Shabby Chic Botanical Garden Card for Little Birdie Crafts

 

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As spring transforms into summer, the Little Birdie Crafts Botanical Garden Collection is simply perfect to create a beautiful shabby chic card. It was such a delight to work with these gorgeous papers! The teapot is fussy cut from the image page in the 12×12″ paper set and creates a stunning focal point among beautiful Little Birdie flowers in coordinating colors.

I have a full photo tutorial with all the details on how I created this shabby chic card up on the Little Birdie Crafts blog HERE. Thanks for stopping over there to leave a comment.

Thank you Little Birdie, for providing supplies used in this project!

If you would like to see a full supply list, please scroll down.

Little Birdie Crafts can be purchased at their online store.

Be sure to check out the current sales HERE.

Use code TRACEY05 for a 5% discount.

I receive a small commission at not cost to you.

A couple close-ups for you:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies:

Botanical Garden Collection- Printed Cardstock Pack 12"x12"

Botanical Garden Collection- Printed Cardstock Pack 6"x6"

Botanical Garden Ephemera Embellishment- 50pc

Handmade Flower - English Roses Pearl Pink

Handmade Flower - Catalina Charm

Handmade Flower - Bouquet Pearl Pink

Handmade Flower - Elira Birds And Berries

Handmade Flower - Polina Birds And Berries

Handmade Flower - Micro Roses Birds And Berries

Handmade Flower - Serenade - Orchid

Burlap - Mini Beaded Butterflies - Natural and Cream

Primed Chipboard - Whimsy Fence

Thincut Metal Dies Set - Cogs and Wheels

Clear Gesso

Acrylic Gesso - White

Stencil - Butterfly Inspire

Mixed Media Paste - White

Concentrated Watercolor Inks - Berry Blast (Grape Trickle)

Metallic Wax - Berry Glaze

Metallic Wax 20ml, 2pcs - Bundle Deals (Antique Gold)

Acrylic Soft Gel Medium - Matte

Metal Microbeads - Mute Orchid

Other Supplies:

Tim Holtz ~ Adornments - Butterflies; Bubbles; Heirloom Roses; Small Talk

Drawing Ink ~ White

Tombow ~ Mono MULTI Liquid Glue

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Beacon ~ 3-IN-1 Advanced Craft Glue

Beacon ~ Fabri-Tac 

Double Sided Tape ~ 1/4" 

Spellbinders ~ Platinum 6

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Amazing Paper Grace May Die of the Month: Pop Up 3D Vignette What's Bakin' Oven with Blog Hop

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What could be more special than this fabulous retro stove to create a card for someone who loves to cook with the Amazing Paper Grace May Die of the Month: What's Baking' Oven die set (DOMAPG-MAY22)? I really wanted to embrace the retro feel of this die set, so used this fabulous mint green metallic paper to die cut the vignette card and used similar colors from cardstock surrounded by sweet spring flowers for the flat card.  

Be sure to scroll down through the Tips and Techniques section below for all the details on how I created these sweet cards.

Many thanks to Amazing Paper Grace for providing the dies used in this project!

There are 14 dies included in the Pop Up 3D Vignette What's Bakin' Oven.

3D Vignette Retro Stove Card

Flat Hey Cookie, What's Bakin' Card

Tips and Techniques

When I think of retro kitchen appliance, I think of fun colors like this cool mint green. I used metallic papers to get that enameled feel and accented with metallic silver. I found this fabulous image to use for inspiration, but went with the green instead of yellow:

Of course this vignette card is designed to fold up to fit into a flat envelope. The top of the stove opens like a box lid flap, then the card slides right over to lie flat. 

The oven door is backed with acetate for a glassy finish and the oven grates are also cut from silver metallic paper. I inked up some white cardstock in a coordinating green color to back the words in the oven. 

The grates for the stove top are cut from thing black chipboard to give a cast iron feel, while the knobs, utensils and oven are cut from black gloss paper for an enameled look. I found a snippet of fun patterned paper to cut the pot holder from that also had a bit of a retro feel to it. 

Each of the cookies is cut three times from yellow cardstock and adhered together to give them a bit more dimension. When baking, my cookies are not lined up perfectly, so I used a more random placement here on my cookie sheet which is also cut from metallic card stock. 

Here's a view of both cards with their oven doors open to see the fun and fabulous sentiments inside. 

