A Whimsical Butterfly

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Good Morning all!

Well, we finally have snow on the ground again. It's been falling all night and is expected to stop sometime around 4pm today. Just when it was starting to look like Spring around here! Bugger. LOL! And wouldn't you know it; I'm traveling to Chester, NY this morning for an overnight work related visit. It hasn't snowed for weeks and when it does, I'm on the road, away from home! Good thing is that I'm not driving in it! Which is a good thing really, because who wants an Australian expat driving them in a snow storm?!? I certainly wouldn't! LOL

Today's Whimsical Wednesday challenge is a sketch by the seasoned pro, Madelynn Diedrich! Please pop over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog to check out the sketch, but before you do, here's what I did with it!

A dear friend gave me my first Unity stamps this past Christmas and they have been sitting on my desk, I swear, staring at me this whole time, begging me to use them! LOL So when I saw this week's sketch, I immediately knew what stamps I was going to use. ;)

I sponged around the Label Four nestie with two different colored chalk inks to match some scrap K&Company paper I picked out. Not sure if you can make them out, but I added some tiny adhesive rhinestones in the bottom left and top right hand corners. The butterfly punch I have matches the butterflies in the stamp perfectly, so I punched a few out from the patterned paper and scattered them around the quote. I never used to be a fan of purple on cards, but I think I'm in love with the color now! It's such a classy color!

The Daredevils have some great inspiration for you all, so please check out their blogs:

Cassie Larson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich (a.k.a.Mom ;)
Kim Ross
Kris Palakiko
Randi Wall
Rebecca Ednie
Sara Henton
Val Urtiaga

And please help us welcome our newest Daredevil, Andrea Murdock!!

And now it's your turn to play. Just create your card using Madelynn's sketch and leave a link to it in the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this week's Whimsical Wednesday post!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company 'Quote Bundle Pack'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink 'Dusty Plum and Warm Wisteria'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Que Sera Sera'
Access: Spellbinders Labels 4 Nestibilities, EK Success Butterfly Punch, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Sponges, Dimensionals