from the hospital to rehab and then to assisted living where she had been in independent living.  Needless to say, my days have been full between sitting with her and taking her to different appointments. She still has a ways to go with healing and I'm not sure if she'll ever get back to independent living, but that's the goal.  We'll see...  Anyway, not much stamping or card making going on here...just trying to keep up with commenting! And on top of all that, blogger has not been playing nice with my blog and is no longer updating the blogs I follow...grrrrrrr!

When I posted my card for the current Color Hues Challenge, I received so many wonderful comments about it using a stencil from The Ton called Cosmos Border Stencil, and I remembered when I first got the stencil a few months ago, I made several cards with it using different color combos. Thought you might like to see the other 3 cards I made with the stencils, just in case you were on the fence about whether you NEEDED this stencil set or not!  Take a look...

   I used Gina K's light, medium & dark Orchid inks to stencil these Cosmos, and then added the SB's Hemstitch Die for a border  just like I did in the card for Color Hues.  My sentiment is from sweet Michele and I believe it is a SB's press plate die. A few clear gems (PFS) finished this one off.

For this one I decided to use a rainbow of colors (all Gina K inks) and really liked how bright and cheerful it turned out!  The die cut and stamped sentiment is also Gina K's Birthday Sparkle. I added a few Cream Puff sequins from SSS to finish this one off.

This one was done with Lilac and Carnation inks (Gina K) and I was trying to do an eclipse card with it, but there was too much white in the center, so not much of the hello (also Gina K) was hidden like when you're die cutting from more of a all over print.  Oh well, it still turned out pretty and someone will enjoy receiving it!

Usually I try to make at least 2 cards when I get a new stamp or die set so that I can say I got my money's worth...since I made 4 cards already with this set of stencils and want to try making some Christmas cards with it, I think I definitely have gotten my money's worth from it!  

I wish I could say I'll be back to regular posting, but at this point I'm just taking it day by day. My mom definitely needs me right now and that has to be my priority.  I know many of you have been in my shoes caring for an elderly parent and will totally understand where I am coming from, so don't give up on me...I'll post when I can.  Hugs. :0)   

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