Nature Walk – thanks so much

Hi Everyone.  Hope you are all having a great week so far!

Tomorrow is Wednesday… you know what that means?  Yep, just two days away from Friday:-)

I went to regionals a week or so ago.  The great thing about going to the Stampin' Up! regionals is that you get to do fabulous makes and takes, share stamping time with others, get to see some wonderful Workshop Wow presentations and swap with other demos…. the bad thing about regionals… aaargggh… I have to stamp in a rush!  So, the sentiment on my card tonight – is definitely not straight!  You aren't imagining it… it really isn't straight.

The stamp set used at Regionals was Nature Walk.  I love this set and have not used it anywhere near enough.  it was great to see some different uses of the set, especially as many of them were on the shabby chic, vintagey side…. and you all know that I don't go to "that" side very often! 

Tonight's card is a slight adaptation of the one from the regional.  The layout is the same, the stamp set is the same, the sentiment and the DSP are different.  For the regional one, instead of the striped DSP they had a crimped and distressed element.  I decided I wanted to change it up a little and make it a little less distressed.  The striped DSP allowed me to do that, without losing the overall elements of the card.

I loved the treatment of the eggs.  They were colored using Marina Mist, Early Espresso and Old Olive makers.  For the envelope, I used Early Espresso.

Card recipe – all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

• Card stock:  Naturals Ivory, Old Olive, Early Espresso
• Stamps:  Nature Walk (121925 wood, 121997 clear), Three Little Words (sentiment) (113254)
• Accessories:  Old Olive Tafetta ribbon (119767)
• Inks:  Early Espresso Classic ink and Marker.  Marina Mist and Old Olive markers
• Tools:  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (119275), Stampin Dimensionals
• Card cut to 3 x 6.  the Dotted Scallop Border punch was used for the Early Espresso border element.  I punched it out and then cut down the middle of the scallop and adhered it to the base of the focal point.

On a personal note:  Been a long day today.  Lou is traveling and will be doing that a fair bit over the next few weeks, which always makes the days a little more difficult!   I am desperate for spring.  Really, really looking forward to sitting out on the deck and getting that area finished.  We didn't quite finish it at the end of the year and I am really looking forward to getting it finished.

This week, we did hear the Chickadee's singing their mating call, though.  You always know spring is somewhere near when you hear that.   Ohhh… talking about birds.  I wanted to share a pic with you of our visitor this week.  The sparrows have taken to nesting in the new spruce trees we put in during summer.  They are loving them as they are away from the strong winter winds and are very dense.  So, they provide really good cover for them.  The Sharp Shinned/Coopers – whichever one he is – has noticed that they have moved. He swooped in the other day and I managed to snap a couple of pictures of him

Isn't he amazing?

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.

Prayers tonight for those affected by the earthquake in Christchurch.  For those of you who need a little lift or a warm hug

Hugs

Jaydee