I looked up symbols of caring, and once I read shepherd's crook, I knew I would use this stamp.
Side story, years and years ago a really good friend with cystic fibrosis asked DH to sing at her wedding. He really felt he should sing Keith Greene's version of this psalm, and suggested it to her. She dismissed it as "a funeral song", but we found a quiet corner in one of the hospital corridors and he sang it to her and she loved it and did indeed have it for a solo at her wedding.
I gessoed my music page a couple of times, then stamped and heat-embossed the image. Initially I used blue and green gelatis through a stencil, but didn't like how it turned out so I used a wetwipe and smudged the colours in. I added some texture to the foreground with a glitter paste through a stencil. Gold pen edging and stars, and white Enamel Accents to give the sheep clean fleeces.
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Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 15259
Tue, Oct 03, 2023 @ 1:09 AM
That is one fantastic stamp and so is the bg you created for it. I loved reading that you what you didn't like at first you keep going til you created this beauty. And I loved your side story. Beautiful card. Beautiful story. Hugs.
Registered: March 8, 2005 Location: Halfway between Dallas and Houston Posts: 24020
Wed, Oct 04, 2023 @ 8:20 PM
That is an awesome stamp. Your background is wonderful and I am having a giggle at enameled sheep fleece. I can just imagine what a hard shell they would have with a coat of enamel. But I do agree sheep should have clean fleeces.
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40391
Wed, Oct 04, 2023 @ 11:37 PM
This Psalm is very dear to me, Sabrina, and so lovely to see it here with the music sheet bg! The blue & green blending looks wonderful as does the gold embellishments!
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