Honu...for those of you not knowing what a Honu is...let me introduce you!

From Wikipedia: helonia mydas, commonly known as the green turtle is a large sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia.[1] The range of the species extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Their common name derives from the green fat underneath their shell.

There is your "I learned something new today" factoid! I lOvE Honu (pronounced HO-new). They are fascinating to me.

Okay - back to the card. I picked up a couple of Honu stamps from Rubber Stamp Plantation.



The base is made with PTI Ocean Tides cardstock. PTI Spring Rain for the layering mat and Memory Box patterned paper, along with PTI Stampers Select White. I used my Nestabilities to cut and mat the circle images.




Above is a pic of the my big Honu all glitterfied....actually, I was fine with the way my big Honu looked and was done with the card. But as I let my mind wander, I felt that he needed to be sparkel-ly. So, I mixed a bit of SU! blue and green glitter, and applied it with my Martha ball-roller glue pen.

Below is a pic of the inside of the card...




And below is a close up of the inside....



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A Purple Sympathy Card

Yes, purple. Not a traditional black card. I had to make a sympathy card, and I don't know about you, but I like my cards to stand out a bit in a crowd. And with sympathy cards, they are often times white and/or black. My neighbor told me today her significant others' Dad died yesterday after a long battle with heart disease so, of course, I made a card.



I used all PTI products, except for the focal image, which is from the Stampin' Up! set Upsy Daisy. The papers are Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, and New Leaf, as well as Stamper's Select White. Lavender Moon ribbon and Plum Pudding Bitty Dot patterned paper. The sentiment is from PTI's FREE stamp set you earn if you buy 12 or more stamp sets during the year.....read about it here. Sorry about the white-out.....I wrote all over the inside and then remembered I forgot to get a picture of it. A few dew drops on the inside of the card continue the theme with the front of the card. I really like how the green from the inside shows through the Martha Stewart punch border on the front of the card.



I used my Cricut to cut out the papers for the sentiment using the George and Basic Shapes cartridge. Out of all my Cricut cartridges, I use that one the most. It has an alphabet and so many shapes you can use... love it! The sentiment is popped up using foam pop dots and a couple of Robin's Nest Dew Drops for a bit more dimension.



Here is a closer picture of some of the detail. Being a non-traditional sympathy card, I think this one is actually quite nice!



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