Hi everyone! Happy Spring Friday! I hope you had a good week and have some fun things planned for the weekend. My week was sort of stressful and I turned to crafting to get out of my own head. As I've been saying for months, it has been raining...for months...here. It's the weirdest, wettest weather I can recall. Just days and days in a row with pouring rain and wind. As a result, our home suffered some damages and some leaking. It has been a daily full time job trying to arrange inspections and contractors and roofers... It's taken weeks to get it all arranged. And all of that I find to be really stressful. It's stressful because something is wrong with the house, and it's stressful to have strangers in my home and it's really stressful trying to pay for all of this!! It all sort of came to a head this week with people working and delivering supplies and all that. It's made my anxiety go through the roof. My Bible is open to the book of Philippians and I'm trying really hard to be joyful and not worry. I am a total worrier by nature - that's the human side of me. I know God is in control and I know I'll be okay - but I just fret. Life lessons of course! So, I have been trying to craft and forget what's going on. Poor Lucky is freaked out by people on his roof. LOL. We'll be fine but I am streeeesssssed. Send a little prayer my way!!
Anyhoo...on to this super fun and happy card I made yesterday! I find that coloring with my markers is excellent therapy. I went around the studio and got out all my Spring and Easter stamps and laid them out on my table... And the beautiful Pretty Pink Posh stamps spoke to me first! Spring is HERE!!! Now if it would be sunny that would be awesome!!!
This card is A2 sized made from Neenah Solar White cardstock. (I always make my own card bases). I layered on some sweet yellow and white gingham from a brand new paper pad. (Echo Park Easter Wishes). The gingham covers the entire front of the card. The card has a white stitched rectangle layer, and a stitched circle layer for the sentiment. The grass border die is the finishing touch. LOTS of die cutting on this one!
I wanted to create a pretty spring garden for those adorable bees to fly around in! I set to work stamping and die cutting out flowers, leaves and beeeeezzzzz. I die cut extra because I was in the mood to color. Lots of pretty Spring shades of pink and green.
Here is my little garden on my work table. This makes me smile.
After I colored everything, it was time to start composing my card layout. I tried to fit as much on as possible! Lol. Seriously so much cuteness. I ended up making a tiny garden at the bottom of the card and then put the bees on the top circling the sentiment. The bees and flowers were adhered with foam squares.
I added white gel pen accents to the bees and flowers... I added clear Wink of Stella to the bees' wings and then just a few enamel dots - from the same collection as the paper pad. I tucked the flowers into the grass - and there are two layers of the grass border.
The center of the rectangle layer was inked with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and an Ink Blending Tool. I thought the card had too much white space and needed some 'sky' for those bees.
That's it for today! I am wishing you a beautiful weekend! Take care and I'll see you soon! XOXO
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This is so cute!! I LOVE the little bees and the scene you created!! I am so sorry that you are going through all this. House stuff is so stressful!! Hope all is well soon!!
Posted by: Nora Noll | 03/30/2019 at 11:02 AM
So sorry that you are having home issues. It is stressful to have been in your space that you can't control. We just had new windows put in throughout our home, what we thought was going to be a "day or a day and a half" at most. It took 2 1/2 days and two windows were damaged so they will have to come back and replace those! Argh. I was getting pretty tired of it all. Best of luck!
Posted by: Vicki M. | 03/29/2019 at 09:01 PM
Sending you prayers, Wanda. I hope things get better soon.
Love the pretty card. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Martha H. | 03/29/2019 at 01:06 PM
Praying for you and the rain to stop! Home maintenance is a full time job! On another note the card is darling!
Posted by: Julie L | 03/29/2019 at 12:05 PM
Such a happy bright spring card. Makes me smile. Supposed to have 3 days of sun🤗
Posted by: Geneva | 03/29/2019 at 11:49 AM
These little bees should carry your worries away very nicely.... I do the same thing. I had a dentist appt. and it resulted in my needing a crown. Eek.. now I have to plan on paying for that next month. Rain is good but enough is enough already. California seems to be either drought or too much. Have a nice weekend and hopefully that roof work will soon be a thing of the past.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 03/29/2019 at 10:58 AM
Super cute, cheery card, love it. Thanks for the reminder about God in control, you are right and it is true but so hard to keep in mind. I am like you, stress and worry alot. My husband is laid off and looking for a job, but it is not going quickly and like you am trying to control the stress of it. Hang it there we are good- :)
Posted by: Tracy Gentry | 03/29/2019 at 06:32 AM
I am SOO SORRY that you're having to deal with all these things!!! It doesn't help when the weather is gloomy! I hope that you get some sunshine heading your way very soon! I also suffer from anxiety so I totally understand what you are going through. I believe that Satan uses anxiety to take us away from God. I wish that I had some wisdom or words of comfort for you. But I don't. Just remember, if God takes care of & provides food for the tiniest birds, he will not abandon or forsake us. I firmly believe that Satan uses anxiety to take us away from God. I will keep you in my prayers & pray that you have some sunshine & better weather soon! 🌞🌞🌞
Posted by: Jennifer Hovermale | 03/29/2019 at 04:50 AM
What a bright and cheery spring card! I love it! Makes my day!
Posted by: Lana Lepinski | 03/29/2019 at 04:36 AM