Retirement

The image is colored with pencils, background in inks. used an oval stitched diecut. I recycled part of a calendar page as the water area, layered on dark blue cardstock. Used a banner for the sentiment. 

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https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2024/05/wk-19-card-making-paper-craft-challenge.html

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-316-man-or-boy.html

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https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-596-lots-of-layers.html

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