Tanya is heading back to Louisiana tonight. I got the idea for the card this morning and rushed around gathering up the dies AND card stock needed to finish it.
The idea started with the New Mexico and Louisiana dies and a pickup die. The next thing I thought of was a chili pepper for New Mexico and the fleur-de-lis for Louisiana. I was looking for other travel stuff and saw the stop light die. This is the first time I've used it. I figured the metallic colors would show which was lighted. I did metallic green for New Mexico to show "GO" and metallic red for Louisiana to show "STOP".
I didn't find the pickup die I wanted, found this first, it is the VW wagon die that I "trimmed" to make a double cab pickup. I had planned to use my road signs but decided they would make it too crowded. Especially since I wanted a sign for the sentiment. I had several but the little "wood" sign seemed perfect.
I hope she likes it. We went to WalMart to give it to her just before she got off work and left. I hope she and her family enjoy the card and the beignets (official state doughnut of Louisiana!) that I made for her trip. I mixed, rolled and fried and Jeff did the sugar shaking. We WILL be making MORE! :)
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