Remembering the Holocaust…A Young Girl’s Story…

World War II is over. For so many of us, it was just a horrible page of world history. One that we pray will never occur again. We grew up pretty much in a time of peace. We never experienced the fears nor the destruction that Hitler and his Nazi Party forced upon the world. But mostly, we may never understand Hitler’s hatred towards the Jewish peoples. At his command, millions of men, women and children were put to death in the most sadistic manners.

We have no real understanding of what it was like to live in Nazi occupied countries. People living in constant fear, hiding from capture. Having their homes taken from them.

Yet, out of all the chaos, a young girl, hiding with her family and friends, left us a diary. She spoke about her life in hiding while growing up in uncertainty.

Starting the New Year…

About 39 years ago, two special people were united in marriage. They selected the first week of the New Year for their wonderfully special day. Today’s card is our gift for that delightful couple.

I have recently been experimenting with Pan Pastels on Foamiran. I am impressed with the results and am enjoying this newer adventure.

The Flower: For today’s card, I die cut 3 layers of each flower layer out of a red Foamiran with Susan’s Garden Club’s Pom Pom Dahlia Die Set (Tonic 3034a).  (Usually I cut 3-5 layers so I have extra.)   

For the accent color, I selected Pan Pastel’s 011 White (Fine) Pearl Medium. Since this is January, my goal was for a frosty look, not a solid. So, I used my Daubers to lightly apply the White Pearl randomly on both sides of each petal.

The next steps in this process would let me know if the results were what I wanted. I slightly heated (dry iron) each layer and tightly scrunched each (folding and rolling each between my fingers). Then using wooden stylus, I finished my petal sculpting.

Glue the layers in the center area so they overlap. For a fuller flower do two layers of each size starting with the largest. Set aside for now.

Static Alert! When you are scrunching the various flower parts, you create a friction or static. The petals love to stay with your hand and/or stylus. When doing the assembly, be careful that the love affair between the foam and your fingers can be separated.

The leaves: I’m not sure who's leaf die I used but I die cut 6 separately from the unique papers from US ArtQuest’s Indian Batik Marble – Green. To sculpt the leaves, I used my smallest ball stylist. I love using this type of paper for the leaves as it offers such interesting veining,  

The Papers: If you have visited here before, you may notice that I like to layer my cards. For this one I used Tonic’s Champagne Harlequin for the base card and top layer. The gold middle layer is Cordenons, Stardream Antique Gold.

Well, that is it for today. I hope that this year, 2020, is starting out to be an exciting and creative year for you.

Please stop by again. You never know what you will find me doing, but it will definitely be My Way!

May God Bless You.