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Remembering Lily


Today we are remembering Lily Chilvers a truly beautiful artist and soul taken from us too soon.
To honour Lily we are sharing projects we have made in her memory using the wonderful, whimsical and wacky art she shared with us all.

For my project, I used Cedric, which was one of the first images I had gotten from Lily. 

I colored Cedric with alcohol and watercolor markers. For the border on my green cardstock, I used Spoonful of Rust from Stampendous. 

I didn't want to add too much to the card. The Spoonful of Rust and Cedric did more than enough to make the card cool. I simply wrote out my little sentiment with a white PITT pencil from Faber Castell. 

It hurts so much to know that Lily has passed....and I wanted to have this hop to try and help us all let our feelings out and share how much we loved Lily and her art. I wish I got to know her better, and I hope I did a decent job with honoring her today. To Mandy and Amber (Lily's mom and sister), please know that my thoughts are continuously with you. I hope Lily shows herself to you often. To my darling friend Suzi McKenzie, thank you SO much for all of your help. You did pretty much everything for this hop, and I am so grateful you wanted to do this with me. Below is the full hop list. Thank you for joining us all today. 

Blog Hop List

Alison Heikkila (that's me)

Comments

Sharon said…
Just beautiful Alison - a fitting creation for Lily's memorial!
DonnaMundinger said…
Lovely card, Alison. The rust treatment is fabulous. Thanks so much for helping put this all together for Lily. xxD
Debs said…
What a wonderful project Alison, I love the texture. Such kind, loving thoughts you've shared with us all here.........truly heart warming! xx
Wendy said…
Beautiful and heartfelt card...RIP Lily!
your art is such a fabulous tribute. Your kind compassionate heart shines in your art.Beautiful tribute to Lily.
My Side of Oz said…
Thank you and Suzie for giving us all an opportunity to share Lily with our friends. hugs to allxx
MarkerGeek said…
This is wonderful, Alison. Thank you so much for organising the hop with Suzi, it has been a great way to honour Lily.
Hazel (Didos) said…
Ah this is so pretty and what a wonderful sentiment, Much Love Hazelxx
Serena Bee said…
thank you so much to you and suzi for doing this for us all its a great way for us to all come together.
Miranda said…
Fabulous piece of art Alison, awesome
Thanks for organizing this hop together with Suzie, it is a perfect way to honour Lily and het wonderful art
Lea said…
Alison, you did a beautiful job of honoring Lily. Cedric has never looked better! Thank you for being such a sweet soul, I'm sure Lily is beaming down on you!
Julia said…
Awesome creation, love the steampunk style, colors and texture.
Thanks for organizing this event to honor Lily!
Hugs,
Julia
A wonderful tribute to Lily. Thank you for organizing this hop so we can celebrate Lily and her art.
ike said…
This is a fabulous piece Alison and thank you so much for organizing this Hop :-D

Hugz
IKE xx

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