Wild Flowers and Butterflies on a Card

        The heat wave finally broke yesterday and we were able to turn off the A/C and open the windows. It’s a beautiful day here today but it may be hot again by Thursday.

        Joe had an excellent physiotherapist come to the house to help him recover from his stroke. She gave him exercises to do that helped so much he can now walk without a cane even…he holds the cane though in case he needs it. She was so pleasant, helpful and nice I decided to make a special thank you card for her. Her last visit was last Friday and I just got it finished in time. I actually made three and gave Joe the right to pick the one he liked the best. This is the one he picked.

 

         The background started out as white cardstock and I sponged various Distress Inks around it and then splattered it with water to get those lovely speckles. The wild flowers were die cut out of black cardstock. I laid them on the card and decided it needed something else. So the stitched frame was die cut out of white cardstock and I sponged the same inks in roughly the same position as the base and once again sprinkled it with water. Then it was glued on which just gave it that wee bit of dimension that was missing. A couple of the wild flowers were tucked behind the frame and one on top of the frame. Then the sentiment was die cut and glued on. After looking at it for awhile I decided it needed something else so two die cut butterflies were added. It was then glued to a purple card base. Hope she liked it.

        That’s all for a lovely Monday, July 22, 2019. I’ll be back on Wednesday with another card. In the meantime, don’t forget to pass on a smile to a stranger….it may be the only smile they get all day! Smiles are free, pass them on whenever you can!

        Cheers

Violet

PS: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply hover over the image until the ‘Pin It” symbol appears and then click…it sometimes take a few seconds. This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.