I have been feeling stunned and sad by what is happening in the Ukraine. I've been seeing lots of blue and yellow cards, sunflower cards etc all over social media. And lots of crafting companies and people have been giving away lovely digital designs or selling them to provide funds to assist the people of Ukraine. I saw a beautiful design that Marcella Hawley from Power Poppy was giving away. It is just gorgeous so I got it to make a card to show my support. Marcella has 4 free designs to chose from.
One of the things I like about digital images is that you can change the size, orientation or just use parts of the image, which is what I did here. I printed the image with only part of the image and then used a technique I saw Yana Smakula did on one of her
Yippee for Yana posts, Yana lives in the Ukraine and designs for Simon Says Stamp. Her technique for colouring is so nice and easy and it really looks amazing. I used a variety of alcohol markers to colour the flowers and vase. I wasn't sure for a while what sentiment to add. Then I remembered an older Hero Arts stamp and die set - Peace. I die cut the Peace from grey card and white card to layer up together. Stamped the little sub-sentiment above the die cut.
I haven't used my Alcohol markers for a while so was pleased with my results. I continue to pray for the Ukrainian people.
