Pink Cat Digi Studio Release and a Tree for Henry

This week has been a very sad one as DT member Sarah Anderson’s 3 year old son Henry passed away. Little Henry was unable to overcome a virus that made him ill last week.

I am in shock to hear this news and my heart goes out to Sarah and her family at this very sad time. I wanted to share a poem with you that has brought me comfort when I am grieving.

Do not stand at my grave and weep;

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there. I did not die.

Lorie Ames has organized a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree. If you would like to donate towards the tree, please visit this webpage to purchase the digi stamp: http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/DigiStamps/Animals/Zoo/GiraffeAndMonkey.htm

Another way to donate to the memorial is to print out this form and mail in your donation directly: http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/Parks/PDF/MemorialTreePamphlet.pdf

Please write on the form that the donation is for Sarah Anderson’s son Henry. Once all of the money is collected, a tree and location will be selected. If you have questions about the form please contact Lorie Ames. Lorie will be in contact with Sarah along this memorial journey to ensure that her wishes are followed.
To contact Lorie, please visit her blog at http://www.live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/

If you don’t know Sarah and would like to learn more about her, please visit her blog: http://scrampinmama.blogspot.com/

Thank you for your help to raise money for a tree for Henry.

This is the card I created in Henry's Memory

Polar Bear Billy is an image that took my breath away as soon as I saw it. I had seen a very cool card on Splitcoaststampers that had a background very similar to this one. I did a search for it so I could give the artist that inspired me credit, but I couldn't find it. If you are my inspiration, please leave a comment and I would love to edit my post to reflect your creativity.

To Do this card, I Punched a 13/4" Circle to mask out a moon. In addition, I tore a piece of paper to mask out the snow banks. I used a grey blue dye ink applied with a brayer onto matte cardstock. After getting an even layer of blue, I shifted the papers down slightly and sponged on some taupe coloured ink. Masks were moved and ink sponged to create an additional snowbank. I added glitter to the top of the snowbanks to highlight them. Billy is coloured in Copics. I wanted to give him an Inuit Skin tone and in real life, it is close, however I had difficulty reducing the orange look of his skin in the photograph.

Below, you will see all the fun images that are being released this week! In addition to the Polar Bear and Cupcake Images, Itty Bitty Christmas has gone Digital! Head on over to Pink Cat Studio to get some free sentiments along with these new Digital Images!

Until next time...........

*****Vicki~~~~~