Blossoms and Bee's

As you have probably guessed...... This weeks theme is Spring activities around my Home.



We have a flowering chokecherry tree in our back yard. It is now in full bloom. It has a very sweet aroma and attracts hundreds of bees. They love the sweet nectar. I can hear them buzzing clear across the yard.






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Michelle

I <3 Flowers!

I bought some new Gerbera Daisies this weekend. I love them! Sunday morning between rain storms when the sun was out for about 10 minutes I potted them..





Last summer we put rock in all of our flower beds to help keep out the weeds. I decided to buy several large pots this year and fill them with flowers. Its alot easier than digging through the rocks to plant flowers in the ground.






We had black clouds, thunder and rain almost all weekend!




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Michelle

The black ones

The tulips are about done for the year. These black beauties are some of the last ones to bloom. They're a tiny petite tulip, so dark purple they look almost black..







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Michelle

Be Mine

I created this digi page shortly after valentines day.



I decided to trim it and turn it into a hybrid 12x12 page. I cut the picture and printed on my HP premium presentation paper. I used papers from CTMH My Reflections - Notebook. I embellished with some Maya Roads scroll chipboard, painted with Tim Holtz Distressed crackle paint, A Dimensional Elements heart covered with pink chunky glitter, some felt flowers and a sheet of making memories Noteworthy.



Craft Warehouse has their 12x12 scrappage frames on sale right now so I framed this and will take it to work to hang in my work space. The frames have kind of a spring attachment so it works well with embellished pages.


Since its framed, my camera flash was glaring on the glass. I tried taking one without flash. Neither picture turned out very well... It really does look nice.



I love the ease of digital.. but I love the look of the real thing, too. and I have alot of product that I need to use up. I can't make cards fast enough. I'll be making more hybrid projects in the future.

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Michelle

All the Love You Give

Toile. Don't you think thats a weird word? Its kind of like Taupe. Another weird word.

This card has quite a few layers.



I started with a sheet of designer paper from Memorybox - butterfield. I stamped the CHF Toile backgrounder on it with CTMH Spring Iris ink. I colored a tiny bit of the image with Twinkling H20's. I punched out some labels with my nestabilities, layered and stamped CHF Mothers Day Centers sentiment. I swiped some Tim Holtz tattered rose crackle paint across the bottom. I added some leaves from K& Company - Preserve your earth. Each little leaf is dotted with liquid glass.



I punched flowers out of CTMH Spring Iris and Sweet Leaf CS. I distressed and layered them and topped with some CTMH Just Blooms. I punch a white circle, added some liquid glass and covered with white chunky glitter and added to the center of the flowers. The inside as a sheet of Making Memories Noteworthy. I added a white ribbon with silver edge to finish it off. This card is definitely out of the lines.



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Comfort

The word for today's Scripture challenge is Comfort.



Products : Songbird Avenue - April09 kit , PSE7
I will print this on HP presentation paper, mount it on a 4x4 coaster and embellish with some bling.

Songbird Avenue releases a new kit each month. Only available for the month. The designers decide which charitable organization will receive the proceeds from each months sale. Its a great place to donate and get some great digi kits. Aprils proceeds will benefit Autism Speaks .

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