ScrapAndMe - Thank You

Hello Everyone!

I am happy to share with you today, this lovely thank you card featuring some gorgeous papers from the ScrapAndMe collections "Sentimentals" and "Little Cuties". The soft tones are so beautiful together!

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So in the spring I noticed some strange changes made to park. Reflector things attached to sides of the walkways, arrows painted on the paths, the removal of all the bushes to make grassy openings, and of course more tree carnage. And then the signs... the signs that read "Terry Fox Run Trail". And there you have it, my peaceful park has been turned into the local bike race and marathon trail. Oh yeah, and let's not forget the dancing and exercise groups that fill the grassy openings with their boom boxes and the latest horror, a Pokemon Go hotspot!!! Geezuz! My beautiful, peaceful lake is now listed as one of the top spots to visit in my area!!!! Good Gawd!!!

I guess my point is, I don't walk the trails much any more and so I am starting to run out of photographs to share with you. These shots were all taken in the spring.

a baby Chipping Sparrow

Not sure what to say, except Awwwwwwwww!

"Geez human. Do you really think I can't see you behind that rock! I'm not blind you know!" 

~a trail friend~

"OK, I'm ready for my lunch now. You can drop the peanut.

OK, go ahead, drop it. Drrrrrrrrrop the peanut. Woman, let go of that peanut!"

~Winston~

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. If you have any questions or interesting tidbits about today's wildlife, please let me know.

Frilly and Funkie - Let's Make it a Trio

Hello Everyone,

It's time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie. The lovely and talented Sue is our hostess and she has chosen the theme "LET'S MAKE IT A TRIO". She would like you to create a vintage or shabby chic project including 3 of something and it needs to be a main focal point of your project. One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Linda's shop The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

I used three square layers, three stencils, three tags and three flowers.

For the background, I used Tim Holtz Wildflower stencil and Wendy Vecchi Basically Bricks stencil using some plain texture paste and crackle texture paste. I then sprayed a bunch of different Distress ink sprays until I got the look that I wanted. I traced around the Wildflowers with the Ground Espresso marker and then blended it with a water brush. I also sprayed the tags with an assortment of colours as well.

The doily die is from Prima, the tags were cut using Tim Holtz Tiny Tabs and Tag, the butterfly is from the French Flight set, the pearls are from Kaisercraft, the floral image is from the Thrift Shop Ephemera pack.

The flowers were cut with the Tattered Florals die and coloured with Picked Raspberry. The leaves are my third stencil, the 3 Flourishes from Wendy Vecchi. I fussy cut them out and coloured them with Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters. The sentiment is from Graphic 45 Time to Flourish. The lace is from Petaloo, the seam binding, twine and stamens are all from Linda's shop.

UPDATE:
My card won awards in the following wonderful challenges:

- Use Your Stuff - #213 Lace, Ribbon or Twine 

 - Make My Monday - A Square World 

 - Pile It On #103 - Green and Two Other Colours 

      

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All of the following products that I used can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique

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That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.