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Hi i'm Lisa, otherwise known as Craftybirdlisa (over on Docrafts). I have always sewed and baked, but started card making in May 2011 I am completely hooked now and love it. I adore stamping, the papers, the ribbons, the brads - well, just about all of it really. I love being able to create something that will generate some happiness in someone elses life and make them smile. I hope looking at my blog will make you smile. So grab a coffee, pull up a chair and relax whilst you wander around my blog. Thanks for dropping in and I hope to see you again soon. xx
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

My Blue Valentine/Anniversary

Hi everyone, my card today is a blue valentine.  I don't know how many of you have noticed but there are no red hearts included in my cards at this time of year.  This is because a week before christmas I found out my husband of 10 years was having an affair, he left in January and is now living with this horrid woman, who had no scruples in destroying our family.   I still love him dearly and would have him back and completely forgive him.  He says he misses family life, and the kids, and me everyday and that he is eaten up with guilt about what he has done.   He is my everything, so this is the card I have made and sent to him. I have included a picture of the sentiment inside, which I wrote.  As you can see from the sentiment, today is not only valentines day, but it is also our wedding anniversary.

My card is very simple, I distressed the whole of the front and back of the card with TH distress inks, then I used various papers from my stash to create the hearts, which were cut with Spellbinders Nesting dies. The sentiment was typed in word and the picture is a watermark behind.  (This was us on our wedding day!!)



I wish to thank you my lovely followers and friends for your support over the last couple of months, your lovely comments have kept me going at a time when inspiration has been really hard to find.


I am going to enter this into the following challenges:


Bunny Zoes Crafts - Celebrations
Crafty cardmakers = monochrome
Kaboodle Doodles = boys or masculine
Hooked on Crafts = Hearts valentine
Crafting when we can = valentine
The squirrel and the fox - valentine


Hugs 



40 comments:

Wendy Fraser said...

Sending you a big hug hun. xx

coops said...

stunning card lisa.really beautiful :D

xx coops xx

Sue Thompson said...

Oh Lisa, how awful, I feel so sorry for you, life must be so hard at the moment. Chin up and I hope everything works out for the best in the end.
Hugs
Suzie xx

Maria Therese said...

Sweet card ♥ Thank you for joining us at Bunny Zoe's Crafts!

Mindy said...

Simple is lovely !!! your card is wonderful.. the watermark picture as the background for the text is awesome ! Thanks for sharing with our Crafting When We Can Challenge :)

Lisa xx said...

oh Lisa, I feel lost for words for once, its beautiful, and I hope it hits the right note when it is received. xx

Christine L said...

Massive hugs for you.......
Christine x

mudmaven said...

Love those layers!!! Thanks for joining us for our Where the Boys Are challenge on Kaboodle Doodles. ~chris

Poppet said...

Great card Lisa, the front is very simple and I love what you have done on the inside. I hope your wishes come true and you stay positive for your family no matter what the outcome.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us at Crafting When We Can Challenges. :-) xx

Meggymay said...

A beautiful card, thankyou for sharing it with us at CCM this time.
Yvonne

Cheryl said...

Love all those stacked hearts! Thanks for playing along with us at Kaboodle Doodles this week.

Hazel said...

Hiya hun, I hope he read it and felt the guilt weigh heavy on his heart. I mite be a little harsh but I only want you to have happy times,
Love n hugs
H xx

Woo said...

Sending you a hug at a really difficult time from one Cutie Pie to another. I hope he realises what he's lost before it's too late. Hugs Woo x

Sally said...

A lovely card with beautiful layered hearts. Thanx for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week.

Linda said...

Such a beautiful card, love how you have done the hearts!

Thanks for playing along with The Squirrel and The Fox - hope we'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Linda

Anne said...

Dear Lisa I'm here to leave comments for Crafty CArdmaker's monochrome challenge and to say how elegant your card is.
But also to share your feelings, my husband of 24 years told me at the end November he had feeling for someone he works with and he left on 16 December. I have seen him twice since, once when I was inhospital, this has made me so ill. I think your card was a brilliant idea and I hope it makes him think about what he's done. I am sending you hugs and hoping your crafting gives you some respite from sadness.
Anne
xxxx

Annette said...

Beautiful card .
Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week.

Annette

Val said...

A beautiful card and the words are so powerful. I just hope he really does realise what he has done to you and your family.
Love
Valxx

Trace said...

I really like this card, such a lovely heart topper xx Doing DC Hop

Wendy L said...

Gorgeous card . Crafting helps get you through the crp times. Chin up girl. It does get easier , been there and got the T shirt. Hugs
xxxxx

Dawn said...

Gorgeous cards. x

craftyeyes said...

hope you are ok Lisa lovely card pretty heart topper , xx

Emma's Cards said...

What a lovely card and such a beautiful poem. Sending you a hug xx

Heike said...

Beautiful card. Heike xx

Tina said...

Hi Lisa, beautiful card and poem. It can't be easy for you and your family at the moment. Hugs Tinaxx

Michelle Webb said...

Hi Lisa, Thank you for my lovely comment. You are getting lots of well needed hugs here, and you get another one from me too. Life can go by completely unnoticed while your crafting, escapism helps. Take care
Michelle xx

GoonerGirl said...

Beautiful card and verse, sending hugs to you and lets hope he realises what he has done, they always think its greener on the other side when its not. Chris xx

kay said...

beautiful card lisa,sending you a hug,stay strong,x

Alizabethy said...

Gosh - this bought s lump to my throat reading your verse!

craftynanny said...

Beautiful card and heartbreaking feelings behind it! Hoping you will be happy again one day - with or without him. Lea xx

MissyG said...

Great card -love the graduating hearts
Linda

Jayne said...

Beautiful card! Big hugs! Love Jayne. x

annesyme said...

Great card and sentiment. Been there and bought the T-shirt. It might take a long time but I'm sure one day you will be happy again, as someone else said with or without him. Life does get better. Hugs
Anne x

jillb said...

beautiful unusual card, and a great verse. xx Jill B

Mandy said...

Beautiful card,love all the stacked hearts...Thanks for sharing with us at Hooked on Crafts,hope to see you next time...
Mandy x

Sue said...

Beautiful card Lisa - and the words have so much feeling behind them!
Stay Strong!
Sending you Big Hugs!
Sue xx

jojoscraps said...

What a beautiful way to use your Spellbinders! I love all the gorgeous layers.
Jo xx

Bettina L. said...

Am loving this card Lisa and such a strong sentiment on the inside. Sending you big hugs and stay strong. Big hugs from one Cutie Pie to another. Bettina xx

Maureen said...

Such a lovely card with your true feelings. Stay strong - life does get better.
Maureen........x

Fiona Keel said...

Lisa, what an incredible card to send, and what emotional words, so beautifully written and so painful to write and read, I wish you all the best fot the future, maybe one day Mike will come to his senses before he loses you all forever, hugs Fi xx

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