Butterfly with Vellum on Aqua

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Butterfly with Vellum on Aqua

I've been making a variety of sympathy cards lately - fortunately it's not because I need them! But I always like to have some available, and also, our senior center asked if I would make some for them to use.

Though it's a sad time whenever I need to send a sympathy card, I do enjoy the process of creating designs with a calm and peaceful feeling. Today's card has a nice mix of patterns and textures in monochromatic aqua and muted teal colors.

Card details:

Card stock is Paper Source pool (aqua) and Papertrey Ink (PTI) ocean tides (muted teal) and stamper's select vellum.
Patterned paper is a bitty dot print from PTI ocean tides pattern pack (tone-on-tone prints - retired) and an aqua grid print from PTI pretty pastels 8 x 8" pad (retired).
Embossing folder is Darice plaid.
Dies are from PTI life is beautiful.
The flourish is from PTI holiday photo finishers (retired) - a kind gift from Vicki (thank you!) - and the sentiment "with sympathy" is from PTI keep it simple: sympathy, both stamped with PTI ocean tides ink cube.

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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.

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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.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018