Monday, May 18

a letter...


My eldest works for the postal service and I couldn’t be prouder in this time of craziness.
Between sending out masks, cards and gifts (for my youngest in quarantine in his group home), I truly appreciate the postal service!
The base card is kraft card stock.
The main piece is watercolor paper that I crumpled then I crumpled and hit the high spots with Distress walnut stain ink.
Next I spritzed the piece then ironed it.
To finish I used a sponge to apply Distress wild honey ink.
I trimmed it down and stamped the image from Penny Black “facebook friends” using Distress Archival ground espresso ink.
I colored the letter with a Copic marker.
This piece I layered to dark brown card stock and applied to the card front.
The sentiment from Penny Black’s “heartfelt” set was stamped with the Distress Archival ink.

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful background and lovely silhouette images. Thank you for joining our 'For boys and Men' challenge at Penny Black and More.

    Kath x

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  2. What a stunning card Arlene - love the background panel you created and those bird are striking
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  3. this is such a brilliant design. Your background looks like old parchment paper. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Penny Black & More.
    Lynn x
    DT

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  4. Great colours and design on a super masculine card, many thanks for sharing and joining in with our 'Men and Boys' theme at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  5. Fab creation, thanks for joining Penny Black & More @ Allsorts challenge, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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