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This is the cover of a sympathy card for a dear friend of mine who recently lost his wife of over 40 years. This is my first card. Well, in truth my first attempt at anything dealing with scrapbooking or card making. While my career as an artist has lead me down the paths of multimedia and paper arts, I am finding this to be an exciting and new experience. One in which I am learning more and more techniques every day. As an artist I had hit a dead spot. The spark was gone. Making art for those in need of a tender touch is one that has no descriptive words. This has brought back a passion and zeal for art I haven't had in years.

While there are several items used that are bought, most of the primary elements are of my own making; not including the main image. The inspiration for this card came from the central image which was a card in itself before I took the cover off and dressed it up. The size is rather large, standing at 10 x 8 inches. The leaves are several different combinations of velum and copper wire; while the mum's in the left corner are all made from a nude colored vellum in the art of quilling. Everything is covered with different applications of mica (pearl ex) and glitter (Martha Stewart Iridescent Glitter). The Humming birds were scanned into the computer and then cut out by hand, enhanced with Bic markers (fine and ultra fine tips). The nest is made from glue and a beautiful twine I found hidden away in my studio. Hand spiraled silver coated wire (made by Artistic wire, specifically their "buy the dozen" packs) adorns the card through out. The base cardstock is all from the AC winter collection. The beads that make up the eggs are powder blue Czech tear drop beads. Distressing the paper was done with 100p, 150p, and 400p sandpaper. The paper all came from a pack called Tattered and Worn made by the Paper Studio. The gears are silver, gold, copper, and bronze in color.

The inside which is shown in the other pictures is quite detailed. I tend to feel that with most cards, the front is the only area where anything truly interesting happens. So I want there to be as much to see on the inside as on the out. While this project took many hours (and is a simple single fold card) I want the future of my cards to be packed with artful goodies at every corner. Here's to brighter times to come :)


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