Altenew Academy Level 2: In The Mood For Color

                         SYMPATHY

The mood that I chose to represent is "sympathy". I used Yellow for the main color even though yellow

is thought to represent, energy, cheer, and optimism.

When I was in grade school my mother told me of having watched a movie about someone who had died and a loved one visiting her grave noticed yellow butterflies flitting around the gravesite. I don't remember how the person knew that the butterflies were there for the loved one, but they did.

This story seemed so important to my mother that I wrote a little song for her. (VERY LITTLE)

                                      " Pretty yellow butterfly

                                         Sing to me a lullaby

                                        Pretty yellow butterfly

                                         Come along with me"

This memory is so special to me and, although it is about death, it is also about love and hope. And a special memory between me and my mother, who always loved my sister best! (if you are old enough to remember this notion from the Smother's Brothers show)

 

I was excited to use my Altenew "Painted Butterflies" stamp set as it is one of my favorites. To color them I used the yellows from the Golden Sunset and Pocket Full of Sunshine Crisp Dye Ink Cube sets.

And embellished with gold jewel dots

After stamping I mounted the white layer onto a matching yellow layer 

and then adhered to a black card base

Thinking I was done I then realized a little bling might be a good touch

and added some gold beads as seen in the top. photo.