With Sympathy

A friend of my parents' (who actually was a cousin to my grandma, but my mom never knew him until about ten years ago) passed away last week.  Vic and his wife Edna wintered in Arizona, not too far from where my folks stay when they are there, and they became good friends after being introduced by another family member.

Since Vic and Edna have been life-long farmers, I decided to use this tractor image by Oxford Impressions as my focal image.  I heat-embossed it in black on a patterned paper by DCWV.  The embossed birds were already on the green paper which is from the same paper stack.  I thought it made a fitting background for the tractor and for this particular card.

I hope you're having a grand weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Dark brown cardstock by Bazzill; soft suede cardstock from Stampin' Up; patterned papers by DCWV; tractor image by Oxford Impressions; Versamark ink; black embossing powder; frayed burlap distress ink; Martha Stewart border punch; corner rounder punch; pop-dots.

25 26 Penny Farthing - ATC

I created this card for an ATC swap.  The theme is still life and I considered doing something more traditional (a group of pears, a vase on a table, etc.), but I just wasn't feeling it.  So I dug through my stamps and supplies looking for other inanimate objects to inspire me, and eventually settled on this vintage bicycle. 

The background started with a faux vintage postcard from a DCWV paper stack.  I added the red patterned paper and stamped on the handwriting before using an old credit card to swipe on some white acrylic paint.

The vintage bicycle (called a penny farthing, I just learned tonight) and the yard stick images are rub-ons.  I used distress inks and black acrylic paint around the edges for additional color and aging.

Thanks for dropping by!  Have a  wonderful day.

Supplies:
Cardstock ATC base; faux vintage postcard from DCWV Timeless Type Stack; red patterned paper from my scrap bin; French Post stamp by Hero Arts; splatter pattern stamp by All Night Media; Ranger Archival black ink; frayed burlap and crushed olive distress ink; bicycle rub-on from Michaels; yard stick rub-on by 7 Gypsies; Adirondack black acrylic paint dabber.