I believe personalized cards can be emotionally healing and a great way to provide encouragement to our loved ones. Here is a card that is fit to do just that.
Today I found some quiet time that allowed me to sit down and play with some inks and came up with this
beauty. I wanted to create a nice soft background and was tempted to try
it with watercolor until I came across the ink daubers that had been sitting a drawer. I don't have much
experience using the daubers but I now see myself using this technique more
frequently. Here I used the daubers to apply the grassy area using Stampin'Up
Certainly Celery (a retired color) and then a VersaMagic
Dewdrop Chalk Sea Breeze. I was a little heavy in spots with the ink and
found it to be a bit difficult to blend the color when that occurred.
Prior
to completing my background I stamped the tree image. The tree is part of Unity Stamp Company’s
Itty Bitty collection, and is called “Pain & Strength.” I then colored the tree using my Spectrum Noir
markers. I am starting to understand the process of blending with these markers
but improvement is being made with each attempt. The sentiment is one of two that is included with
the Pain & Strength stamp set. I stamped the sentiment using my Misti and
Memento Tuexedo Black ink and then restamped it using Versamark. I then coated
it with clear embossing powder and hit it with my heat gun to give it a nice
shiny look.
Once the image was completed I used Jaded Blossom's stitched card mat dies to cut out the card front and then applied it to the front of an A2 sized top fold card that I cut from 110lb cardstock.
