Although the weather is certainly turning more fall like, I am not yet ready for making fall style cards. The moodboard at DD is all about fall or harvest, but I was more inspired by the colours rather than the images. The die used here is new from Kokorosa and I had been wanting to try it out for a while.

To begin with I took some CS and using a plastic sheet, I added my first colour, spritzed it and then applied to the CS. I dried between each ink. I was puzzled at first because I couldn’t understand why the paper was showing shimmer. I thought perhaps it was some residue from the plastic sheet but by the final application of colour I realized that I had grabbed the shimmer spray instead of my water. I guess its what you would call a happy accident as it looks pretty good in RL, although the photo doesn’t show it much. I also hadn’t realized that the die had a deer image cut into the centre so I backed it with a small piece of CS so it shows up more. I used some shiny gold CS and a Spellbinders EF for the background piece. Another accident as I had the folder the wrong way so it is the debossed side that shows up. Once the layer was added to the card front I added the leaf on top. I think perhaps I should have chosen a more muted background as the gold shine overpowers the die cut image a bit, especially if held under strong lights. The photo shows some green on the gold piece. It isn’t there in reality, but I guess there was some shadow or reflection during the taking of the photo that affected it in some way. The sentiment is from an MFT set.

The card is intended for my friend as she goes through her cancer journey. Chemo began on Monday and I’m sending one card per week as she moves ahead with the treatments. Mistakes or not, she will love it and she also loves the fact that I am in constant contact. Fortunately her two adult sons are very much involved in the journey so she is not alone and is supported with love. We cannot do the journey for her, but we can be present along the way.

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