Eggstra special

When I was at the stamp store for the yard sale I saw these watercolor panels and I just had to pick them up they were so cute.  I used my Spectrum Aqua markers to color it. I made a little boo boo when coloring the handle, so hard to stay inside these small areas, so out came the sequins to cover it up, shhh don't tell my daughter she will think it was meant to be there :)

Taylored Expressions - Easter watercolor panel, colored w/Spectrum Aqua markers
Pink Petticoat paper
Offray ribbon
Sequins

Today as we observe Good Friday, remember the huge sacrifice Jesus laid down for our sins, I am so thankful that he has covered my sins, and all we need to do is ask for his forgiveness, it is such an overwhelming day to think of all he endured for all of us, what a loving God we have.

Thanks so much for stopping by and wishing you a lovely and joyous weekend!

Connie

Celebrate

Sharing some more goodies I bought at the yard sale at my Local stamping store.  Someone was selling these diecut pieces you layer together to make a dimensional scene, I think there were 4 or 5 in the package.  I decided to give this a try to see how thick they would be after using all the foam tape between each layer and since it was going to be another hand delivered card I knew it didn't matter how thick it was.  I can't remember for sure but I think there was at least 5 layers.  It ended up being over the 1/4 inch allowance for mailing in a regular envelope, so all the other sets will probably be hand delivered cards also.

To go along with the background of this scene, I decided to use my brick embossing folder and I applied Antique linen distress ink to the folder before embossing to give it a little aged look to the brick.

Here is a side view to get an idea of the dimension these have, and they are really easy to put together.

You really could use less layers if you did want to put one through the mail with regular postage.  I also used the Scotch mounting tape, it is thinner than some foam tape made for cards and scrapbooking. They even have the little tags that you can stamp your sentiment on and borders that match the images.

DoCrafts-- Foiled Decoupage Sheets-- On High Street
Tim Holtz - Bricked embossing folder, inked with Antique Linen Distress ink
Impression Obsession - Sentiment II

I love that there is always new stuff out there to try in cardmaking.

We did ok through all the rain we had for the past two days, the rain came up to our shed but didn't get inside and the street out front flooded over the curbs but didn't not come up our driveway, so we are very thankful.  It's cloudy today but no rain until late this evening so we are going to get out and go for a walk.

Hope your week is going well so far, thanks for stopping by,

Connie

Paper piecing

I was looking through my folders and realized I never shared this card I made for our stamping group challenge that was paper piecing.  I love these little girls from My favorite things and I like this one for birthdays, I used pattern paper for her dress and colored in the rest.

I added a bit of sparkle to the dandelion seeds she is blowing away.  on the diecut border instead of cutting the whole border away I just used the die that cuts in a design and added some washi tape to border it.

My Favorite Things - Make a wish stamp, paper pieced dress and color w/markers for the rest
Crate Paper - DIY shop paper
Spellbinders - Scalloped classic ovals lg and Classic oval dies
Tim Holtz - Rose washi tape
Stickles - Diamond
Craftaroo - Clear Rhinestone

I hope your week is off to a nice start, we had a little bit of sun this morning as it was rising but now it is clouding over and we are being advised of possible flooding today with us to 3 inches of rain.  When I walk out to the bird feeders the ground is very spongy from all the rain we have received already.  Normally we would be mowing our lawn for the first time around now but it just has been too wet, not that my hubby is complaining but I am itching to get out and do some yard work.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Basketball

My nephew had shared on facebook that my great nephew had played basketball this year, and when Connie had sent these stamps I thought there we go I have a card to make for his birthday.  Stamped them and colored with markers and then cut with my die. The little flowers/stars came from a border punch I used awhile back and I saved them to use on another card.

Basket ball and shoe stamps have no name on them, colored w/markers
WeRmemory keepers- For the record paper
Pawsitively Pawesome designs - Mini stitched squares dies
Hampton Art - Birthday sentiment stamp

We had some very strong thunderstorms come through during the night, makes you feel like spring is here in that respect. It is still windy and rain but no storms.  They say we may see some sun tomorrow, looks like a day to stay inside and make more cards :)
Hope you are having a good weekend whatever you do!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and say Hi, love hearing from you!

Connie

Neutral and wings

I am here with a masculine card today, and I am sharing it with a few challenges.  First of all I would like to share with Apple Apricot's Simply Neutrals challenge Wen always shares such beautiful things and all those that link up just share such beauty, it is amazing to me how much beauty can be in shades of browns, ivories and whites.  I have a little touch of color in the birds so I hope that's ok.

The bird prints are a stamp in the set also so I just went around the card to frame it all and added a bit of dots with my pen in between.  I used Daniel Smith extra fine watercolor samples on this and I will have to say they worked real nice.  I still need a lot of work but I was happy enough with it for my first time using them.

I am also sharing with with Double D just wing it challenge, there are plenty of wings here :)

Crafty Secrets - Bird Notes stamp set, water colored w/ Daniel Smith watercolors
Spellbinders - Labels 37 dies
Sassafras - Mix and Mend paper
Circle paper clip

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a lovely and creative weekend!

Connie