The empty chair

It is time for another challenge over at Crafts Galore Encore and this month our sponsor is Beccy's Place and the winner will get one free set of digital stamps.

I chose to work with the rocker from the Gran's Chair set. My concept changed from choice to implementation and so the card became a sympathy card. While coloring the basket I thought the empty chair lent itself well in that direction.

I colored the hat and the basket of flowers with my Prismacolor colored pencils. But I colored the chair with metallic gel pens. In real life the chair sparkles, just as memories of that special person that once sat in it would.

I trimmed the panel down and cut the bottom at an angle with a edge die. The sentiments are from the Stampabilities Card Phrases and the Power Poppy Daffodils stampsets. I stamped them in Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder.

I adhered the panel to a card panel cut from patterned paper that I had in my stash and adhered that in turn to my cardbase.

This card won a Highly Commended award over at the World Wide Open Design Team Challenge blog.

General supplies:

Strathmore Paint Pad paper

Reflections 110lb heavyweight cardstock for card base

Beccy's Place Gran's Chair digital stamp

Prismacolor pencils

Gold and copper metallic gel pens

Versamark Ink

Gold embossing powder

Patterned paper from stash

Edge dies from my stash

Stampabilities Card Phrases stampset

Power Poppy Daffodils stampset

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