Flowers, Stripes, and Chevrons

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Flowers, Stripes, and Chevrons

Chevrons and stripes in pretty colors. A bit of embroidery floss and a few small flowers. I like the mix of shapes, textures, and patterns.

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) winter wisteria (light purple), green parakeet (bright green), stamper's select white, and stripes from PTI winter wisteria pattern pack.
The green layer is embossed with Dreamweaver faux cross-stitch stencil screen, as explained here.
Stencil is from PTI modern backgrounds, embossed (as explained here) and sponged with PTI sweet blush (pink), winter wisteria, mint julep (pale green), and green parakeet ink cubes.
Dies are PTI treat box tag and color pop florals. The tag shape is edged with Copic markers V15 and V25.
Embroidery floss is DMC 225.
Flowers are sponged with PTI raspberry fizz (bright pink) and stamped with PTI amethyst allure (purple) and bright buttercup (yellow) ink cubes.
The sentiment "just a note" is from PTI winter woods, stamped with PTI green parakeet ink cube.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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1 comment:

Kim Heggins said...: Sweet card...love your pretty pastel colors and that stitching is such a wonderful look!; May 30, 2016 at 6:12 PM

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Sunday, May 29, 2016