A Joni-Inspired Thanks...CASE Study #181

I'm still basking in the joy of having met Geri this weekend; a feeling that I know will stay with me for a long time to come.  My sweet friend Shannon left an awesome comment on my post (please check out  her blog - she's hopping for a most incredibly special cause!), about the wonderful mystical magical ways the universe works, with a wish that we could "abracadbra, hocus-pocus, and *poof* - free travel to meet crafty friends any time we want." I couldn't agree with her more!

Today, I'm sharing my card inspired by Joni's beautiful art work over at CASE Study #181:

Joni's talents are supremely remarkable; every card is filled with 'special touch' details and techniques. All the 'little bits' add up to "wholes" that are fabulous in every way.  My card is very much a 'minimalist' version of the elements of Joni's card that caught my eye: the black and white background, and the lovely frame, with a wee snippet of floral print peeking from its bottom edge and a whisper of a pretty pink flower adorning the top.  Of course, a search of my stash revealed nary a piece of black and white striped paper, so I'm adapting as best I can, as per usual...

Although it appears rather 'flat' in the photo, I've used foam adhesive on the label, frame and flowers, and cut the 'thanks' several times for 'thickening'.  

Since you're here...we're heading to visit my family on Friday (excitement amping up!), where we'll be celebrating the *family* birthday party for my niece, who turned 4 on the 3rd, and my nephew, turning 2, on the 12th.  Of late, my niece quite enjoys playing "going to a show", where we have dual roles: we're the guests - and have to give the (imaginary) ticket-taking person our tickets so we can attend - AND we're also the actresses of the play that we're supposedly watching.  The layers of her imagination are sometimes staggering in their complexity...and ever so much fun!  Last performance, I decided to be a unicorn - a purple one with a sparkly mane and pink-nail polished hooves.  She gave me her adorable "quizzical" look (I could read her mind: she was thinking "What's up with that, Aunty C?") and instantly decided she'd be a fairy princess, also in purple, with a wand. (We have no costumes; we just pretend...it works).  Somehow, the princess and the unicorn wound up at the zoo...

Sometimes it's a good thing that we're the only two playing together, because I'm pretty sure no one else would quite comprehend what we're up to (especially when we cross dimensions of time and space to be both the audience and the players).  Yes indeed.  ANYWAY, my point that I'm trying to make, before the blithering took hold: I made her a card, using my MCT envelope die, filled with tickets.  Now we can have 'real' tickets to give to the 'imaginary' ticket-taker....

I totally cased Katie's card here, in girly colours...

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