For this flat card, I wanted to show you something quick and easy that you could create with this die set. The stove is cut from regular cardstock and accented with metallic silver. The dials are simplified by using just the two center pieces for the burner dials. 

I found this delightful spring paper in my stash which complements the stove colors. It's cut with the Fluted Classics Rectangles Die Set (S5-475) to add a lovely border around the paper. I also cut a larger piece from the lighter green paper used on the stove to frame the card and tie everything together. 

To keep this easy, I used Little Birdie Crafts flowers and a butterfly to embellish the card. I also found a snippet of chipboard left from a previous project that fit perfectly here and heat embossed it in pale gold. 

The doors fold open to see the sweet sentiments below.

Supplies:

Accessories:

• Amazing Paper Grace May 2022 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette What's Bakin' Oven.
• S5-475 Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies

Paper:

• Tim Holtz with Idea-Ology ~ Metallic Kraft Stock Confections (mint green)
• Tim Holtz with Idea-Ology ~ Metallic Kraft Stock Gold/Silver
• Tim Holtz with Idea-Ology ~ Metallic Kraft Stock 3 Champagne/Onyx 
• Tim Holtz with Core'dinations Kraft-core, Assorted Colors
• Craft and You ~ Spring Garden 03
• Studio Calico ~ Memoir, 6x6" Paper Pack
• Cardstock: Black Gloss; Yellow

Ink:

• Ranger ~ Distress Ink: Evergreen Bough; Bundled Sage

Mixed Media:

• Ranger ~ Embossing Pearl: Pale Gold

Embellishments:

• Little Birdie Crafts ~ Woodland Stories, Calypso
• Little Birdie Crafts ~ Woodland Stories, Wendy
• Little Birdie Crafts ~ Woodland Stories, Pearl Butterflies
• Little Birdie Crafts ~ Woodland Stories, Marina
• Little Birdie Crafts ~ Boho Vibes, Queenie
• Blue Fern Studios ~ Chipboard

Adhesives:

• Tombow ~ Mono MULTI Liquid Glue
• Beacon ~ 3-IN-1 Advanced Craft Glue
• Beacon ~ Fabri-Tac
• Double Sided Tape ~ 1/4" 
• Red Line Tape ~ 1/4"; 1/8"

Tools:

• Spellbinders ~ Platinum 6

Thank you Little Birdie Crafts for supplying products used to create this card.

Little Birdie Crafts can be purchased at their online store.

Use code TRACEY05 for a 5% discount.

I receive a small commission at not cost to you.

For more Pop Up 3D Vignette What's Bakin' Oven Inspiration from the Creative Team:

Visit each Creative Team blog linked below for their take on creative paper crafting ideas with  Pop Up 3D Vignette What's Bakin' Oven, the Amazing Paper Grace May 2022 Die of the Month!

Visit Anita Kejriwal
Visit Katarzyna Bobrowska
Visit Tracey Sabella <<This is me.>>
Visit Robin Clendenning
Visit Rajni Chawla
Visit Kate Skonieczna
Visit Joanna Wisniewska
Visit Agnieszka Posluszny
Visit Margie Higuchi

The Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is available exclusively at Spellbinders Paper Arts during May 2022, Pop Up 3D Vignette What's Bakin' Oven along with other membership perks.

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I would adore hearing from you! Please leave a comment below letting me know how you will use these gorgeous dies!

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Vintage Junk Journal Easel Board for Little Birdie Crafts

 

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I just adore the shabby vintage look of junk journals, but have never committed the time to creating one. So, I got to thinking . . . "What about creating a junk journal style home decor piece?" This is what I came up with. A while back I found this 4x8" easel board with bold Valentine graphics in the clearance section for a deep discount and thought it would be perfect to repurpose for one of my projects. Several coats of white gesso gave me a clean base to work with.

This beautiful vintage creation features Little Birdie Crafts ephemera, flowers, chipboard, and mixed media supplies along with vintage tea stained book pages along with lace, vintage buttons, and notions like snaps and hooks.  I have a full photo tutorial with all the details on how I created this card up on the Little Birdie Crafts blog HERE. Thanks for stopping over there to leave a comment.

Thank you Little Birdie, for providing supplies used in this project!

If you would like to see a full supply list, please scroll down.

Little Birdie Crafts can be purchased at their online store.

Be sure to check out the current sales HERE.

