Hello Handsome!

Hello again! I've had many posts today so while it may not look like it, my crafting has been hit or miss lately.  One day it's booming, the next one, two or three it's dry as a bone.  Probably it's because we have so much going on right now that my brain is overloaded with "schtuff" and not enough creative mojo on a regular basis. Roof repairs...house repairs...helping our son move...dog sitting for said son...annual doc appts/tests...sick cat...upcoming vacation.   Three weeks until the vacation and  I'm really looking forward to it.  We haven't taken a real true week's long vacation somewhere fun just the two of us since our honeymoon 27 years ago.  I think we're a little overdue.

Anyway, I have managed to get some cards finished, most for design teams but a couple others as well.  I just bought some more new stamps and dies and actually used some of them right away for once!

STAMPS: Parrot and Sentiment - Layering Parrot (Hero Arts).
PAPER: White cardstock (Co'ordinations); Watercolor paper (Strathmore).
INK: Spray Inks (Dylusions); Fiesta Blue, Lime Rickey (Catherine Pooler); Night of Navy (Stampin'Up); Desert Sand (Memento).
EXTRAS: Parrot Die (Hero Arts); Tropical leaf dies (Waffle Flower). Diagonal Stripes Elle-ments die (Avery Elle).

These are all new products.  The hubs loves birds and so I've been trying to add to my bird stamp supply.  Funny thing, I actually was going to make this card a birthday card, but when he saw it, he asked if he could have it.  So, how could I say "no"?  So I had to find a different sentiment.  Since our anniversary is June 9th, I decided to make it an early anniversary card.


The background I had in my stash I had watercolored and I matched it with a background I had made using the shaving cream technique and Dylusions spray inks, which I used to cut out the tropical leaves. 

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