Freshly Made Sketches: Praying for You

This is my second post today.  The bright colors

of the color throwdown are just a post away!

I was the guest designer for August at Freshly Made Sketches and guess what?  They couldn't get rid of me!!  I am thrilled to be joining them permanently!!!   It was fun to look back and realize that I actually played along with their very first sketch - here's my post from almost exactly three years ago.  What's really fun is looking at the people who commented - many of them are still on the FMS team.  That says a lot about the quality of the team and the friendships that have formed.  I am so happy to be part of it.
Here's today's sketch.  It was created by Cindy Hall who reminds us that we should feel free to rotate it, flip it and make adjustments to fit our design.

I stuck very close to the design.  I'm afraid you are going to be seeing quite a few sympathy cards from me over the next few weeks.  Sadly, our church card sales rack sympathy section was hit hard last month. Every section is full, except for "sympathy" which is totally empty.  This sketch seemed like a perfect way to create a simple little scene.

I prefer the close-up of my card at the beginning of this post, but of course, that doesn't show the entire sketch.  I had stamped the  leaves on the smaller panel, but the card looked really empty - so I tried layering another stamped leaf underneath.  The close-up picture shows this much better.  This is the Kinda Eclectic set from Stampin' Up (except the sentiment which is from the older set Thoughts and Prayers).  I think it's going to stay on my desk for this marathon of sympathy cards that I need to work on.  The images are soft and gentle - just right for sympathy cards.
I look forward to seeing what you create with this sketch.  It gives a nice, basic framework, but gives you so much flexibility to be creative.

• Stamps: Stampin' Up Kinda Eclectic, Thoughts & Prayers
• Paper: Stampin' Up Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride
• Ink: Stampin' Up Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding
• Accessories: Stampin' Up Butterfly Punch, Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangles, Hemptique Natural 10-lb twine