Back in the Swim

Get Well Category – Blue Ribbon #2

The text was what turned this layout that was suggestive of a living room arrangement into a Get Well card . . .

Regretfully, I’ve forgotten who blogged a way to do realistic reeds but the process is simple:  take a piece of Kraft cardstock that is long enough to make your reeds.  Score it crosswise at varied intervals.  Lightly scrape an ink pad over it in one or two colors. The scored areas will pick up more color and will look like the natural joints that reeds have.  Cut the panel into very narrow strips and arrange to your liking.

Cardstock    Bazzill Raven, Marcos Jute, Beckett Candlelight, Scrap

Black 

Stamps:       Fiskars brayer Mesh, Fred Mullett Boarfish, Sunfish,

Comotion Indian Pottery

Inks:             Superior India Ink Black. Distress Fired Brick, Peeled Paint

Emb Pwdr:   Judikins Detail Black

Dies:            Family Treasures punch Oval Scallop, Cheery Lynn

Expandable Quilling Strips           

Doo Dads:    Brads Red, Green, Fiber Black