Use code TRACEY05 for a 5% discount.

I receive a small commission at not cost to you.

A couple close-ups:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Shabby Chic Bouquet Ephemera Pack

Shabby Chic Flowers - Agnes

Shabby Chic Flowers - Polina

Shabby Chic Flowers - Micro Roses

Laser Cut Primed Chipboard - Swirl Corners, 2pc

Multisurface Paint Pack of 6 - Berry Basket: Used Black Pearl

Multisurface Paint Pack of 6 - Vivid Colors: Used Cool Spa

Acrylic Gesso - White

Other Supplies

MDF Easel Board - 4x8"

Tea Stained Vintage Book Pages and Packing Paper

Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Paper Dolls

Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Clippings Stickers

Ranger ~ Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy

Lace Pieces

Vintage: Buttons; Hooks; Snaps

Silicone Glue

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Feminine Mixed Media Card for Little Birdie Crafts

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I'm up on the Little Birdie Crafts blog today with this sweet feminine mixed media card featuring flowers and paper from the gorgeous Fairy Sparkle Collection along with Primed Chipboard and fabulous Little Birdie Mixed Media and texture products.

I have several friends who adore purple, so it will be a challenge figuring out who will receive this lovely card!

To see how I created this card, please hop on over to the Little Birdie Crafts blog HERE where I have a full photo tutorial. I hope you'll leave some love while you're there.

Here's a supply list for all the products used on this beautiful card:

Little Birdie Crafts Supplies

Fairy Sparkle Flowers - Fairy Rose

Fairy Sparkle Flowers - Marina

Fairy Sparkle Flowers - Calypso

Fairy Sparkle - Pearl Butterflies

Fairy Sparkle 12x12" Paper Collection

Fairy Sparkle 6x6" Paper Collection

Premium Card Stock ~ Bright White (for card base and sentiment)

Primed Chipboard ~ Garden Greens

Crochet Lace Trim ~ White

Cotton Cord ~ Assorted

Metal Microbeads ~ Mystique Rose

Metal Microbeads ~ Mute Orchid

Stencil ~ Script - 10x8cm

Mixed Media Paste ~ 2 in 1 Gesso & Modelling Paste

Acrylic Soft Gel Medium ~ Matte

Gesso ~ White

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Glazed Berries

Sparkle Paste ~ Mulberry Glaze

Silicone Glue

Other Supplies

Beadcraft ~ Jewelry Essentials - Pearl Beads in assorted sizes

Queen & Co. ~ 1/2 Pearls - Natural Pearl

Vintage Lace ~ From my Stash

Charm ~ Hanger

Liquitex ~ Gesso, Clear

Ranger ~ Distress Ink: Seedless Preserves; Dusty Concord

Tsukineko ~ Versafine Ink - Imperial Purple

Spellbinders ~ Decorative Labels Tewnty-Two Die Set

Close To My Heart ~ Short & Sweet Sentiments Stamp Set

Wonder Tape ~ Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 1 1/2"

Wonder Tape ~ Double Sided Tape - 1/2"

Tombo ~ Mono MULTI Liquid Glue

Catalyst by Princeton ~ 01 Mini Silicone Spatula

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"You are Stronger" Spring Mixed Media Panel for Little Birdie Crafts with Photo Tutorial

Welcome to my creative space.

I'm so excited and honored to be part of the 2019 Little Birdie Crafts Design Team. I'm sharing my first project, a 2-piece framed mixed media panel featuring their gorgeous flowers and wonderful mixed media products. 

Please stop by the Little Birdie Crafts blog for a full photo tutorial HERE.

I hope you'll pop over there and leave some love.

Here's a supply list of all the products used to create this gorgeous piece:

Little Birdie Crafts Products

A True Love Story Paper Pack ~ 12x12"

