I made this card for this week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge. Jen is our hostess this week and she chose a wonderful challenge called, "Just in Case." We are making a card for a fellow SCSer Chris's (Chrissyd723) MIL, so we are asked to case a card from Chris's gallery. I had so much fun going through Chris's gallery. I finally chose this card to case of Chris's because I like the swing-fold design: TWIST JOY TO THE LORD SIDE ONE by Chrissyd723 at Splitcoaststampers. I ended up not going with a swing-fold card design, but this has a similar look and feel to Chris's card. Chris's MIL likes peach and sage green so that helped determine the colors of this card. The vase is a multi-step stamp, but I just used the very base layer, stamped it off twice, then stamped it so I just had a shadow of color to work with. Then I used copic marker C-3 to swipe color across the vase from side to side. I was going for a rustic pottery look here. The flowers are 2-step stamping, then I added a dot of Y13 copic marker to the flower centers. I also added clear wink of stella to the flower centers for some added sparkle and shine. The woodgrain is stamped on the cardstock. I really thought this particular sentiment was especially important for Chris's MIL to keep her going during this difficult time because it is so important to celebrate life, even when it is hard. The inside sentiment is one of my favorites from Precious Kitty Stamps (preciouskittyscreations.blogspot.com) that says, " Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the still, quiet voice at the end of the day that says we will try again tomorrow.
I am also entering this card into the Alphabet Challenge for the letter L for lace doily. My thoughts and prayers were with Sandy as I was making this card and she will continue to be in my prayers. Thanks for looking today! ~Karen.
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 GMT Views: 1022
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131950
Thu, May 23, 2019 @ 12:32 PM
Love that vase - it really does have a thrown pottery look. The first pottery I remember making wasn't the normal red clay at all, it was a grey one which my dad dug out of a cliff somewhere. Lovely use of Sandy's favourite colours, and an upbeat sentiment to encourage her. No matter how hard things are, there are always the little things to celebrate.
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 60273
Thu, May 23, 2019 @ 10:57 PM
great case from Chrissy's card, I love your sweet soft colors and the pretty vase with flowers, I agree with you sometimes it's even better to wait the day after to start again!!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28924
Mon, May 27, 2019 @ 6:33 AM
Karen this is soooo beautiful!!! I love those soft colors together, and your coloring is perfect!! I also love the way you laid out your card. BEAUTIFUL!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Wed, Jun 05, 2019 @ 12:59 AM
Just lovely....such soft pretty colours and design. Tfs. Happy day
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