I'm a little late again for this challenge, but if you have to be late, I think it's best to be late in saying "goodbye". I'll truly miss Laura's challenges, and am glad that she'll be keeping the gallery open, and hopefully adding to it with her own, lovely work! For the final Layers Of Color theme, "farewell", I kept it simple. The image and sentiment are from Memories of a Lifetime, the stamp is from Just For Fun, and the substrate is the outside of a very special envelope I received from Ilonka Schneider.
When I told Ilonka how much I loved one of her pieces...you can see it by clicking HERE..., she decided to surprise me with it! If only you could see the colors in real life! They are truly amazing! She even tossed in a handful of gorgeous twinchies along with the card! The black envelope that held all these beauties is so lovely itself that I have used it as the background for for this piece.
When my daughter was little, she so hated farewells that she would refuse to say good-bye to her friends when it was time for them to leave. We used to tell her that good-bye was necessary so that you could have the opportunity to say "hello" again.
I know I'll be saying "hello" to Laura again, as I don't own all of her clear stamp sets yet and I can't wait to add to what I have! These are some of the most beautiful stamps I own, all of them designed by Laura. So I won't say good-bye, just farewell, until we meet again...
Have a great day, Everyone! And be sure to come back for my next post! I spent a glorious weekend covered in paint and collage. Pics will be up soon, so stick around. . .
your card is really wonderful - and the envelope is perfectly recycled :-)
Posted by: ilonka | October 07, 2008 at 01:46 PM
Oh, as always I so enjoy being here with you, Barbara! A very special Farewell,indeed! Thank you so much for everything my friend!
See you soon!
Hugs, Laura
Posted by: Laura | October 07, 2008 at 07:14 PM
What a lovely card Barbara - perfect images for the occasion... and now I want to cry!!!
Must dash - work beckons... *ugh!*
Posted by: Rosie | October 07, 2008 at 11:20 PM
ah..this is so lovely...you are right about leaving farewells till the last minute ! x
Posted by: RubyMay | October 08, 2008 at 07:06 AM
so nice the way you used the postage stamps here. Beautiful entry
Posted by: Barbara | October 08, 2008 at 04:43 PM
Absolutey stunning hun WTG xxxxx
Posted by: carolann | October 09, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Gorgeous tribute to Laura.
Posted by: faye | October 09, 2008 at 08:33 PM
wonderful stamps and you created a fab canvas.
thanks for sharing.
chriss x
Posted by: chriss | October 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM