Sunday, 13 November 2022

Use Washi...

 hi there.... I can't believe I haven't posted for almost 10 days!   I have done a little crafting but mostly for swaps and design work... plus spending as much time as I could with my Dad.   Ngaire was in Auckland Hospital till Thurs 10th before being flown back to the Hutt Hospital in Wellington.   Dad then drove himself back - over two days. (365 kilometres/394 miles)  not bad for a 85 year old.    Ngaire got home late Friday night, but ended up back in hospital last evening with a blood clot.... Poor thing - still she is near her family so that is good. 

So today I am sharing the card I made for our NZ swap group.  Our theme was Use Washi... My good friend Suna chose the theme and I got to send her my card.   I took the easy route, using some Altenew floral washi - It is so pretty and a stripe of it covered the centre of my card. 


Isn't just the most beautiful washi.   I used a stripe of thin gold washi down the side and then laid stripes of it across some card and die cut the sentiment out.    Chose a maroon card base to match one of the flower colours.   Suna let me know it had arrived and she loved it.  

We've had a lovely weekend, spent with our friends in Mangawhai.   We hadn't been up there for more than a month so it was lovely to chill out.  And on our way home we popped into see our son - it's his 34th birthday today.  I really don't know where the time has gone.  Here's a photo of him and his family taken a couple of weeks ago on their holiday in Australia 

thanks for visiting today.   I have a few posts schedule this week - including Kieran's birthday card. 

                                                                                                                                

3 comments:

kiwimeskreations said...

this is a dramatic card Dawn - love the Washi you have used and the gold accents are perfect with it, and even better that the gold was also washi!
Blessings
Maxine

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Love that washi and you made the most of it, Dawn!! Bet you had a nice visit with your son and his lovely family!!

Greta said...

Sorry Ngaire had the setback. Gorgeous Washi card & love the picture of your son & his family!