With Sympathy

Hello and happy Saturday!

Every now and then we all need a Sympathy card.  They aren't fun or uplifting but they're necessary.  I wound up needing two or them within two days.  My former co-worker lost his dad at 99 so he was pretty fortunate.  My sister who is in her early 40's lost one of her best friends yesterday so that one was a little rougher.  Either way, I needed two cards quickly so I doubled up on this one.

I used LARGE DOGWOOD from I Brake for Stamps.

I also used a verse from EVERY DAY PHRASES.

I used water colors to paint the flowers and water color pencils on the leaves and branches where I wanted a little more control.

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I Brake For Dogwoods!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a get well card with you.

I used a beautiful new image I got from I Brake For Stamps.

It's called LARGE DOGWOOD.

I also finally got brave enough to try out the new

 BISTER stains IBFS is offering.  I've been putting it off because I was so unsure about how to use them and if I'd be able to pull it off.  I did a small 2" sample to practice and almost instantly decided you really can't screw it up!  There's no wrong way for it to turn out.  I used the blue and yellow on my card this time.  It was so easy.  All I did was mist my paper with water, drop a couple of specks of the powders onto the paper.  I then just picked it up and tilted it this way and that until the entire thing was covered. After the paper was completely dry I stamped the image and verse which is from

EVERY DAY PHRASES. 

I then colored in the flowers with Copic markers until they stood out a bit from the background.

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