Loads of layers-Flowers/Chicken/Black cards

 Loads of layers-Flowers/Chicken/Black cards

Still having fun with Jennifer Rzasa Tuesday #altenewchallengelive this week is all about Layers.  She wants at least 5 layers.

The Chicken is from Unity stamp company.  For my chicken card there are 5 to 7 layers depending if you include ribbons, and enamel dots as a layer.  The Flower card is all Altenew products including the flowers!  Let's see for this card there are just 5 layers ... but that fits the rules.

My black cards are both 5 layers with embossed layers, gold/silver layers, flowers, gems, and ribbon.

More layers to come!

Thanks for stopping by.  Come back soon.

walking days

Today there is no stamping on my blog.  I'm just going to show you two days where I went walking.

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 I went to Mystic Seaport with my husband.  first we walked through the Viking exhibit inside.  we saw all the helmets, tools and more.  so much information and wonderful relics.  Went outside to see and walk on the ships and along the way you would see an artist painting landscapes or the ships.

Next on Thursday, June 14, 2018  I went to the NY Botanical Gardens with my friend, Leslie

 walked down this path through a forest.

 saw beautiful roses in the rose garden

 fabulous Hawaiian flowers

 unique cactus

Wonderful day out in the sunshine!

A rose is a rose!

This week  Simple Salutations challenge 51 is A rose is a rose!  all that means is get out those flower stamps that you packed away for the winter and stamp yourself a flowery garden delight!  Please remember the name of this challenge is Simple Salutations so you do need to add a salutation (saying) to the front of your card to be officially entered in our drawing.  here is my card:  I choice a rose because it's my birthday month and the rose is the flower for June but you can do any flower you prefer.  I stamped and embossed my rose in white then watercolored with distress markers on kraft cardstock.  It's a fun and easy technique.  Hard to see in photo but I added some glitter to the yellow rose.
card details:
stamps - MFPaHC love, love, love stamp set (rose), MFPaHC bring on the sun stamp set (saying)
Spellbinder Nestabilities labels dies
Ranger distress markers
ribbon & twine

It's TGIF!

Happy TGIF!  although for us stay at home moms and retired people everyday is TGIF!  Here is a spring card for you today.  It's pretty in pink for this spring card...more like hot pink!  first I embossed the tulips from MFP spring things   stamp set with white embossing ink/powder.  next got out some re-inkers ink pinks and water colored the flowers on water color paper because it holds up better to all the water.  the stems and leaves were done with greens, of course.  did some fussy cutting then mounted the tulips on a card over a border of hearts.....why hearts you ask........couldn't say except the border punch was the first one I saw in the drawer.  Enjoy your weekend!

Beautiful Sunflower

Sorry I have been MIA this past week unfortunately had one of my migraines but I'm good to go now.  Will be putting up some cards very soon.  But for now here is a picture of a sunflower that my husband grew.  Isn't it beautiful....nature is beautiful.  This flower must be 8 or 9 feet tall.  The photo over to the right is of my husband and the flower before it bloomed.  He is 6 feet tall so add a couple more for the flower.  We plan to go apple picking later this week...I always like that...what could be better than apples picked right from the tree!

Painted Tulips

As my husband said these tulips look like they are painted.  they are beautiful and very vibrant!  isn't mother nature wonderful! 

Spring has sprung!

check out these beautiful tulips in our yard.  they are actually right up against the foundation of our house so they bloom early but this year very early.  we have had a week of very warm weather.  today it was down in the 40's and supposed to continue like that for the rest of the week, I think.