Thinking of you

I made this card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

My brother-in-law was in the Navy and was on one of the ships during the Vietnam war.
Sadly, he passed away in September 2019 at the age of 70. He was only 9 days away from his 71st birthday.
When I saw the layout design for this weeks challenge, I instantly thought that this kind of card would be perfect with the layout design.
My husband and I both miss Mario. He used to call us every night around the same time every night just to say hi and see how we are doing. And he would come over to visit at least once a week. We miss the phone calls and the visits. I was thinking about Mario when I made this card, which is why it says "thinking of you". RIP dear brother!! We love you!!

The supplies I used are :
Woodgrain Neutral paper pack
Anchor Stamp and cut Set
Anchor hand punch ( 2 tiny anchors )
Anchor craft ribbon,
Hemp cord
Stitched Circle Die cut

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. I hope you like my card.
I also hope you all are doing well and are staying safe.

Just saying hello

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The layout design for this card is from this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

The picture that I chose to use is a clear stamp. I stamped it on with a light blue ink from StudioG and then I used colored pencils to color it in.

For the sky, I used oil pastels. The ocean water is oil pastels as well.

I used a yellow copic marker for the sun.

The little anchors on the side is a little hand punch. I decided to use little anchors instead of bow with the baker's twine.

The sentiment is from Fiskars Essential Sayings clear stamp set.

I hope you like my card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Missing you

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This one is a 5x7 inch card.

I used oil pastels to color the sky, which didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to. But that's ok.

After stamping on the sailboat with a light blue ink from StudioG, I used a red and light pale pink copic marker to color it in.

For the ocean, I put some ink on a clear block that's used for clear stamps and then I used a small paint brush to brush on the blue for the water. 

Then I stamped on the birds, added the ribbon, pearls, and small anchors and sentiment to complete my card.

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You're my anchor

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This layout design is from this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

The supplies I used are :

White cardstock,

Anchor embossing folder,

Anchor stamp and cut,

Ribbon messages die,

Scalloped heart,

Heart gems.

I don't have any sentiment stamps for an anchor sentiment ,so I had to write it on the ribbon die myself. I struggled for over an hour trying to put some hemp cord around the scalloped heart and anchor to make it look like a rope around the heart and anchor, but I couldn't seem to get it to look the way I wanted it to, so I left it off and just went with a piece of hemp on the top of the anchor instead.

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