Cari's Card

My daughter moved to Denver this past spring

to follow her dream.

She is now the charge nurse at the

University of Colorado Medical Center

Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.

While I miss her terribly, I am

thrilled that she has been able to advance

in a profession that she has wanted since she was 5 years old.

I send Cari cards because I love her.

Her dedication to high nursing standards

inspires me to be all that I can be as an artist.

To not settle for just good enough,

but to strive continually for the absolute best.

This card was placed in the mail box this morning

and is on it's way to brighten Cari's day and remind her

that we love her and miss her.

The butterfly (Whispers, Sugarloaf Productions)

is embossed in fineline gold and painted

with Twinkling H2o's.

The fine floral flourish is stamped in black,

while the two bolder flourishes are stamped in

various Distressed Inks (Ranger).

I then swirled the orange, yellow and

mahogany Distressed Inks

around the edges, getting darker towards the outer portion.

The final touch was a "burn" of black sponged on the

the very very outer edge.