Flowers and Updates

Hi Everyone, it’s been awhile. I’ll explain more at the end of the post, but for now I’ll share about this pretty little design using the Hellebores Digital Stamp Set from Power Poppy. In this version I’ve used the image without the vase attached to it because I love the focus on the little arrangement of flowers.

I’ve coloured these flowers up lots of different ways in the past, but I’m not sure if I’ve tried this version with a combination of light yellow-green and pink. For today I’ve coloured with Copics and added in some prismacolour pencils for the background and a bit of the definition.

I’ve framed it up with some pretty paper, a cute layout and some dies. The sequins take on different light depending on which way you turn the card, but it picks up the greens and pinks when you lay it down (below).

Only a bit of twine bow to add some extra green and finish the design.

Now onto the personal update. As some of you know, so very unexpectedly, my beautiful Mama passed away a month ago. This has been heartbreaking to me and to our family as she was such a vibrant part of all of our lives. The same day my Mom died, my Dad had a heart-attack and spent three weeks in the hospital. That pretty much rocked us, and a lot has changed in our life since then. We had a very small Celebration of her life, with masks and social distancing, and we’ve upended our everyday life and moved in with my Dad for the summer to give him some stability as we all discern what’s next. It’s been a very hard month, added onto 2 very hard years with the loss of both of my husband’s parents last fall, and my husband's illnesses and hospitalizations with fungal pneumonia and cancer. We’ve had a lot to process and have had to deal with a lot of heavy layers.

All that to say, I don’t know about creating right now. Sometimes I feel like it and have space (though a simple card seems to take me days), and sometimes I’m just not up to it. So, for right now, I’ll create when I can, and when my heart is in it, and hope you pop in to see me when you can. Creating has been a place of peace and encouragement to me all these years, and I trust that it will be again.

We trust there is healing on the other side of this, but it’s timing and progress is not predictable. I know that if you’ve walked through grief you fully understand this. I’m going to let it take as long as it takes, and hope I emerge from it stronger, more compassionate, deeper and more hopeful. I trusting in the Lord to do that.

Blessings to all of you!

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Flowers and Updates