Hope House Home for Boys

The cards that I sell here in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico benefit the dental program for the boys at Hope House in the nearby village of Ixlahuacan. There are close to 30 boys at the home and many of them come to the home having received no dental treatment. If you live here at Lakeside and would like to order a quality, hand crafted card for a special occasion and help me contribute to this worthy cause, please e-mail me at bettyinchapala@yahoo.com Card price is 50 pesos; the entire sales price is donated to Hope House.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Country Comfort



Before I begin my second post today, I have to warn you that you may need your imagination to follow the inspiration for this card! The Timeless Tuesday challenge at the Flourishes blog is "Country Comfort". We are to create anything inspired by country living…. a farm-theme, gardening, country patterns (calico, gingham, plaid), quilts, wildflowers… whatever you interpret as country comfort!
I have used the sketch at The Paper Players Challenge #84 for my card.......


Now to my "Country Comfort" explanation: My thoughts of Country Comfort went to gingham checked kitchen curtains and the "down-home" tradition of borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbor. Not having a stamp I wanted to use of kitchen curtains, I chose apples instead (they have a country feel too) and stamped an outlined image on red gingham paper and cut out each apple. As to the "borrowed" item, I used a piece of ribbon from a packet of candy that a friend gave me for Valentine's Day. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Gracious Vases and it was cut out with a Spellbinder's die and embellished with red rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by again. Hope you enjoyed the card!
Betty

11 comments:

The Other Patti Sue said...

This is to much fun! Love the gingham apples!

Anne Marie Hile said...

I think the fun gingham really adds that special touch of "country comfort" to your fun card, Betty! Such a sweet card to share some birthday cheer! Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)

Patti J said...

Red and white gingham is SO country! Love your card, Betty! Thanks for sharing, dear friend!!! Good luck with the challenge!

Nance Leedy said...

Apples, polka dots and gingham...it doesn't get much more homespun than that! Great take on both challenges......so glad you joined us at The Paper Players!

LeAnne said...

Woohoo, I recognized this as soon as I saw your card come up! How CUTE!!! Love that country look! So glad you played with my Paper Players sketch this week!

Ann Schach said...

Your gingham apples are adorable! Such a sweet card with a definite country flair! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!

Colleen said...

Betty,
This is very country, I love those gingham apples!

Myrna said...

Betty
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw your card was country kitchen, gingham table cloth and good old fashioned apple pie.
Great job.
Myrna

Lesley said...

Love, love, love the country look Betty! So very sweet! Thank you for joining us at the Paper Players.

Patti P. said...

I love gingham and how fabulous that you did it with the apple, need to remember this.
hugs....

Melisa Waldorf said...

VERY creative!!! The apples are fabulous in gingham. I love it!