Day Two Of....
Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 9:00AM my mini vacation was another productive day. I spent the morning planting my patio flower containers. Friday was a very warm morning, so warm that I think it was the first time that I ever had sweat running into my eyes. I've heard people say that sweat in your eyes burned and I couldn't quite figure out how that could be......now I do. WOW! This year's patio flower combo is light pink and fushia, with a touch of white. I have enjoyed sitting on the patio the past couple of evenings, with my Kindle and a cold beverage - very peaceful.
So, in honor of getting my flowers planted, I thought this would be the perfect project to share. I was searching through some of my patterned papers and came across this. I've had it for so long that I don't remember where I bought it or who it was by, but oh my word, it is so pretty. As I played around with a layout, I knew there was no way that I could cover up this gorgeous paper. I also feared that if I did, it could bring on another visit from the "stamping police" and I'm on shakey ground with them as it is.
So, instead of "covering" up this paper, I made it my focal image. I grabbed a couple of my nestability dies and my big shot, the paper and started cranking. Seriously, how gorgeous is this?!
I added stickles to the centers of a few of the flowers to pretty it up even a bit more.
The sentiment is from Sending You. I masked it before inking so that I could stamp it on two banners and then attached it to the back of the focal panel. All of the elements are added to a piece of Winter Wisteria card stock that I had run through the cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot embossing folder. I added a strip of white grosgrain around the center, just to add a little more texture. After all, is there such a thing as too much texture? I think not.
And there you have it, a pretty little ditty from me to you.
To reward myself for a few days of hard work, I'm going to take a little trip to Archiver's later today. I've been wanting to go for a couple of months, but just couldn't work it into a weekend. After a bit of shopping, I think I will have lunch at Mimi's Cafe (remember that restaurant Jenn?) or maybe I'll go to Bravo's (thanks for introducing it to me, Dawn). Either way, I'm in for a perfect afternoon. I hope that whatever you have planned, I hope that it too, will be perfect.
Later chickies!




















