Saturday, August 13, 2016

Miracles



I truly believe in miracles. For one thing how can you not wake up in the morning and find the dawning of a new day a miracle. I am celebrating a small but long prayed for miracle today. For those who know me or have followed my blog, you all know that my muse is Pinkie my sweet calico kitty. She spends her days hanging with me in my studio inspiring me to create. 


Poor Pinks has been pretty sick over the last month or so. Not unexpected I suppose in a 16 year old girl. She has been quite a trooper through, hospilizations, IVs, sticks, xrays etc etc. She is on multiple medications and the poor thing has been not eating and losing weight. 

Yesterday morning after yet another visit to the vet, a small miracle happened and Miss Pinkie woke me up asking for food. She scarfed down a small bowl and cooperatively took her meds.  I tried not be to excited until I awoke this morning and she was waiting for me in the studio asking to eat. She is now a member of the clean bowl club!


In honor of this small miracle, I created this card using a fav sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.


I die cut an old die from Memory Box and lightly traced the flowers onto the water color paper. I then just created a watercolor wash just trying to stay within the confines of the image. When I was happy with the water-coloring, I adhered the  die cut and stamped the sentiment. 


I am submitting this card to three challenges:

My old teamies at Just Us Girls are hosting a watercolor challenge:


Just Add Ink inspired my flower colors:


Muse has a card by Tracy McNeely.  Her colors and flowery card inspired mine:

I hope you all find miracles every day!

10 comments:

Ardyth said...

Beautifully done! Love the soft colours and the outline from the die cut! Glad to hear that Pinkie is feeling better, too! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

Nikki Spencer said...

What a dreamy creation Sue. The soft watercolours and diecut overlay look fabulous! Great take on this weeks Just Add Ink challenge. Thanks for sharing.

Marilyn said...

Beautiful card. What a neat kitty you have.

Tracey McNeely said...

Such a beautiful card Sue, love the pretty die cut! So glad to hear your Pinkie is feeling better, hope she stays on track. Thank you for sharing with us at Muse this week!

Ina G said...

WOW! Sue what a great idea to watercolour behind a die. Beautiful colour combination and big sentiment. What a wonderful miracle you have experienced. So lovely to see you again at JUGS. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card and little miracle.

Christine Blain said...

The watercoloured background looks so beautiful behind the die cut piece, Sue. Thanks for entering your gorgeous card in our challenge at Just Add Ink this week!

RitaR said...

Rejoicing with you in answered prayers for Miss Pinkie! She is s-o-o-o sweet and adorable and I'm so glad to know she's feeling so much better. Your card is lovely and a perfect way to celebrate Pinkie's recovery!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

This is gorgeous! I love how you watercolored behind the die cut, brilliant. So glad to hear that your kitty appears to be on the mend. Thanks for playing with us at JUGS!

Anonymous said...

Very pretty die cut and a lovely way to colour it too - I love the water colour look. Chantell JAI

Tina said...

WOW, your card is stunning! I love the way you 'married' the watercolouring and the die cut. Just beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at Just Add Ink.