Me: What's that button on your shirt?
Ben: Nothing, it's just a button.
Me: There is something on your button. What is it?
Ben: Why do you have to give me a hard time about everything?
Me: I just want to know why you are wearing a button.
Ben: I just am, okay?
Me: So what does it say?
Ben: It's LGBT.
Me: Okay. (pause)Because today is the day of remembrance?
Ben: What?
Me: The day of remembrance for the LGBT that have died.(well, just transgender, but at this point, I'm not really sure Ben even knows what LGBT means.)
Ben: I'm just wearing the button.
Me: Where did you get it?
Ben: I found it on the floor in my room.
This is the first thing that made any sense in this conversation, because I remember Sophie trying to start a Gay Awareness club in her high school (long story), and Ben took her room when she went off to college. When I brought Ben is food, I got a better look at the button. It had the HRC logo with "HRC.ORG" under it. That's pretty subtle, I think - not every kid his age would know what that is. Maybe Ben does know what LGBT means.
So, I made this card for the Transgender Day of Rememberance.
I was trying to duplicate a technique I saw Valita demonstrate on her site - it's harder than it looks, but I love the lacy effect. The pink is a liner - it's hard to write words in a card that has holes in the front unless you put in a liner. In real life it's a much softer pink. All the shapes are punched - I used 4 different punches.
I had to enter the card in a few challenges, of course:
Crafty Emma - lace
Ellephantastic - butterfly
Alice in Wonderland - butterfly
Stamp Scrap Doodle - no flowers
Fairy tale - white
Remember, no hate!
14 comments:
This is very pritty! I love the punched parts you have used very much! Thanks for joining us at Fairy Tale Callenge! xx Bianca
Hello a very beautiful card, the design is gorgeous.
Thanks for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge
Hugs Karla
Beautiful card!
Thanks for playing along with us at Fairytale Challenge
Hugs Nela
what a wonderful card
thanks a lot for joining us at Fairy Tale
hugs
Annette
Really pretty card at first look I thought it had been cut using a machine, fab idea! thanks for joining us for the Ellephantastic challenge!
hugs
Michelle
Elle DT
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Amazing design!! It's very very very beautiful!!
Thanks for join us at FTC, hope to see you next time.
~darling Ho~FTC DT
Gorgeous card Juliet. No words are needed on the front of this :)
Fabulous card! I love the butterflies.
Thank you for joining us at Ellephantastic challenges. :)
hugs, Vanja
Hi this is such a gorgeous card I love the effect it gives.
Thank you for joining in our challenge this week at CES Challenges.Good luck.
Hugs Vicky xx
Fabulous - I love the filigree effect you've achieved! Thanks for joining us at CES Challenges this week. Juliexx
Fabulous - I love the filigree effect you've achieved! Thanks for joining us at CES Challenges this week. Juliexx
aahh this is such a gorgeous card thanks for joining our lovely lace challenge at CES challenges.
Hugs Kaylou xoxo
This is a fantastic and beautiful card.
Thanks for joining us at the Fairy Tale Challenge.
Hugs, Sandra
I love this elegant project- I love the pink in the background too. We should all concentrate on what we have in common instead of what are differences are I think......
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