TYME in my garden!!!

Finally as the days get longer and somewhat sunnier, I find myself looking over my garden vignetts

deciding  which ones need my PERSONAL attention. One of my favorites places are at the light at the end of the driveway. After pulling weeds to allow growth the uncovering begins.

My gorgeous NEWER hosta needed trimmed. A cousin gave me this a while back with such a vibrant yellow edge.

Next the coral bells rang out their song for me dress them and clean them up.

This year I wanted to spruce up the area with new color so I added an old birdhouse along with

The VERY NEW garden enamed spike. I am so into birds so you can see why this one is so appealing!

It brought l my colors together.

In the background I have polyantha roses in a pale pink , then greens around, the darker reddish coral bells and in the front planted pink bell flowers of which I have forgotten the name.

My Dalton gave me the red ones in the front. Arent they just the sweetest??

So after I planted all day and drew away winter gleanings, check out the next picture and think 

To yourself SERIOUSLY!!!! 

Enjoy my garden vignett today and I have only 13 more to go. Ugh!!!

Donna

AMAZING SPRING LINE UP CARDS

In this starting spring weather, one can find so many ideas for inspiration . At first I thought of the new butterflies we will be seeing shortly, so from this the first card imerged. I had never heard of a secret message card somit intrigued me. I chose an apple green from a previous year color and the card began to take shape. 

This is posted for your inspiration!! I made mine into a sympathy card!!

Next I remembered that graduation was next month so for a while I had wanted to use my owl punch

which made this a perfect time. Owl builder punch #118074 is used for the cutest little guy ever.

I used a piece of cloud paper from a package I had from SU. You may change the vest to the school

color of your choice. 

BUILD BUILDER punch 117191 was the leaf used  for under the letters. TYPESET ALPHABET BIGZ

was used for the letters which stand strongly. It is #127553 and is a little pricey. I happened to be lucky

enough to earn it once at half price. Wow, it makes impressive lettering.

Change up the back ground, the vest color to suit your personal needs along with a white , brown , or black owl. Is'nt it the cutest card ever????

Sorry the card went to the top but this app has a mind of it's own. But you get the jest! 

The next card is our 15 minute card truly. Seems like you always need an unexpected one, and this you could make in a wink of an eye.

HAPPY WATERCOLOR #133191 is the stamp set used . Such a versatile stamp set . We have already used all the sentiments and now all the floral components. Iceland Poppies come in all colors so we

combined the Coastal Cabana inkpad with our wonderful blender pens and thes poppies look so real!!

Simply tap the blender pen onto the wet ink pad and roll until the color goes on. Fill in your subject

And when shading add more color in edges or deep spots and the flower comes alive!!! I used Baked Brown Sugar for the strip along with twine to accent. Also added to the bottom edge was coastal cabana 3/8 ruffle stretch ribbon which will be discontinued from the new catty.

Now for the feminine touch ,I created this corset which was done in Blushing Bride. Going for the vintage feel, I chose a non SU stamp I  had forever that reflected the shape of the corset. What really made this card stand out was the unusual split in the card itself. I embossed the corset and added an edge of ribbon left over from last season. On the left edge I tucked in some tulle ribbon which has been in our clearance bin. I love it so I bought extra. 

Enjoy this months cards , try the great blender pens and above all "keep stamping"

Donna