Spring has Sprung

This card expresses some of my favorite things in nature: birds, flowers, and butterflies. This was a little different color combo. The image and all colors and paper are from Stampin Up. The image is Serene Spring . The colors are Only Orange, Garden Green, and black. I used a Tim Holtz ink pad called Tea Dyed also.

I inked the image on white card stock. I colored it with Stampin Up water color pencils. I also hightlighted the flowers, bird, butterfly, and pot with a white pen after I wet the image and it dried. Then I sponged around the bottom with Garden Green and the top with Yo yo Yellow. I wanted to tie the orange in so I sponged some of that around the top too. The green card stock I sponged on the edges with the Tim Holtz Tea Dyed. On the orange I made lines up and down with the Tim Holtz Tea Dyed Pad and then pulled it across left to right. I really like the texture to the card stock. I foam dot mounted the image part on textured black paper from Stampin Up. Well, I have to say this is one of my favorite cards I have made. I sent it off to my grandma today. Hope she likes it too.



I have been knitting alot lately. It really calms the nerves. Its getting close to summer and as busy as I have been it will be here before ya know it. So I feel stessed at times. Hope to have something to share soon.



Hope you all have a fabulous rest of the week.

Happy Easter

This is one of my favorite "holidays." Since I became a christian about eleven years ago. It has been a wonderful thing to celebrate the act that has brought such change to my life personaly and many others I know. I am reminded of my sinful nature and what was paid to cover it. Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice for me.

Before I became a christian it was all about the candy. I still like that aspect, so here are the Easter baskets. I bought a big bag of candy and didn't want our family to eat all of it.

Each one is made with Stampin Up designer paper cut at 6"x6". I scored the square at 2" & 4". Then I scored them on each corner. Folded the corners out, put sticky strip on the flap. I then stuck it down added the brads voilia'. Easy baskets you can use for any little gift. I can't take the credit, I got the idea on a blog called "Dawns Stampin Studio". Well, I hope all of you have a blessed weekend.