Thanking you-
I think this card is very pretty in pastel colors. Gives a calm feel, doesn’t it? Yet, it has the whimsical cuteness that I love, with a touch of serious heartfelt thanks.
In celebration of World Alzheimer’s Day I made this card for Cammie’s AMAZING give-away 😀 Check out the details here. You can make a card to brighten a care giver’s day and enter to win 😀 Being a nurse I worked on an Alzheimer’s/Dementia unit for almost 3 years. I can say it is a very difficult job at times.
One woman always thought I was her daughter. She would always spend her day with me calling me Marianne. I would attempt to redirect her, but to no avail. I must have resembled her daughter a lot, because I was the only one she would follow around, and call to. When I became pregnant with Alexa she thought it was her grandchild. She would follow me around all day. Always wanting to feel the baby move. Most of the time she was sweet. The sad part of it was, her daughter dropped her off at the home, never to return. So, sometimes she would remember this, and get suddenly outraged at me. She actually hit me a few times, out of her anger and confusion. It was so sad. It would come out of no where. She would then just cry for hours about WHY I left her there. Why wouldn’t I take her home with me? Promises of being “good”. Like a child who rationalized things. I would have to sneak off the floor to go home so she wouldn’t notice. When I would work she wouldn’t participate in activities or anything. I knew she was such a great woman, and I am sure before all this she lived a wonderful life. Maybe her daughter couldn’t bare seeing her deteriorate before her eyes? It is amazing how this disease transforms loved ones into people they themselves wouldn’t recognize. Anyway I eventually got injured by a patient and was made to leave my job the remainder of my pregnancy. I think Cammie is doing an amazing thing to honor care-givers and her grandmother’s disease. I am going to send this card in honor of her grandmother, to the facility that her grandmother resided.
Now for the card-I LOVE In the treetop. It was one of those sets I so wanted to use MORE, but time escaped me. Then I forgot about it! So I was determined this would be the set I use for this creation. I love Sweet blush, spring moss, and SU! old olive together. Spring Moss and Sweet blush can be found at Papertrey Ink. I wish Nichole would just release ALL her colors at once 😀 There is no better cardstock out there!
I just stamped the open tree on my cardstock, then again on some GORGEOUS patterned paper-the Eva collection by Basic Grey, to punch out my tree top with.
Lots of circles for this one. My nestabilities work overtime, I swear. I love circles 😀 So I knew I wanted a couple on my card. This layout is too fun to me. I had to use the birds too. They are just adorable. I used markers to get the coloring on the stamp directly. I then added some pretty Bella Baubles
The sentiment is from Heart to Heart. I then pierced the edge along the end piece for more interest. Finished off with my color spritzer (of course!), and will send this on its way.
Thanks for checkin in. I have another post to share, after I get the kids off to school. Love MYTIME 😀
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22 Responses for "In honor"
Beautiful! Great colors. Love the circles. -Molly B
Love this card! Those colors are so soft and pretty! I can’t wait to see the new PTI colors!
Gorgeous card Lauren. Love the soft feel and great layout!
Hi Lauren,
I love your card, it is beautiful! Alzheimer’s is such a far-reaching and sad thing. It sounds like olive is one of the next PTI colors, yay!
Melissa
Beautiful!!! I love the colors you used. It is so soft and pretty!!!
Alzheimers is such a horrible disease and I truely applaude the people that work with these patients everyday!!!! How any person could just put their mother into a home and leave them in just unbelievable. No matter how hard is was on me to see my mother like this, I could never have deserted her. She was always there for me, it was my turn to be there for her!!!
Love that card and those sweet colors! 🙂
Being a nurse is a wonderful but stressful job. I admit I don’t miss not working in an hospital anymore!!
I made my card and got it sent off as well, but goodness, it sure doesn’t compare to your gorgeous creation! how clever to use that beautiful paper for your tree! it just looks stunning! I pass out just going into hospitals, so I certainly couldn’t do what you and so many others do. so I think I’ll just make cards to send and keep sending my prayers as well.
isn’t Cammie wonderful to have organized all of this?!
Jennifer
This ia such a beautiful card. It really brings me a sense of peace and serenity when I look at it.
I LOVE how you made the tree. I never would have thought of using paper for the leaves.
Once again you have amazed all of us.
This card is really beautiful!!! I love the colors you used! Great Job again!!! A+++++++ TFS! ~Heidi
Lovely cards. God Bless you, as a nurse you saw a lot. Caregivers do not get the “Thanks” they soooo deserve. I too made a card. I think what Cammie is doing is wonderful.
This is just beautiful Lauren. Lovely colors and very calming.
Such a sad story you shared! I think Alzheimers has got to be one of the hardest things for a family to endure. Not so much for the person who has it, but for the family they are slowly losing memory of. What a wonderful thing for Cammie to do.
Beautiful card. Love the color combo. Thank you for doing so much to promote Cammie’s cause and kudos to her for championing it.
Beautiful!
Hi Lauren…I’m also an RN and I own my own assisted living and I deal with Alzheimers every day… Cammies cause is a great one…. and I HOPE that some day there is a CURE for Alzheimers…. your cards are beautiful as always…..
Melissa in Wisconsin
Ohhhh this is soooo beautiful, love the colors and the tree!!
Your card is beautiful!! It really does have a calm, serene feel to it…the colours and pattern paper you chose are perfect!
I just only came across your blog tonight while browsing, you are soooo talented, I’m really enjoying browsing your projects :o)
Charlene
This card is stunning. Great colors and yes, it does have a very calming feel.
pretty stamping and colors!
Lauren, what a lovely card and thank you for bringing attention to World Alzheimer’s Day. My Mom passed away 11 years ago after suffering with dementia for 7 long years. My Dad was the one that bore the brunt of the devistation that accompanies this disease. He visited her every day when she finally had to enter an assisted living facility, and I went once or twice a week during my lunch as I was working full time. It crushes ones hear with such pain to see your treasured family member change so much, plus forget all your shared memories, or worse, become violent, as you found out. Unfortunately many families cannot come to grips and they cannot deal with the new reality. Let’s all pray for a cure soon.
‘Just LOVE this card Lauren…GORGEOUS!
~Brenda
Lauren – this card is BEAUTIFUL! It is peaceful and yet makes you smile with it’s touch of whimsy. I also admire you for working with the Alzheimer’s patients. My grandmother had it and my mother took care of her. It was sad to see and takes a big tole on the caregivers. Thank you for caring for them 🙂
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