Premium Card Stock ~ Bright White

Caila ~ Moon Light

Valerie ~ Butter Milk

Aislinn ~ Pink

Beaded Blooms ~ Buttermilk

Micro Jewlled Floretts ~ Grape Tan

Primed Chipboard ~ Vine

Hope Wishes Embellishments

White Gesso

Soft Gel Medium ~ Matte 

Grainy Texture Paste

Sparkle Paste ~ Mulberry Glaze

Color Splash ~ Black Current

Tinted Metallic Paint ~ Golden Glaze

Stencil 10x18cm ~ Cobbles Stone

Clear Stamp ~ Melody

Clear Stamp ~ Script Heart

Crystal Drops

Metal Microbeads ~ Summer Gold

Other Supplies

Tim Holtz with Idea-ology 6x8" 2-Piece Framed Panel

Melissa Francis ~ 1962 Embellishments - Mini Resin Frames

Beadcraft ~ Jewellry Essentials - Pearls

Darice ~ Designs by Me - Lavender Jeweled Beads

Pearls

Jeweled Beads ~ Lavender

Martha Stewart Crafts ~ Microbeads - Lavender

US ArtQuest ~ Mini Prills - Lavender & Lace

Stampendous ~ Fran-tage - Chunky Glass Glitter, Lavender

Liquitex ~ Gesso - Clear

StazOn ~ Dove Gray Ink Pad

Versafine ~ Onyx Black Ink Pad

Zig ~ Real Brush Markers - Lilac, Light Violet, Mustard

Tim Holtz with Stampers Anonymous - Flutter Butterfly Stamps

Tim Holtz with Sizzix ~ Flutter Framelits Dies

Tim Holtz with Sizzix ~ Skeleton Leaves Thinlits Dies

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Thin 3D Foam Squares - Black

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Adventure" SEM April Main Challenge #27 ~ All God's Creatures

I hope you had a wonderful Easter! We went to church then had all the family over for some homemade lasagne and a time of sweet family fellowship.

It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time to share the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Main Challenge. Nicole is hosting a wonderful challenge for you this month. Here are the details:

SEM Challenge #27 ~ All God's Creatures

For this month's main challenge we would like you to create a project inspired by your pets.  Even if you arent animal person or don't have any pets you can still be inspired by this challenge.  You can create a project inspired by any animal in God's creation. Your projects can even be about an animal related experience like a day at the zoo or a farm. What is important is that we see that God is blessing us with everyday miracles using both the animals within our families and those outside our homes.  

SCRAP TWIST: USE AN ANIMAL RELATED QUOTE SAYING OR EVEN BIBLE VERSE ON YOUR PROJECT.   You can use it for your title, journaling or just addition to your project! Just to help you get started here's a link to a bunch of animal quotes :

http://www.petsinpastel.com/quotes.htm

Here is my project based on this challenge:

"Adventure"

My husband and I never had a dog. or even discussed the possibility of getting one. Then we moved back to Ohio in 2000 to be closer to our families. My brother taught dog obedience classes including a dog 4-H club. He also did a little breeding. He decided to keep one of the pups as an experiment. He often had clients bring in 2 or 3 year old dogs with no former obedience training, and these dogs were more of a challenge. So he decided to keep Ellie. While he didn't allow her to jump on people, she had no obedience training and had only been on a leash a couple times to go to the vet. You may have guessed it. He offered Grace the opportunity to have 15 month old Ellie so she could be in his 4-H club, and Grace became part of the experiment. Now dogs became a "big" part of our lives. Grace wanted to make Uncle Paul proud and put a lot of time and effort into training her new pal. She defied the odds and with Ellie became one of the top obedience teams in the UKC. They attained every possible obedience title and in their final year of competition placed 3rd in the country in Utility - the most advanced obedience class. 

Now, you do see three dogs in the photo. It didn't take long for our two other daughters to get dogs and join in the fun. From the left you see Tori, Ellie then Bounder. The girls have always been in charge of their dogs including training, feeding, grooming, vet appointments ~ everything. They learned so much responsibility, and the Lord has opened up many doors for us to share our faith along the way. There are people from many walks of life in the dog world, and I pray that the Lord has been able to touch some of them through us. While Elizabeth and Maria did not train for the advanced classes, they were recognized as top Junior handlers by qualifying for an invitation to the National UKC Dog Show each year they showed. 

This sweet photo was taken a year ago ~ one of the last photos before Ellie left us. Grace has just picked a new border collie puppy and is excited to have a dog in her life again. 

Tips and Techniques:

Inking ~ The larger jeweled flower started out as layers of creamy Prima flowers - the kind you used to buy in the pillars - I simply rubbed on some distress ink. The wooden leaves were also lightly inked. The background paper was somewhat teal, so more rubbing with distress ink brought it to the right color to coordinate with this photo. The white doilies were inked up as well. 

Lace Trim ~ Such an easy addition to any border strip to add a pretty touch.

