Sympathy Card with Stamplorations

 I've been down and out for what seems like FOREVER, although, it's only been a week, due to pneumonia.  Today, I finally dragged myself back to work.  It was the first day of not wheezing and actually beginning to feel slightly better, so I thought I'd take it easy, go in late and try and get back into the swing of things.

Unfortunately, I had the need to make a sympathy card for the family of friend, and  put this stamp set that I'd had for awhile, to use.  I'd been meaning to ink it up, but as a busy crafter, sometimes other projects take precedence, however, today I'm remedying the situation.

 

The set is from Stamplorations and called "Lotus Love" from Dee's Artsy Impressions line.  I also used the Stamplorations Honeycomb Delight stencil as well.  The lotus was colored with Tombow dual brush markers, highlighted with a white gel pen.  I used various distress inks for the lily pad, pond, and stenciling.

I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share for Kathy Racoosin's #thedailymarker30day challenge that began Feb. 1st as well, over at The Daily Marker.  Color a little something every day, just 5 minutes.  I hope to find the time to participate daily.

Also linking to:

Stamplorations Anything Goes Never Ending Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

Simon Says Stamp January Work It Wednesday Challenge

Additional supplies:

Coredinations A2 card

Bristol Strathmore Watercolor paper

Hero Arts Green Ombre ink

Ranger Distress Ink

Ranger black archival ink

Basic Grey enamel dots

May Arts Ribbon

Popsicle stick

Thermoweb glue lines

Xyron adhesive runner

Basic Grey cardstock

#stamplorations #lotuslove #thedailymarker #sympathy #card #stencil #mayartsribbon #ribbonresource