Doodling Some Thanks

A few months before I began my sketching journey, I started some doodles in a little sketchbook, and read a few books, one being Joanne Fink’s Zenspirations, which belonged to my son-in-law. I’m pretty sure the doodle flowers on the card below were inspired by a drawing in that book, but it was some time ago, and I don’t own the book. The card was sent some time ago as well, but never posted.

After drawing and coloring the flowers, I used Papertrey Ink’s “Wet Paint” to stamp the sentiment. It still seemed to need something so I added a strip of thin Washi tape to the bottom.

Here’s a more traditional floral thank you card created with the W Plus 9 “Fresh Florals” set. I love this set, but have a terrible time getting a design I like. This one is at least version three, maybe version four. The rest hit the trash bin.

I recently purchased some Fresh Snow Linen cardstock from Papertrey Ink after reading rave reviews of it. I love the slight texture, and the fact that you can get a clean stamped image on it. The card is a premade card by Memory Box—another item from a purchase long ago.

We’re off tomorrow morning, very early, to drive to Chicago. We’ll spend a couple of days with Sarah, Adam, and Caleb before flying from Chicago to Calgary, AB. Luckily, Matt lives just a mile from us and will take care of the mail, yard, and watering plants. We’ve been so busy it wasn’t until this week that I had time to get excited about this trip, but I’m really looking forward to it. Glacier National Park and the Canadian Rockies have long been on our bucket list. I’m not sure how much internet time or access I’ll have the rest of the month so you may not see many comments for awhile. I expect to post for Pairs once a week at the very least.