Title and Trinkets ~ I was so thrilled the other day to find these fabulous vintage lightbulb word trinkets by Prima and thought the word "Adventure" would be the perfect title for this page since our daughters have had quite an adventure with their dogs!! I also enjoy adding little trinkets, buttons, wooden pieces into my clusters.

Stamping ~ I repeated this charming background stamp before adding my embellishments. To get a soft edge, I just tear a piece of paper towel and place where I want the stamped edges to be and stamp right over it.

Flourishes ~ I cut this gorgeous flourish into two pieces and used in each corner for balance.

Twine Flower ~ My tutorial for the handcrafted twine flower can be found here.

Distressing ~ So quick and easy with my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All by Zutter to get these nice "thick" edges. 

Canvas Tape ~ I simply folded and laid some this canvas tape at the edge of the clusters. A little talc powder on the adhesive edge that is up takes care of the stickiness. 

Fussy Cutting ~ I tucked a few fussy cut pieces in as well. 

Journaling ~ I wanted my "required element" to blend seamlessly into my layout, so hand wrote it at the bottom under the green paper strip. It says "Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras

Our Sponsor this month is:

Hello there! I'm Leena and I live in the tiny island of Singapore. I've been scrapbooking for 6 years now and the recent one year, I've turned from a traditional scrapbooker to Project Lifer. It's been an amazing year just dedicating my time and days documenting week after week worth of stories about me, my family and friends, my full time job, the places I've travelled to for work and holidays, celebrations and many more interesting journey of my life. I've also set up a very small online shop just a year ago, just to share handmade items that was originally created for my own use. Then I realized, I had a lot of request from scrapbookers all over the world asking for my handmade items to be made available for sale. That's how it got started. The response has been overwhelming and I'm so thankful to all my buyers for their support. My shop sells mainly core handmade items such as flair buttons or also known as badges which can be used for any kind of craft projects. They're a very popular scrapbook product amongst scrapbookers! Once again thank you to Scrapping Everyday Miracles for this opportunity to sponsor my shop products for their challenge this April! 

Blog - findingnana.com

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Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Findingnana/419824088062873

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Instagram - username is "findingnana"

Leena has sponsored it us with a wonderful prize that you could win by linking up a project to our April Challenges!  Wanna see it? That is $40 worth of flair buttons!  WOW!

Guess what everyone? Leena has prepared a discount code for all of you!!!! You can save  20% off total purchase of any products in her shop, valid from now until April 30th. The code is SEM20. You just need to enter this during check out. This discount does not apply on the shipping fee. She ships from Singapore to all over the world. 

**NOTE: You may submit the project you create for Scrapping Everyday Miracles to other challenge blogs but your project must be mainly created for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge in order to win the sponsor prize and/or be one of Top 3**

 All entries must be linked HERE by April 30th, 11:59pm PST.

*Important: Make sure your link is to the blog post with your project & not just your blog in general...and be sure to remember the SCRAP TWIST!

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Spring Blog Hop

SCRAPPING EVERYDAY MIRACLES

HOP into SPRING BLOG HOP!

MARCH 29th - 31st

Spring is my favorite time of the year, and Scrapping Everyday Miracles is celebrating this special season!! The design team has put together some fabulous spring and Easter projects to inspire you this weekend. I hope you enjoy the hop! 

I've been invited to join the delightful SEM design team. Scrapping Everyday Miracles is such a sweet site with challenges designed to encourage us to consider our faith in our crafting, and I'm so delighted to be a part of this special team.

Thanks Nicole for this opportunity!

You should have arrived here from:
Cara

Here are the links for the hops along the way in case you want to start at the beginning or get lost along the way.

Toni
Nicole

Jessica

Tracey G.

Helen

Cara

You are here --> Tracey S.
Kelly <-- Your next stop

Christy

Elizabeth
Lisa

SEM Blog

Our Blog Hop prize is sponsored by...

Genuinely Jane Studios (GJS) manufactures small and medium sized mini-albums for scrapbooking, mixed media and altered arts in a variety of shapes and sizes. 100% American-made, our facility is located in rural, north-central Missouri and uses only the highest quality materials.  

Owned by a military veteran, and accomplished woodworker,  Mark Carosiello and a lifelong crafter, industry manufacturer’s rep, design team member,  passionate scrapbooker and altered artist, Susan Wojtkowski, we understand the craft and the crafter.

