April '14

Happy Easter Weekend!!

 

I hope everyone gets to enjoy the weather and time with their Families!!

Today we have two cards, one more spring and the second clean and simple Easter.

 

 

Here is your spring card... Woodgrain Embossing folder, Butterflies and pretty Strawberry Slush Ruffled Ribbon.  Note the folded front... this is a half gate card.  Leaving half of your inside card exposed.  A couple more butterflies carries on the theme..

Keeping the Rhinestones to one color highlights them...

Two layers of Ruffled ribbon adds a presence ..

As you can see the front is basically flat, so this too is mailable.

It is difficult to see but on the inside there are two butterflies, one is "dirtied" up with a sponge to help you see it... in this small version of the picture it is difficult to see... enlarge to see what I mean.

 

 

 

Here is our second card... using Watercolor Wonder DSP and colors from that to highlight and bring the two different patterns together.  Banner Framelits are used here.  Yes, I really do like them!!

The stamp set is called Eggstra Spectacular.

 

This is a coloring that I can do, but apparently I should have pulled out the blender pen to do a better job, haha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This also has a low profile for easy mailing.

 

I do love my dimensionals though.

 

 

Have a Happy Easter! Stop by for a super cute card tomorrow.

 

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

 

 

It started with...

Happy Tuesday Everyone! 

 Happy first of the month!!

Happy $1.00 day....

This post is all about something that spurred an idea from just $1.00

This little wooden "basket".  

It was actually found for me, she knows who she is... and she was right, I love it!

So cute, right?? but what do you see??

Here is what I saw....

I was describing this idea, in its infancy, to my hubby and he says... ohhh so like an Easter basket.  So, I went with that.... Thanks sweetie!

 

 See the new rosette die?? and of course the petite petal?? 

The stamped flowers are from Betsy's Blossoms.

Using the scalloped punch it looks almost like a flowered letter.  

Keeping the raffia was a great place to perch a butterfly. Just an excuse, but it goes....

This birdhouse is made from the purse die and early espresso core'dinations paper... again it was the hubby who said it needed a bird inside.  The roof is made from one of the floral frames collection.  This little butterfly is a great way to "hide" a knot.

  

Trying to figure out what was used for the "house"?? 

Have you guessed?? It is 2 cut outs of the milk carton die. The roof is the pansy punch and petite petals punch. 

 

Now what to use for grass?? humm, How about candy?? 

The rest of the "basket" was filled with Easter candy.  

I hope you are enjoying this 1st of April.  Have a Great day getting Crafty!!