Contrasts!

As you can no longer take flowers into a hospital I thought this hummock of flowers would be cheering and uplifting for a relative. The background was created with Distress Inks and Dreamweaver stencil brushes which gives a lovely soft appearance.

Card Recipe
Card
Anna Marie's Simply Card High White
Colortech+ card
Crafts Too embossing folder
Stamp 
Stamp Addicts Wildflowers plate SA5029
Ink/pens
Memento Tuxedo Black
Shabby Shutters & Broken China Distress Inks
Copic markers
Pentouch Calligrapher - gold

The background of this next card had been a rejected piece at some time and made its way into my scraps box. So I added more Distress Inks and some lines using an inked credit card edge and it was transformed into a loved background.

Card Recipe
Card/paper
Anna Marie's Simply Card High White
Black card
Music paper (photocopy of a piece of music score printed vellum)
Ink
Distress Inks -  Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo
Archival Coffee
Versafine Vintage sepia
Stamp
Paperartsy Gentlemen Plate 3
Other
Sentiment - Computer generated and printed onto Safmat