One of the first signs of spring here in ohio is seeing the crocuses popping up with their sweet, colorful blossoms. I was able to get a photo of these gems before the snow and cold descended back upon us this week. 

"Spring Time"

I created this page with inspiration from the Prima Build-A-Page Sketch:

These lovely flowers remind me of Isaiah 40:7-9, "The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."

These spring beauties lasted but a day before winter-like cold temperatures and snow  returned to quickly fade them away. This precious verse reminds me that I have a God who is unchanging and is always there for me. His beauty is always present, and never fades away.

Tips and Techniques:

Fussy Cutting ~ I fussy cut flowers and leaf stems from the vibrant and gorgeous Prima Garden Party paper.

Stenciling ~ I mixed Lumiere pearl violet paint into flexible modeling paste to get this gorgeous purple  to spread over the Prima Flourish stencil.

Rayon Crinkle Ribbon ~ I sprayed several colors of mist on my craft mat and pulled this rayon seam binding through it. The color variation is subtle, but there. I simply balled up the wet ribbon and dried it with a heat tool to set the crinkles. 

Cluster ~ Since this is a Prima page, I pulled a variety of spring colored prima flowers from my stash in different shapes and sizes, along with some charms, chipboard, doily, and trinkets. I played until I found an arrangement I liked, then glued in place. 

Crystal Bling ~ The package of pearlized crystals is so perfect for this spring page, so I scattered them randomly across the bottom corner of the page. I also used a piece of a Prima crystal flourish as a butterfly trail and to tuck into the top cluster. 

Splats ~ Using an eyedropper of Dylusions Crushed Grape Spray Ink, I release drops of mist ink from well above the page to create the fun and gorgeous splats of color in the corners. 

Tulle ~ I cut rectangles of glittery tulle and wrapped with wire to create little picks to tuck into the cluster. 

Double photo ~ I printed two photos - one about an inch larger than the other. I sanded the edges and centered the smaller over the larger. 

Garden Gate ~ Isn't the vintage metal garden gate such a darling embellishment to accent the flower photo? 

Feathery Butterfly ~ I just had to include a butterfly to represent the metamorphosis and change that spring represents to me, and this pretty pink Prima butterfly fit the page so perfectly. 

Dangling Crystal ~ The photo doesn't do justice to the light that the dangling crystal picks up and reflects. I used one of the new Tim Holtz ring fastners to attach it to the page. 

I have entered this page at:

Prima Build-A-Page challenge

Word Art Wednesday

We were asked to share our answers to these two questions so you can get to know us better:

What do I love most about Spring? I live out in the country, and I love to see the rebirth of God's creation as the flowers push their way through the soil to share their gorgeous blossoms that fill the air with wafts of their amazing scents, as the trees bud, blossom, and leaf out, and as the animals give birth to their young. We have been blessed to see turkey chicks following their mamas and fawns gamboling near their sweet mothers.

Where do you live? I live in northeast Ohio out in the county. I live with my husband who supports my paper crafting and our 18 year old daughter who will be graduating from high school this spring. We also have 3 adult children and two of them are married. No grandchildren ~ yet. 

~ Prizes ~

You have several chances to win. First, I will be offering a RAK of some spring themed  and inspirational embossing folders. All you have to do is leave a comment and become a follower if you aren't already. I'll give you a second draw if you also follow me using Bloglovin. 

My Rack includes these 4 packages of embossing folders by Darice.

Brick Wall & Thank You with Flowers:

Rose Boquet & Inspiration 3 Pack

Here are the SEM blog prizes:

Our Hop into Spring Blog Hop Prize is two Genuinely Jane Wood albums!  You will receive both the dress form album and the flower album.

Here is an example of a flower album after it has been decorated!

To win this prize you'll want to leave a comment on each DT member's blog and we'll randomly choose one blog to select the winner from. All winners will be announced Saturday, April 6th.

Also you'll want to head over to our SEM Facebook Chit-Chat Page for another chance to win.. We have a fun Blog Hop Challenge for you and another great prize from Geniunely Jane Studio. (If you're not already part of the Chit-Chat page, just request an invitation, and we'll get you added in a jiffy).

Your next stop on the hop is Kelly.
You are sure to enjoy her page and sweet insights!!

Now...have fun Hopping!! Happy Spring from all of us at SEM!!