Friday, September 2, 2016

Retirement

A friend of mine recently retired, and this is the card we will be giving her.

The image stamp and the sentiment stamp are both from Repeat Impressions. I stamped the image with Memento black ink. I colored with Copic markers, then I carefully trimmed it down. I cut a piece of green cardstock to mat the square part of the image and left the butterfly unmatted. I added some shimmer to the flowers and butterfly with a Wink of Stella brush. I mounted the entire panel on foam squares.

I'm submitting this to the Repeat Impressions challenge, which this week is "Anything Goes."

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

10 comments:

Cheri said...

Your friend is going to love this card, Lynette. Your coloring is fabulous and a perfect chioce of stamps for the occasion. Hope all is well....miss you being on the RI team, but love to see your entries in our challenges. Thanks for playing along in this ATG challenge at The House. Hugs.

Heartwarmers from Vicki said...

That is really a great image and colored beautifully! Love that sentiment, too........an uplifting message.

Leslie Miller said...

Beautiful, beautiful flowers and butterfly! Love how the butterfly floats out of the image. Love that sentiment, which is so perfect for retirement. It would be great for a wedding, too. Your friend will love this. Hey, I'm excited for her. Retirement is the BEST!

Patti J said...

Hey you!!! It's SO good to see you here, Lynette! Love your beautiful card - so nice to see Repeat Impressions' stamps in our challenge! Thanks for joining us at The House that Stamps Built

Glittered Paws said...

Your friend will love her retirement card. I love this image and it is colored so beautifully. Thanks for joining us at The House that Cards Built this week. Shirley H.

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

Such a lovely and kind gesture! This is a beautiful card! Love the way the words came out!

Unknown said...

I think all the other posts have said it...but I will say it again, "beautiful!"

Laurie Unger said...

What a wonderful card. Thanks for joining us over at The House That Stamps Built.

Joan said...

A beautiful card. I love the butterfly 'flying' out of the frame. I had never heard of Repeat Impressions. They have some great, original images. Thanks for introducing me to a new stamp company.

Heather said...

Simple, but, oh so beautiful!! This is one of my favorite sentiments from RI and I think it works perfectly for a retirement card! I would never have thought of it, thanks for the idea! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.