Thinking of You & Anything Goes Challenge

Here to share two cards created for the same friend. One was sent a couple of weeks ago, and the other just yesterday. Around Christmas, she fell and broke her wrist so severely that she still is unable to drive, open her mail, or do many of the ordinary things we take for granted. It’s been a long haul, but she is one of those “glass half full” people who downplays the whole experience.

The first card is a lift from one of the inspiration pieces from the February Simon Says Card Kit.

Everything except the gems in the center of the flowers came from the kit.

The next card is quite unusual for me. I took a variety of art materials to Chicago with me, and one day was playing around with some watercolors. I was also doing some doodling for an art journaling class I was taking, and created these flowers with watercolors on a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper and some Molotow paint markers.

I cut the same “Simply Framed” die I used on one of my recent Project Life cards to cut a black frame and the watercolor piece. Then I cut the new Phrase Play #3 die and used just the “Hello” from it over the watercoloring, and the coordinating “A Warm . . . ” from the accompanying stamp (all Papertrey Ink). Simon Says’ new cardstock, “Audrey Blue,” was the perfect match for the card base.

The Online Card Class: Watercolor began today, and although I watched all three videos, and have multiple ideas percolating in my head, there wasn’t any time at the creating table today. I am linking these cards up to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge “Anything Goes” Challenge, for which I see there are already over 700 entries! There’s no lack of inspiration for card makers on the internet.