A friend of mine recently shared some disheartening news about her husband's health, and it was just the time for one of these cards.
I started this project with another pattern of the Color Me Resist paper from Paper Wishes ; they have so many beautiful options now. And since acquiring a whole lot of Spectrum Noir markers, also available from Paper Wishes , I was anxious to try them out on this paper and see if they were as magical as they seemed they might be. They worked like a charm! The markers blend so beautifully, and there are sets of colors in various shades and hues of the same color that really make blending a cinch! You need to work with the Spectrum Noir markers while they are still wet, otherwise they don't blend the same way, which is why the outline of the leaves is a bit pronounced and unblended. Of course, my friend didn't know that until now!
To finish off the front I added some simple ribbon stripes, the tag accented with dots of my favorite glaze markers and a bow.
On the inside I used peachy vellum, with more simple ribbon stripes. I printed the tag from an art program of mine and used a Martha Stewart border punch to create its decorative edge, and a few more dots with my favorite glaze markers. And by now you probably know that the butterfly is also a Martha Stewart punch accented with her glitter. Good guess!
And voila! Off in the mail it went.
