Something old......something new!

I came across this card I made a long time ago that has been sitting up on top of a very tall bookcase but fell over so I didn't see it for quite some time (tells you how often I dust.....yikes)  Do you do that too? Make a card and then let it just sit there forever...........geeze I have to get mailing out some of these cards!

Anyways.....I happened to pick up this Hero Arts digi butterfly I colored a week or 2 ago and looked at the 2 of them and thought to myself  "Well- would ya look at that- they are pretty much the same color.....I bet this butterfly would look great on here"!

So I put together something old and something new to come up with a card that I promise I will actually mail to someone!

I believe the foilage stamps are by Inkadinkado, and I sponged several shades of oranges and yellows around the outer edge. I came back and added some white and light brown highlights to the foilage. The digi butterfly is colored using Ranger distress inks and a few markers! Did a bit of paper piercing down the side, added a few brads, and that was it!

** I don't know if any of you like to read mystery/thrillers but I can't stop reading books by Greg Iles, his writing is fantastic and I've read about 5 of his books over the last month! Check him out- he's superb!

Thanks for stopping by!    Anne

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

Happy Everything

Happy Everything, originally uploaded by Bubash.

I decided to play with the sewing machine today.....as you can see I need ALOT more practice sewing a straight line.

I used my Hero Arts Happy Day Animals stamp set, and my cling dot for the background. I even did a bit of watercoloring around the bunny using my acrylic paints. I used the largest scalloped square nestie here and my labels nestie shape as well. I got lucky and found a green button in my stash that matched pretty well also. The finished card measures 5x5. Thanks for stopping by and I hope the sun is shining on you today!

Anne

Spring Poppies!

Here is a card I created last night while playing with the alcohol inks! I really wanted to see how the inks would look on the blossoms.....and to be honest I didn't feel like taking the time to hand color them all in. I did the emboss resist technique on glossy cardstock. I stamped it in Versamark onto the glossy cardstock, poured on my white embossing powder and heat set it all. Then I used the alcohol inks using the colors watermelon, sunshine yellow, and sunset orange to get just the right mix of colors (I had to re-apply and play with this a bit). I just dabbed the applicator over the empty flower heads (using a dabbing motion and sometimes a wiping motion), and then came back with a clean felt pad soaked in the alcohol blending solution to remove any color left on top of the white. I literally sat there with a Q-tip soaked in the alcohol to remove the color in the teeny little intricate areas.......I was worried it would really stain the white embossed part badly but it didn't! I then came back and added the dots to the center of the flowers using my white souffle pen. Found a $1 Easter sentiment stamp- got out my border punch,  and all done!! I love the vibrant colors of this!! The poppy stamp is by none other than my favorite stamp Co. Hero Arts!

Anne

Another challenge Card!

This card was created for the weekley challenge at Inspire Swap Chat- hosted by my good friend Jacque! We were to follow the fold of this card- using any theme we like. I thought this paper from Stampin Up would be rather fun to use on the outside and inside of the card. I got to try out my new Hero Arts "Dots" background stamp on this as well. As you can see there was minimal stamping on my part.... I just let the paper carry the card along!

Here is the inside of the card! I love that paper with the clouds and the bird- fun don't ya think!

Card Recipe: Stampin Up "Sweet Pea" Designer paper

Stamps: Hero Arts sentiments & Dots background

button from my stash and hemp twine

Quickutz scalloped circle die

Anne