Three Sunflowers

I made this card for the gallery idol challenge, the first challenge is to make a Thank you card. This card is with the Hero Arts new sunflower stamp. I stamped in black ink and colored with copics, the butterfly was stamped and also colored with copics then cut out. The PP is from Cosmo Cricket (i think), and the sentiment is from PTI. Today is the first day of the sneak peaks for PTI  http://www.nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/ . Every month I think there will not be things I must have, but they continue to create such a wonderful array of products. This month they have a new color green, I love green so I must have this! They also have a cute hot air balloon set that looks neat! They have a great design team that highlights their new releases from the 10th-14th, I love seeing all the creative ideas! If you haven't already you should check them out.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day, our was busy as usual! My in-laws came down for a quick visit to see Owen play his last soccer games. Then we went out to eat at a Hibachi restaurant Sat. for Mother's Day. It has been years since Owen has been to one and he really enjoyed it, the chef was great with the kids. Wyatt was interested in it until the fire, I wish I had my camera on him so I could have caught his reaction. All I got was his movement as he jumped out of his chair right into my lap. I am grateful that he recovers quickly from stuff though, within a few minutes he was back to eating his ginger salad and noodles. Both boys did really good and we were all able to eat our meals without having to take a break with the little one. Sunday started off well, until Owen came down with a fever, it wouldn't be Mother's Day without someone not feeling well. I kept him home today as he still is running a fever, but no other symptoms. Once he gets the Tylenol, he is back to being his crazy self. Hope everyone has a great Monday!

Caardvarks monochromatic challenge

I finally had some time to play with the new hero arts florals in shapes and came up with this card. I stamped the images in Spring Moss and cut out then attached to an embossed die cut. The background is an older hero arts stamp stamped tone-on-tone with Spring moss again. The sentiment from PTI was stamped and attached to the die cut that was also embossed and attached with PTI ribbon. I love to collect ribbon, but find I hardly ever use it on cards. However; these die cut from spellbinders makes it a perfect place to use some of that ribbon I love to admire!

We had a busy day today, soccer till 12, then a roller skating birthday party for one of Owen's friends on his soccer team. It was pretty funny watching him try skating for the first time, he just needs some practice! I am just thankful we had no injuries! Wyatt even tried to get out there with a pair of huge skates!  Before I knew what he was doing he had them on and was about to go right into the sea of falling children! Looking forward to a quiet day tomorrow!

Blue butterflies

Just a quick post for today, we have some work to do in our garden! I stamped and embossed the Floral Brocade cling in white ink on pattern paper from memory box. Then I stamped the butterflies on the same PP and cut out. The scallop border is a background set from PTI botantical background basics stamped in white and punched with a MS punch. The sentiment is from hero arts, and cut out using spellbinders label dies.  Hope you have a great weekend.

Pink Hydrangea

This is a simple card that was stamped and colored with copics, I finally ordered this stamp as I always use it when I visit my friend Debbie. It was just my luck to since the place I order from Stampin Treasures had a one day sale 24% off! I ordered a few others I wanted a some more of their chalk inks.

We are having a beautiful week here, nice weather and lots of sunshine, which means the boys and I are outside a lot! Soon it will be to hot to enjoy being outside so we plan on soaking up the nice weather while we can!

Butterfly on fern

I stamped the fern with certain celery (stampin up ink), the butterfly was stamped twice once on the fern and then again on white paper and cut out. I colored it with copics and attached to the fern panel. The green paper was embossed with the scor-it to create the lines, and the sentiment is from PTI.

We had a good weekend, Owen had 3 really good soccer games, despite an injury Friday night during a scrimage. He over-extended something in his ankle when he went to kick the ball, but thankfully no swelling and he was ready to play the next day. He scored 1 goal and was even put in the goal for the U-10's the older group he plays with. I wasn't too worried at first because the ball had hardly been down at our goal all day, but of course as soon as he gets in there here it comes. I was so excited when he actually blocked the ball to keep them from getting a goal! I think everyone was shocked at how good he did. He has come such a long way, and already says he would like to play fall soccer.  These are not the greatest pictures, he is moving all the time! Hope you have a great Monday!

Mother's Day Card & Rain!

We were forcasted for rain last night into this morning. While you could see the clouds moving in,  I woke up to still no rain! But just as Wyatt & I walked out the door this a.m., it started! I ran in and got our rain coats and now we have a really nice rain coming down. My garden will be soooo happy!

The card for today is a simple Mother's Day card for Hero Arts challenge this month. I stamped the new flower plate in Hawaaian Shore, die cut it with the deckled rectanges and attached it to white embossed paper. The sentiment (PTI) was stamped and die cut with the deckled ovals the edges were colored with the same ink. The butterflies from the Antique Engraving set were stamped with brown ink and cut out. Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Beautiful weeds

I made myself make a different color combo, even though I still have a few of the colors from the past few days to show soon. I used the new cling from Hero Arts,  stamped it in Memento black, and sponged on distressed ink in bundled sage and milled lavender. The buttefly was sponged with the milled lavender and highlighted with copics then cut out.

I am so bummed, we discovered yesterday that Starlings have displaced our Purple Martins in their house! We have tried so hard to keep our Martins safe, every year something ends up happening. One year two snakes climbed up into the house and ate almost all the babies. We were able to save one nest and we fed them for a day then returned them to the nest. We watched closely and believe it or not the martins returned to care for them. They would not sleep in the house and we were so happy to see those babies take flight. As soon as they were able to thought, they all left. We believe the same thing happend the year before that, but we just did not catch it. Last year we put special snake gaurds and dilegently checked the house, but still they left late in the summer. We were so excited to see them come back this year and 3 had started making the house thiers, until the Starlings moved in!  Now they are no where to be seen, and we are going to have to evict the current guest! I never realized how difficult it is for these poor birds, I am hoping they will come back, but think we will have to wait until next year! So much for the expensive Starling proof house we bought!