When looking for my purpose in life and needing direction, I chose to ask God. His response was: "You will find what you need if you look among the stars and within yourself." For He is there & everywhere.
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I absolutely love this set from Stampin Up. It is the cutest! The sky was created with blue designer paper and the grassy hill was created with green designer paper. I inked the edges with distress ink and used pop dots on the images. I also made faux stitching by using a white gel pen. I colored the bee and the flower with my COPIC markers. I really like how this turned out. Hope you enjoy it too.
These are the pieces for the swap. They are images from Wendy Vecchi.This picture is the backside after I finished up with the front. The copper floss holds it together!
This is what the back looked like before the front was done.
This is the finished note pad.
This is a close up of the Tim Holtz ball hitch that I used for the closing on the front.
After I finished this note pad, I wished that I had made 3 or 4 more to give away as gifts.
My card has a little bling on it. In the last swap, I made a card with a lot more bling! Sometimes you need to be a little understated. Sometimes we need to show people that we've got a little softer, and pretty side...(smile). I just wanted the bling in smaller areas. Hopefully my swap partner Debi will like it when she gets it. Also, the red background edges are NOT part of the card. I just happened to take the picture on top of this extra sheet of cardstock that was lying there. The butterflies are by Inkadinkado and the sentiment is by Stampin Up.
The background of this was created with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and the stamped image and sentiment was set off by using the Nestabilities. The images are from Stampin Up and colored with COPIC markers. I also used Stickles, which may be hard to see in the picture.
Well it's Labor Day weekend and the weather is beautiful! Hope you are all enjoying yourselves with an extra day off. The cut out flower and leaves are from Stampin Up and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado. The flower was colored with COPIC markers. See you soon! Angel