I love this image of fireflies or lightning bugs depending on where you live It makes me think of when I was little and my family went to visit my Great Grandma Ruth and Great Grandpa Lige. My brother and sisters and I would try to catch them. We put them in jars and watched them as we fell asleep. To us they were magical because we didn't have any of them in the southwest where we lived. I had almost forgotten the joy of fireflies until my niece came to visit this summer. She is 6 and had never seen fireflies. She was thrilled and so excited to try and catch some. I made this card to send to her to remind her of the joy of simple things. By the way her name is JOY.
I water colored the image and added some details with prisma colored pencils. I also added glitter to the fireflies. I put her name on the side with faux scrabble tiles.
Close up to show the glitter.
I love how you accented the little fireflies! what a precious card with this adorable stamp! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI love your story :) I think it is so wonderful joy and her name are on the card. Very very special <3 Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Love fireflies & anything Phyllis Harris! So cute how you made them illuminated!
ReplyDeleteI like how you made her a dark haired girl. Phyllis Harris stamps are great
ReplyDeleteI love the way you made the sky background with the hint of purple! I haven't ever seen fireflies myself but what a magical scene.
ReplyDeleteMariLynn, I love the way you made your fireflies sparkle!!! This is such a sweet image and beautiful card! We took our kids camping on the Blue Ridge Pkwy one year and I have never seen anything like those fireflies. Thousands of them glowing like snow falling from the sky. Sadly they were too young to remember but I won't ever forget it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a delightful card!!
ReplyDeleteVery cute card. I like how you have been coloring all of your cards :)
ReplyDeleteYour card is just delightful! I've only seen fireflies once - when we visited an Aunt up in Pennsylvania. It was fun trying to catch them.
ReplyDeleteso cute! I love that little firefly girl stamp. great idea to add the glitter to it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, as always! I love how you did the fireflies! Awesome job! I love the McGyver!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have them here in Colorado, but I loved catching lightning bugs in Ohio growing up. We had so much fun. This is beautifully watercolored and I love the bit of glitter on the fireflies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your story! I love the glittered fireflies!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card MariLynn - love that you could use your niece's name on the card. We don't have fireflies here, but we do have glowworms :-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Maxine
What a cute image. Love this card. Hugz
ReplyDeleteThat's really clever with the glitter
ReplyDeleteVery cute. I have fond memories of catching fireflies as a kid too.
ReplyDeleteThe set makes me smile. I still love catching fire flies even at almost 50 years old :).
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