The Ascent

 

 

I knew I wanted to do the Less is More challenge with a strip in the bottom third of the card only. 

I knew that I wanted a flowing watercolor image.

 (thanks to the lovely inspiration from this artist's blog): Bits and Pieces

 

What was strange today is that during my boy's Karate class, I wandered over to the artist shop as I thought I needed masking fluid to do a watercolor card.  My husband went and met his best friend for lunch.

I then wandered over to the local Children's Hospital thrift shop.  Of course I look at the art and stamp supplies.  A lonely stamp caught my eye. A Stampin Up! Sympathy stamp.

I thought, I don't have any like this. I held it. I thought again.. I really do not handle loss well. 

I hope I never use this..and I slowly went to put it back..  my hand hesitated, and I lost focus, as I looked at the shelf above where I was going to put it back..having one of those half second moments where you go to do something and in an instant forget exactly what it was. 

I snap back and realize I am still holding it.

I bought it.

 

Karate goes very well and we head home.  My husband returns home looking a little white and strange.  He proceeds to tell me that his best friend's wife's mother just passed away.

I could not believe it.  I go pale.

 

This card was immediately made for her.

So appropriate to send her something I have made from my heart.  She is the wonderful card maker that started our monthly card club and inspires me to continue to create, for the sake of creating and the love of art.

 

 

Close up:  Watercolor and stamping over clear embossing.

 

 

 

This is actually getting mailed out for a dear friend.

 

The Challenge is:

It's simplicity itself, so to add a little constraint, the card stays in this orientation ie that the band remains in the horizontal plane, in the lower part of the card and that it takes up no more than 1/3rd of the height of the cardbase.

 

 

Supplies:

Watercolor blank notecards and envelope

Pentel Aquash Aquabrush

Lumin Arte Watercolor Twinkling H2o's: Sky Blue, Ocean Wave, Bougainvillea

Stamps: Tim Holtz Artist Visionary Collection

Sentiment: Stampin Up!

Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Wisteria