Patriotic Sympathy

Hello crafty friends.

Taking a little break from Fall and Halloween to make two sympathy cards for the recent loss of a soldier.  He was assigned to the US/Mexico border and contracted Covid.  Young, healthy, and with many dreams of a fabulous future.  So sad.

I wanted to do a patrotic card as he died while on assignment and the family is so proud of his miltary service.  

I started with tea bags that had been brewed, dried, emptied, and placed on paper with gesso.  Then I used water color paint to paint loose stripes.  After the paint dried, I stamped on the Silhouette Soldiers and Brush In Deepest Sympathy. 

The first one was only lightly distressed and had Stickles added in the blue for the feeling of stars. 

The next one was more deeply distressed and had more wrinkles from the tea bags. 

This idea would work well for Veteran's Day which is just around the corner (November 11th) and celebrated by many countries to honor their Veterans. 

Hope you are having a wonderful and crafty week!

Hugz,

Nancy

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