Giraffe and Butterflies for FWF

Whoop! So glad it's Friday! 

The nursing home where I work is celebrating 50 years of serving the community today.  We're having this huge picnic and open house.  We've been planning it for months now, with most of the planning/ordering/decorating falling on my shoulders.  I'll be VERY glad when this day is over.  I love big events once they are underway, but I get nervous preparing for them, wondering what I've forgotten to do.

Remember last week, when I was at the Copic classes? Well, I learned a lot!  I thought I should have a card today using Copics.  This is actually one I colored before I took the class, but I still like how it turned out.  It uses a Unity/Phyllis Harris stamp, Big Time Special.

 

I just love this stamp. It makes me smile!  I used MME "The Sweetest Thing" papers, and of course, Copic markers.

 

Last week, I shared a card with a butterfly on it.  Well, when I made that butterfly, I made several just like it. Here's a card using another one of the butterflies, made into a sympathy card for a co-worker who lost her sister-in-law.

 



 

This card uses Unity Stamp Co's/Donna Downey Bold Butterfly stamp and "With Sympathy".  I used Close To My Heart sky card stock for the base and True Blue Stickles for the butterfly trail and on the small stamped butterfly.

 

I have some blog candy to give away this weekend, in honor of the Joy's Life hop I'm participating in tomorrow.  To be eligible to win, please follow my blog and leave a comment on this post.  To increase your chances, come back tomorrow and comment on my Joy's Life hop post and/or my Pinque Peacock post.  Thanks!

Have a great weekend everyone! 

 

I'm entering these cards in the following challenges:

Whimsical Designs -- a bit of glitter (Stickles on the butterfly card)

Sister Act Card Challenge -- ATG

AUD Sentiments -- anything but a birthday

Oozak -- ATG

Marker Pop -- the Blues

CMC Copic Challenge Group -- ATG
All that Stickles linky party -- the Great Outdoors





Everybody likes BLING!

I'm guest designing again today at Sweet Stamps blog. The challenge theme this week is 'bling'.  Yeah.  I LIKE this theme! I had a great time designing a card and blinging it up!

 

 

I used my new favorite, "go-to" butterfly stamp set on this card. It is the Sweet Stamps set, "Fanciful Butterflies" (S600).  There are 4 separate butterflies in this set, and they are beautiful. The sentiment is Sweet Stamps set #9099, "Fancy Birthday 2-line". I used My Mind's Eye Indie Chic:Nutmeg paper on this card, found in the Sweet Stamps store.  I used a Lifestyle Crafts doily die, some 3 Girl Jam ribbon, and bling from my stash.

I stamped the butterflies in 2 different shades of Close To My Heart blue ink (Indian Corn Blue, Crystal Blue) then used CTMH Crème Brulee, Crystal Blue, and Indian Corn Blue inks and a water pen to give them more color. The sentiment is stamped in CTMH cocoa ink.