true friend

A simple card that says a lot.  Now that I live in my hometown (after years of living abroad) I have such an appreciation for true friends, those friends I have known for 20 years who's friendship go so deep.  This morning one of those friends was looking flustered in the street so I picked up her 3 month old and helped her nearly 3 year old out of the street.  After she got off the telephone she shared that her mother has cancer and how did I know that she needed a hand at that very moment?  But, a true friend doesn't need to have a history, sometimes people present themselves in our lives at the right time and you just connect.  So this card is a nod to those friends, both old and new, who I have helped and who, in return, have helped me.  Thank you.  Since I'm getting side tracked and emotional, back on track, the card is based on the CAS-ual Friday sketch.  Because Wee Memories and Simon Says Stamp are having free for all challenges this week I'll also enter this card in those challenges.  

Materials: PTI In Bloom, ribbon from Yvonne, Reflections Rhinestones, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Tim Holtz distress ink worn lipstick, Smooch Spritz Cherry Ice, PTI Kraft card stock, Fiskars corner rounder