Thursday, May 17, 2012

she wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny...

...yellow polka-dot bikni!

My mom is bravely jumping back onto the weight-watchers bandwagon, and while (right now) I'm lacking the motivation I need to join her, I wanted to encourage her with a fun card.  Isn't so hard to START the process of eating better and exercising when you haven't been doing it for a long time?  sigh.

And can we talk about the staging of this card for a second?  I was cracking myself up, with the blue martini glass, and the jar full of sea-shells... oh, the things I have lying around my house :)

I hope she'll get a kick out of the little yellow-polka-dotted Denami bikini - it was just the right size for this card.

I added my favorite accent of the moment, the Wplus9 sunburst, in back of the bikini (with some masking, of course, to avoid the bikini itself), and the sentiment was computer generated before I stamped the frame around it.

The card base was stamped with the "classified" section of the PTI newsprint background, and the tiny stars are leftovers from the star border die (mft.)

For a last, fun touch, I glazed the bikini with a layer of glossy accents.

Have a great day, all!

14 comments:

  1. That is one of my favorites by far. So cute, and I'm a fan of the yellow polka dot bikini.

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  2. Oh I love this! So cute! I just jumped on the WW bandwagon myself and have lost 20 pounds since Easter. (Yeah me!) Your mom will love this card. You are so sweet to encourage & support her.

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  3. Oh my word, this card is adorable, Elena! I love the way you used the Bikini stamp. Your mom is going to love this card- such a great way to encourage and inspire her!

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  4. Oh, this is just the cutest thing. Good luck to your mom. I am cracking up.

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  5. I'm cracking up, too. :) I love me some itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny.

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  6. SUPER! What courage to get into a bikini of ANY SIZE!
    Love the tiny little stars and the banners! Very well done!

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  7. Adorable, super sweet card! I think my itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini days are gone forever...maybe a one piece with a big ole girdle in it, oh and a skirt! I lost 80lbs a few years back and have put about 15lbs back on...I need to get on that band wagon too! Good for your Mom and what a good daughter supporting her!

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  8. Oh, such great encouragement! Love the banners! What a cute card; thanks for sharing!

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  9. This is sooo sweet Elena! LOVE your card!
    Have a wonderful week-end, hugs Karin

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  10. so cute....love the stars!! good luck to your mom!!

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  11. So stinkin' cute!! I love the pennants and that cute little bikini!!

    And everybody needs a pretty blue martini glass. Everybody.

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  12. Too adorable! I'm sure your mom will love it!

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  13. Elena, I love this card! You have me cracking up. This is perfect!

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