Teresa was incredibly fortunate to marry a man she deeply loved and now is on the incredibly difficult path of learning to live without him since his death. This week the Tea Potters are sending cards of hope and encouragement to Teresa. Our hostess, Jacqueline, reminded us that it's darkest just before the dawn and encouraged us to use an ombre effect on our cards.
I wanted a soft feminine bg so I ink blended with shades of pink. And because I always love to include butterflies on these types of cards, I embossed the bg with a butterfly EF. Stamped, colored and fussy cut the images, which still needed something, so I cut a thin frame from gray cs. I had intended to use grays on the flower and girl but forgot my intention and pulled out the pink COPICs instead. I was glad I did. My pic isn't great, but trust me when I say the light pink flower looks lovely agains that bg. I didn't want to cover too much of the bg so I printed the sentiment onto velum using Birds of Paradise font. It would have looked better if it was printed directly onto the card, but I didn't think I could manage that with the embossed bg so went with Plan B.
The script isn't captured well here, but it says: "Listen to the flowers as they sing of the coming of Spring and the time to bloom anew again." Right now Teresa is in the Winter of her grief, but Spring will come to her again. I hope our many beautiful cards and caring thoughts will remind her of that for now. And, I hope your day is filled with "Spring" as well. TFL
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Tue, Apr 16, 2024 @ 6:21 PM
Gorgeous! The ink-blended BG is fantastic. The soft pink in the flowers, your fussy cutting, and the ef in the BG are all superb. The beautiful sentiment is a stunning finish. Blessings to your friend...
Betty