Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Art Impressions Thinking of You

As are most of my cards, this one is for Operation Write Home. I often think about the children of our deployed service men and women, and imagine how hard it must be to have their mom or dad gone for months or years and not really understanding why. This little guy made me think about that yet again and inspired this card.



I don't typically do scenics, not that I don't like them, but I don't feel I can do them justice. But this stamp from the Front & Back line at Art Impressions just spoke to me and I had to give it a try.  After stamping the little fella, I colored him with Copics, then cut him out. I then stamped the fence on white card stock and colored it with Copics too.

It seemed like the little guy should be looking at something, so I found a tree stamp from PaperTrey's Through the Trees, and stamped it behind the fence (after masking off the fence ).  Then on a whim I decided to sponge the sky and the grass. A few grass sprigs were stamped for good measure.  Then I popped the boy up on dimensionals, matted the scene with chocolate card stock and adhered it to a yellow card base.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece of ivory stock in chocolate, then I cut the flag end with the edge of a square punch and added it to the scene with dimensionals too.

I hope it captures the heart of some deployed mom or dad who wants to let their guy know they think of him often. And I hope they let him know he's a little hero too.

11 comments:

  1. What can I say. All the details and all the work. It just doesn't get any better than this. I would have a hard time parting with this card. Well done. The card is exquisite. I hope you enjoyed making it as much as I enjoyed reading about it.

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  2. I hope this doesn't post twice- I just wanted to let you know that this card will be a treasure to whoever sends and receives it.

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  3. WOW!! Fantastic job; I LOVE it!! It has such depth to it and your coloring is SUPER DUPER!!! TFS

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  4. Super fantastic!!! Love how lush and real this feels.

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  5. Great card, as always...but I think you should have put black hair so he looks like Finn hanging over your fence! Some deployed soldier will really appreciate this one!

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  6. I love what you did! Outside your comfort zone? You must be kidding! It's beautiful. I love the 3-D look and the way you have a background (tree), mid ground (fence) and foreground (boy) so clearly defined. It just pops! I'm sure the troops will be fighting for this one when their box arrives.

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  7. You've crafted a beautiful treasure.

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  8. You are a true artist. Do you have a stamp of a little girl too?

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  9. WOW! The coloring job on this is amazing! You have an excellent eye for detail and color. Like the other comments have stated, somebody is definitely going to enjoy sending and receiving this treasure.

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  10. Wow!! What a fabulous job! Someone will surely treasure this!!

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  11. Beautiful card....I love it. Thank you for joining us at Art Impressions this week.

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