Sympathy cards #2

I'm back today to share a couple of more Sympathy cards I'm making for a friend.

Both cards are using Simon Says Stamps stencil - Peony.

First card I used distress oxide inks -milled lavender, dusty concord, bundled sage & peeled paint.  I cut the border rectangle using MFT stitched framed rectangle, and my floral piece with MFT Stitched rectangle stax dies.  Sentiment is from SSS - Sketched flowers stamped in black versafine.  I added some silk ribbon, mulberry flower and some sequins.

For my second card, I used distress oxide inks - bundled sage, shabby shutters, scattered straw, fossilized amber and a touch of worn lipstick.  Sentiment is from Penny Black - sympathy sentiments, stamped in black versafine.  I used MFT - cross stitch rectangle to cut out the center then added some fun foam for dimension. To finish off some silk ribbon and pearls were added.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day! Keep well.

Pauline

Sympathy cards #1

Hello!  I'm back today to share a couple of cards.  I have a request from a friend for 6-8 sympathy cards.

My first card is using a stamp from Pinkfresh called Curvy Floral and also the matching die.  I stamped the floral using distress oxide inks.  For the background I used Border Bling: Chain die from Ink to Paper. I then sponged some distress oxide inks onto the white for a bit of colour.  Sentiment is from Penny Black, which is stamped in black versafine.  To finish this off I popped the floral up off the card and added pearls.

For my second card I'm using The Greetery products.  I started with the background  by stamping Sketchbook Roses onto a white panel using pumice stone distress oxide ink, then cut it out using an MFT  die. I also stamped the roses using black versafine onto another panel.  This stamp set is a multiple step stamping, so again I used oxide distress inks to add colour. I don't have the matching die for this set so I free hand cut it out.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is stamped with grey versafine.  I kept this one flat and simple.

 

I've have another 2 almost done, will share those once completed.  Thanks for stopping by today.  

Pauline

Birding #1, 2020

Hello everyone.  I hope you are all doing well.  Sorry I haven't posted in a while once again, I'm just having a hard time creating cards.  I started one yesterday, but just haven't finished it yet. 

I thought I would share some of my photos that I have taken so far this year.  Mind you I take tons, lots don't turn out and only some I complete.

So lets get started shall we, the first one is from March, and the rest are from April.

First up is a Ring-necked Pheasant.  As we were driving down a country road one early Saturday morning back in early March something caught my eye along the road edge of a corn field.  We turned the car around and sure enough there was this beautify guy posing for us.  We had him for about 10 min, as he would scurry around, stop, pose and continue.

Next we have an Eastern Meadowlark, again out in the county early April.  On weekends during this self isolation time, we take a drive on the weekends, to see what we can see and always take photos from our car window.

Eastern Peewee- ended up finding 2 of these guys fluttering along the dirt road along a forest edge. Beautiful!

One advantage of working from home, is my 'make-shift' office is in my craft room with a window view. I'm always on the look out as to what spring bird with stop in my yard before continuing on.  Well, this particular morning we had a Hermit Thrush,  he ended up staying for 4 days. Such a nice treat!

One of our frequent birding spots not far from home we found a Pine Warbler.  We have seen them there the last 2 years so far, so looks like they came back once again this year.  Such a pretty warbler. It amazes me  how they can stay warm, as this particular weekend, we had snow and it was below freezing.

Another backyard visitor is the White-Throated Sparrow.  Beautiful colour markings on this guy, and their song is music to my ears.  I woke up on this particular day to his song.  We ended up have between 10-12 at any given time in our backyard, and these guys stayed for just over 2 weeks! But a few have come back!

I hope you enjoyed what I shared today.  I have many more.  Birding season has been slow for the spring migration which I think is due to the winter like temperatures and strong north, northwest winds.  We need the south winds to help carry them up.  

I am on vacation this week, which is the same week Bill and I take every year for the spring migration, but things are very different this year.  No provincial parks or national parks are open, which means 2 of  the Parks we rely on for our spring birding are closed to the public. To see anything you have to rely on woodlots or any hot spots that you may know of. Good news is the provincial government has allowed the Provincial parks to be open as of tomorrow - May 15th, so rain or shine we will be heading to Rondeau Provincial Park, which is on Lake Erie, so hopefully we will see plenty of Warblers.

As always, have a wonderful day and take care,

Pauline

Dahlia

I have another water coloured card to share with you today.  This flower is from StudioLight item
 # STAMPJBS0 - Dahlia.

I started by white embossing it onto a piece of Canson 140lb water colour paper.

To colour, I smooshed several colours of distress oxide inks onto my craft mat, misted with water and then painted away.

For the background, well lets just say, how I envisioned it, isn't the way it turned out. But rather than keep adding more colours I left it as is, as I was afraid I would get it too muddy looking and not even use the image.

One it was completely dried, I cut it down to size.  I also cut a border using Memory Box Woodland Border using SU Fine Linen, and adhered it to the bottom of the front layer.  Second layer is dark purple, and the base is also SU Fine Linen.

For finishing touches I added some tiny iridescent butterflies from Studio Katia and added some shimmer using Nuvo glimmer gloss.

I hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for stopping by. Till next time.......

Pauline