Rejoice

We are to 'rejoice and be glad'...in all things - the good, the bad and the ugly. That's hard to do when life doesn't always make sense or look like you had imagined that it would. But nonetheless, we are to rejoice. So I ask the Lord daily to give me His joy so that I can 'rejoice'.
I wanted to use this cute Magnolia stamp, London Tilda, and send it to a sweet friend who is going through a really tough time. I had a couple of CAS challenges in mind, so I went in that direction. I colored the stamped image with Copic markers and added Glossy Accents to the falling rain and the puddle under Tilda's feet. I splattered Pumice Stone Distress Ink onto the background then cut the image with a stitched oval die. I printed the sentiment, matted it and added it with mounting tape. I finished the card by adding faux stitching around the edge.

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Mustard Seed Challenges            sketch
Crafty Friends                             Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers CAS       Rain
Simon Says                                A hint of pink
Clean and Simple Mix Up          Stamping, Splattering, Copic Markers