May 18, 2014 Ageing

Aging is that time in life where everything is wrinkled.

    The wife and I were discussing life and getting old the other day and generally agreed it sucks like sour grapes. Getting old means standing together in front of the bathroom mirror and comparing medications to see who takes the most or who has the most wrinkles. My mother had an index finger with arthur's ritus that caused her finger to point slightly downward. If she pointed at you and didn't say anything you would check to see if your fly was open. Lot's of fun at parties I'm sure. Getting old sucks!
    I used to make fun of age spots and didn't understand what they were. One day I notice a spot that was in a place where it was clear skin but now is occupied by a brown spot. Each day it seems to be more prominent. Bleach doesn't remove it so it isn't a stain. The doctor says its an age spot. Getting old sucks.
    Have you ever noticed that you have some hair on your shoulder but it was the wrong color so it wasn't yours. When you look next to you there is a gent wearing a rug that does not match the hair around the sides but does match the hair on your shoulder. A shedding hair piece? Uh, OK! Getting old Sucks!
    Have you ever sneezed and realized your partial has departed. After a VERY discrete search you spot it leaving the premices stuck to someone's heavy cleated shoe. Now what? Getting old sucks.
    We all have gotten up and left a room only to forget what you were going to do. Upon returning through that very same doorway you suddenly remember what it was you were going to do. Now you go through that door way and halfway to where you were going, YEP, forgot again. You go back thinking you are going crazy and, Yep, now you remember. THE DOORWAY DUMMY. IT'S THE DOORWAYS FAULT. Solution? Write it down so the doorway can't make you forget what the heck you wanted in the first place. Grip that little piece of paper like it was your last ten bucks until you make it to the next room and if you still remember keep it until you get to where your going and drop to your knees and hold it to heaven and say "THANK YOU LORD, I REMEMBER, I WROTE IT DOWN."  Getting old sucks!
    My dear wife is always asking me if we are having fun yet. I always tell her that no one has explained to me what fun is. Some times I laugh just because everyone else is laughing. To this day I still wonder what the punch line was. Punch line? What was the joke? Fun huh? Hope my fly isn't open! Getting old sucks. 

       "This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

The Revised Standard Version. (1971). (Ps 118:24). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

 Now that we have that out of the way I need a nap. Old age you know. LOL. That brass plate that I mangled. It is now a mangled card. I should take my nap and make you wait but that wouldn't be Kosher...er...Christian. TADA. What were we talking about? OH yeah. Its on my little sheet of paper. Lets see......" show them the card DUMMY." Here it is......
 

 This was the foil image before attempting to make a card. It was surprisingly easy to do a card using this image. 

I used paper from The Mariposa Matstack for the cover. Used an oval Spellbinder die to provide the window for the image. Scor-tape was used to attach the image to the rear of the opening temporarily. A 9"X6.5" piece of card stock was scored and folded to make a top fold card measuring 4.5" high X 6.5" wide. Scor_tape was used to firmly attach the card face to the card. The tape was run across the back of the foil several times to insure a firm hold and attached to the card body.
A second designer paper from Lost & Found #2 was used to create the inside of the card. 

  Peel and stick silver chain and strips were used to finish the inside of the card and to create a highlight frame for the front image. The two spellbinder die cut feathers were colored with Copics and added as embellishments. T colors are E35, E37, E50. There is a bit of detail that I figured out how to bring out by positioning the two lights used for photographing the the card.

 As you can see there is some detail visible that is not visible on the other photos. That is it for now. As long as I don't have to go through any doorways or forget to write down what I want to remember I will share more next time. Remember to LOVE THE DETAILS.