Connie Fong Sunflower in Pot

 

Wow, what a beautiful sight,  a field of sunflowers!   The beauty of fall has taken me away this year.  I am purposefully enjoying the vast array of colors.   As everyone has experienced, the past few years have been rough and many are still facing unimaginable hardships, so I don't want to take anything for granted any more!   I was inspired to choose one single sunflower for my card!   When I made today's card for the Inspiration Station Challenge, I had no idea how soon I would use it!   This past Saturday I attended a memorial service for Heather Bruno, a co-worker and a friend from my hospital days. Following her passing there were many facebook posts and in one I learned that her favorite flower was the Sunflower, so I gave this to her son Tyler and his family at the service.   She was a wonderful caring person who made a difference in the life of others.    Today's card for Inspiration Station highlights an image and sentiment from the Sunflower in a Pot digital bundle set  by Connie Fong. A wood with lace paper from Shabby Chic  Flowers created the perfect base for this beautiful flower.   I use this digi paper a good bit, it just works for so many occasions.   I love this farmhouse look. The entire image was printed on watercolor paper and I fussy cut it out, cutting through the leaves to trim it close to stalk, then ran it through my Xyron and attached it to panel.   The stalk was painted with watercolor pencils.  The image was printed a second time on regular white CS and  the individual pieces fussy cut  to pop on top of the bottom image to create depth.   I used Castle Arts soft touch colored pencils.   SU rich razzleberrry sequins complete the look~

Thank you Suzanne Reynolds for inviting me to participate over at Double Trouble...I don't know how you all keep up with all that is going on over there, and I would have posted sooner, but I wasn't sure my card met the requirements.    Again thanks so much, you all ae a great team!          Smiles,  Kathy