I was inspired to make this card when the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge mentioned creating with your pets.
This card is in honor of one of my childhood pets, Zavier, who along with his friend Zara was a cheerful sweet prescence in our house.
I used the WPlus9 "New Day" stamp set then altered it a little (larger beak, mainly) to look more like a finch. The image was coloured with the Derwent Inktense - mainly Payne's Grey and Chinese Ink, but also Saddle Brown, Cherry, Burnt Orange, Sun Yellow, Dark Chocolate, and Spring Green. A lot of the colours in the image needed to be layered/mixed as I was making do with my small set of pencils.
This is only my second try with these pencils and I was very happy with the outcome
The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn "Blissful Botanicals", stamped in Versafine.