Sending Loving Wishes

Hello again!  I'm so glad you have taken the time to stop by my blog today.  I hope you enjoy the cutie I have for you this time.  The challenge at Saturated Canary is Anything.  I needed to make a special card and this seemed like the perfect time.  The granddaughter of a co-worker of my daughter's boyfriend (can ya follow that??  lol) has cancer.  She is only 13.  I've never met her but when I heard her story I knew I wanted to send her a card.  I've been thinking about what to do for a while.  You probably know how it is.  Your creative fairy has to get everything worked out before you can start the project.  Sometimes I have to let her work it over for a while.  I know if I start without her the project will be a flop.  Finally she had all the details worked out and the card came together with ease  :)

This cutie is called Let It Rain.  If you haven't checked out Krista Smith's sweet illustrations you need to!!  She has some new images in her shop and I know I need a couple  ;)  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils and have to say that this is the first time that I am really happy with her skin color.  I've been really working on the colors and the technique and maybe I have made a breakthrough!  WAHOO!! 

The challenge at Creative Inspirations is Turquoise, Purple and White.  I struggled a little with that because I wasn't quite sure what turquoise was  :)  lol  But I pulled out my Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise stamp pad and found some cardstock to match.  Phew!  The DP is from my stash and had no identification on it.  All I know is its pretty old!  Sorry!  I found a great new challenge blog this week (not sure how I stumbled upon it, but I'm so glad I did!) called Sketch N Stash.  I followed their great sketch (although my circle is a little over-sized) and dug some great stuff out of my stash.  What did I find?  The DP.  The lace.  The ribbons.  The beads.  The feathers.  And the flowers.  (If its been around for over a year its considered "stash", right?)  The only thing completely new is the image.  The rhinestones are fairly new as well.  Everything else is well aged.  lol

I decided to use the same sketch (or most of it) for the inside top panel.  I added the rest of my sentiment there.

The writing panel is pretty simple with just a small background stamp and some stitching.

The back is a little more dressed up this time around  :)

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Anything

Sketch N Stash - Sketch and Use Your Stash

Creative Inspirations - Turquoise, Purple and White

I guess that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle