Colour Refresh & FREE SHIPPING

I don't care what anyone says - I love this time of year at Stampin'Up!  You never know what little surprise is going to be around the corner, but you know change is in the air because the new catalogue will be launched soon.  And today - we got our first surprise - it's a

To be honest, I don't often use the colours that are retiring.  And I love that Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Calypso Coral are joining the main groups!  Plus - Yipee for a softer shade of gray!

Also - this weekend, April 6,7,8  you can place any sized order and get FREE SHIPPING!  I'm having a Mystery Hostess Virtual Event attached to this opportunity - so either e-mail me with your order or place your order through my on-line store (from ANYWHERE in the country!!!) and by using the assigned Hostess Code  (NARXF9ZS) , you may win $35+ of FREE product.

Oh - and butterflies - I worked with butterflies on the weekend and this month's BEST OF set is Best of Butterflies...

I was inspired by Andrea Gideon's bleached butterfly and so cased her card.  Wow, I love this....so I decided to try the bleaching on some other colours.  The Elegant Eggplant isn't too bad - not crazy about my added ink on the Night of Navy.  But ya gotta try!

Hope you're having a great day - thanks for dropping in.

Joan

Ombre Butterflies

This is a quick post as I'm trying to accomplish tons of things today - I decided to do the Friday Mashup!  They want butterflies this week - I just had to.  I didn't really stick to the sketch, but I did use my brayer and I did include the butterflies.  

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".

2. Or Make a project using "Butterflies & Your Brayer".

3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with "your Brayer using the Sketch and add some Butterflies".

 It's  a busy day - end of Sale-a-bration, end of the Bounce Back Bookathon, and we find out today the results of the voting for the Alberta Teacher's Association....Lots to think about and do.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by to visit.  Joan

Rainbow Butterfly

I played around with my markers, re-inkers and watercolour paper the other night.  Oh I could make a ton of these.  The butterfly didn't come out a dark as I'd like because of the watercolour paper - it's got a lot of texture - I'll try this again with embossing powder.

I didn't want to clutter up the front with a greeting - but it certainly could be used for any occasion.

It's Friday - woo hoo -

I'm preparing for "Chicks and Chocolates" tomorrow afternoon

Hope you have a fabulous day - don't forget

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT OF SALE-A-BRATION

(sorry - the rainbow was calling to me)

Thanks for stopping by

Joan

Swallowtail Clear-Mount Stamp	129216
Price: $16.95 Swallowtail Wood-Mount Stamp 129213 Price: $21.95 6 X 9 Watercolor Paper 122959 Price: $5.95

Butterfly Wings

I thought of this card this morning before I went to school after checking what the sketch was yesterday over at Freshly Made Sketches.  I knew right away that I wanted to do something different than the Top Note Shape - and decided on the butterfly....and I knew right away that I didn't want it to be lying flat on the paper.  So, before I left for school I stamped two "exact" images of the Swallowtail and left them to dry.

It's taken a while to finish the card this afternoon - I'm a bit distractive these days - but here she is.  

I cut out both butterflies, but only attached one duplicate wing so that only the wing flies off the page.

I am totally loving this Swallowtail!  Hope to see it in the July Idea Book!  (Just saying.)

Hope you've had a marvelous day.  I came home to cupboards and a fridge all cleaned out and re-organized.  Gotta love Reading Week!  And my husband is hot on the campaign trail for Vice President of the Alberta Teacher's Association....so it's been a good day for everyone here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joan