Monday, January 2, 2012

A friend who knows the song in your heart

Today's inspiration from The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #95 has trees, birds, owls, butterflies, quilts, all things that I love. They call it "Time Flies."



At first I thought I'd use one of my clock stamps somewhere. Then I looked at my cute owl and branch stamps, but something else began to take shape when I saw my bird stamp with one of my favorite sentiments. I thought about how it takes a long time to grow a really good friend like the ones I have. I know that when things are tough, like when I lost my mom, my friends knew just the right things to say and do to get me through the sadness. So I made this card in honor of them. I hope I can sing their heart songs back to them when they need it.


I used this great sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge #63.


I used Basic Grey's "Sweet Threads" papers that looked like quilt patterns and a yellow gingham scrap I had out. They photographed a little darker and brighter but the colors are like the ones in the inspiration photo.   I replaced their scallops with pink lattice ribbon that reminded me of a lattice supporting blue morning glories I once had in my butterfly garden. I inked the bird with CTMH Twilight ink and used tissue dabbed in Chocolate ink on the wings and tail, one of my favorite, simple techniques.

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6 comments:

Barb King said...

I love this card. That's a beautiful bird!

Barb King said...

I love this card. That's a beautiful bird!

SandeeNC said...

beautiful card, especially love the sentiment!

~Tammy~ said...

That sentiment is just wonderful and this really shows a close friend how much they mean.

Debi said...

Your card is very lovely. Thank you for playing along with the Papertake Weekly challenge.

Melissa Bove said...

Beautiful card! Love your choice of papers!!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at The Shabby Tea Room!

Hugs...
Melissa