Celebrate

I have a blogging friend who excels at combining card challenges. Yesterday’s post was simply luck, but this time I set out to combine the sketch from Clean and Simple with the Challenge to “spotlight an animal” on a card at Mark’s Finest. Here’s the sketch which I stretched out so all my butterflies would have enough room. This card fits into a buisness style envelope perfectly.

Here’s my take on the challenges.

I’m really happy with this card, and it’s in an envelope ready to send off to a good friend for her birthday later this month. The cardstock is Bazzil Blush Red Dark. It has a slight texture to it, and next time I’m at an Archiver’s I’ll be looking for more of it. The patterned paper is from October Afternoon’s Road Map series, and the tiny stickers are Cosmo Cricket. The butterflies are from an older Hero Arts clear set. Somehow I lost the name of the set, and I don’t think it’s available any more since I couldn’t find it on the HA website. All the butterflies were colored with Copic markers and then enhanced with Spica glitter pens. The photograph doesn’t pick up the sparkle very well but it’s definitely there IRL.

We are celebrating here as Matt got word yesterday that he has a full-time job with benefits in Denver, CO starting May 2. We’ll be leaving the end of the month to help him with the move, and then extending our trip to visit friends and family in Arizona, and Sarah and Adam in California. Can’t wait!