Hibiscus

 I am sharing another stamped image that Birgit sent me, I wasn't quite sure what kind of flower this was supposed to be, hubby said it looks like hibiscus to me, so I googled and found some pretty yellow ones with red centers so I went with that color theme, well as you can see I didn't do well with my blending of the colors at all, but after I let it sit for a day and came back I thought it looked Ok :)

• Hibiscus colored w/markers
• Sassafras - Mix and mend paper
• EK Success- corner punch
• Gina Marie stamps - Birthday words stamp
• Nuvo - gloss on berries
• Spectrum sparkle pen - clear on flower centers

I have such a deep brown cardstock that most of the time it looks black in the pictures, but it is a nice dark brown.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, hope your week is off to a good start!  

We have chance of snow today, it hasn't snowed in April for 70 years they said, hoping all the flowering trees and bushes aren't effected too bad.

Connie

Best day ever

 There were a few sales on line while I was recovering and couldn't get up much, I ended up placing an order and one of the things I purchased were these rub ons, I thought they were so pretty, only really saw them on scrapbook pages but knew they would look great on a card too.  I paired them with some ephemera I already had to make this card.

I first started out by applying some ink very softly to the background, then I laid out how I wanted it to look and then added the stitching, leaves and beads (bottom right) rub ons.  I added foam tape to the flowers and the banner that came from the ephemera pack and lifted the wings a bit and added that directly to the card.  Topped it off with some green bling.

• 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry, Blush & Sage rub ons
• Simple Stories - Bits & pieces, Simple Vintage Garden district ephemera pack
• Green gems
• Peeled paint distress ink on background

 

 I so love how this turned out.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and say Hi,

Connie

Sending Sunshine

 I am sharing another image that Birgit sent me.  It was probably meant to send to someone going through something but I am using it for a birthday card.

I colored it with markers, a little bit of diamond stickles on the bees wings and nuvo drops on the flowers.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Connie

Praying for you

 I am using more of the die cut stickers I picked up at Hobby Lobby awhile back for my card today.

• Paper studio - Die cut stickers
• ODBD - Mini tag sentiment stamp
• Ribbon

Doctor report yesterday is that my foot is coming along good, I still have a lot of swelling, especially at the joint so he said at least 2 more if not 3 more weeks in the boot to keep everything stabilized.  He will see me again in 3 weeks. I am just to keep doing what I have been, do as much as I want but as soon as I start feeling the pain, up my foot goes to relieve the swelling.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Wonderful Birthday

 I received a bunch of stamped images from Birgit to color while I am recovering from my foot surgery and I have been busy coloring them :)  If they work for the upcoming birthday or other cards I need I will be making them into cards.  This one is going to my girlfriend that loves succulents, I am not sure what kind of flowers these are supposed to be but I colored some of them as succulents and hope that is what she thinks they are, my hubby wasn't so sure ;)

I added a birthday sticker to it, and some nuvo drops on the stamens. Popped it up on some foam tape and attached it to a piece of paper that looks like watercolor.

It feels good to be back in my craft room and hubby took me on a little longer drive yesterday since I can keep my foot down for a longer period of time.  So good to feel like things are getting back to normal.

Hope your week is off to a great start too!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie