Made with love for Laura in her favourite colour, purple.

 This stunning stamp is now available at Unity Stamp Co. and I decided to colour it up with my distress watercolour pencils.

 I made up several of these cards for my good friend's family. I used her favourite colour for the rose. It made me think of a song we both learned to play on the piano growing up called, The Rose. 

 I have been wanting to try out some ink smooshing with acetate and distress inks so I took the opportunity to try it to make up some sympathy cards.

 I love sunflowers and so when I saw this stunning image put out by Studio Katia this spring in support of Ukraine, I just couldn't wait to paint it.

 Sadly, I have needed quite a few sympathy cards this month. I have also been needing to make up a batch of plantable sympathy cards to send up to Fullfill, so I made up a batch up these. I pulled out the Budding Beauties Summer set from The Greetery and chose the peony sprig.

I couldn't decide whether I wanted this design to be on cardstock or plantable paper so I decided to make up both! I wanted to replenish my stash of sympathy cards and wanted a design that could be used for all seasons.

 This time of year I am often thinking of a very special lady in my life and I wish she was still here with us. To honour her this year I made a couple of plantable tags to give to my Mom and one of my Aunts who lives in town. My Grandma loved yellow roses so I thought it would be fitting to create these tags with those being the feature.

How do you make a card for someone who has lost their precious, beautiful, wanted and loved baby? Sadly, I guess I might have a better idea than many, but it still leaves me a bit breathless. I chose a daisy from The Greetery for this plantable sympathy card. In some cultures, the daisy flower is given to grieving parents. Daisies can symbolize innocence and purity. I purposely left this card blank and without sentiment so that the sender could add their own personal message.