Spring is here..... finally!

Just wanted to share my joy that we are enjoying such fabulously warm weather for March in Wisconsin and that even my daffodils are sprouting up and should be popping open by the end of the week- here is quick picture!

Since we all enjoyed the warm sun yesterday I snapped a few photo's of my dear son Joe helping to water the trees and flower garden. I think he had more fun just blasting the trees and powerwashing them!! He didn't seem to get that the trees need the water in the ground.....and that they don't drink through the bark. Oh- silly boys- they just love to do things their own way!

Hope the sun is shining on you today and thanks for stopping by! Anne

Who's hiding in my Easter Basket?

 Stamps used: Hero Arts CG119, CL153
Sentiment See D's

Bazzill pastel papers

Versafine Black ink, Antique linen distress ink

Versamagic cloud white for BG

Copic markers and clear embossing powder

MS border punch, SU border punch
SU modern label punch

I found this basket image a  friend sent me last year in my image stash ......so I thought I would make a fun- kind of whimsical Easter card out of it. The paper that the basket is stamped on was very thin so I mounted it on a sheet of sticky back label paper to give it some rigidity when cutting it out. I also distressed it a bit using antique linen to darken it up a bit. I used some fun critters from Hero Arts to hide in the basket....they look so darn happy to be there don't they? In retrospect I prolly should have added some grass or a few eggs so it looks a bit more like an actual Easter basket, but I think it's ok just the way it is. Now I just wish I had more copies of the basket so I could make more fun Easter cards- this time with eggs and grass!

Thanks for stopping in ladies and I love all the nice comments you leave!

Anne

Spring flowers and a butterfly!

Stamps: HA C2899,C2901,F2661, F2897, CG120

Sentiment is by Impression Obsession

Bazzill papers (pastel collection)

inks: Ranger distress spiced marmalade, spun sugar, Marvy Yellow

SU modern label punch

Hemp Twine

Here is my second card made for the Hero Arts Spring challenge. I pulled out a bunch of my favorite silhouette stamps and inked them up using more of my Distress inks and regular dye inks as well. I came back and added some of the green inks around the base of the flowers using my distressing tool. Stamped a portion of the big BG Antique Writing stamp and then stamped the butterfly again and poppped it up for some dimension! All paper on this card is by Bazzill other than the tag, my dear friend Cheryl sent me a bunch of those pretty label tags to play with.

Our weather here in WI is been beautiful and sunny- we almost got up to 50 degrees yesterday and the snow is melting quickly- I can even see some grass poking out and I spied the first few tips of daffodils poking up as well- yeah spring is on it's way!

Anne