Playing with butterflies

Yesterday was a day of play. Can you tell from this picture?

The first thing I did has to stay a secret for a little while longer. But I can tell you that I did some playing with butterflies.

These were die cut, embossed and then inked with 3 different shades of ink. These were going to go in a card I made (which I'll show you tomorrow) but I decided they weren't quite big enough.

Then I decided to try something I saw on Pinterest. You cut out a butterfly shape that has blank spaces on the wings then cover the back with packing tape. Next you sprinkle glitter on top and it sticks to the exposed packing tape.

Here's a better look with light coming through the wings. Of course the paper ends up looking black because of the lighting but it looks rather nice. Maybe I should try this again using black cardstock.

Last but not least I did a little edit with the above picture.

It's a shame I have to go to work today. I would really like another day to play.

Since my son doesn't read my blog I won't post any pictures but today is his birthday. He's 32 already. My but times flies.

Manual

Lately I've been keeping my camera set on manual mode rather than using auto. I had gotten quite lazy in my photography and decided that it was time to get back to taking control

While I was out doing some trimming in the yard I noticed that the Japanese Iris are blooming so I went in and grabbed the camera. These were all taken in manual and the only thing I did to them was to sharpen them just a bit.

Where's the fire?

I can't believe how fast those two days went by. It's back to work today already. It feels like I was just doing my happy dance over having 2 days off.

So while I was off  I wandered around the yard a bit with my camera and did a little photo shoot with the chiminea that Wade and I bought as an anniversary present to ourselves several years ago. Wade enjoyed this more than I did. Him and a friend of his would sit out there on Saturday nights for hours. It used to annoy me because this is pretty much right under the bedroom window and the smoke from the fire would have me coughing and hacking unless I closed the window. Then there was a friend of his who would also come over occasionally and the guy did not know the meaning of the word quiet. Everytime he talked he shouted. This didn't get used at all last summer and I doubt I will use it this year either.

I think they look good in black and white

Jumping into June

Happy June 1st everyone. Pardon my absence yesterday but I totally forgot to write a post. I headed to my computer the night before with plans to write one then I got distracted and never did.

Since I had the day off yesterday I decided to do a little crafting. I needed a card for my sons birthday which is on the 4th. I also went out and did a little shopping although it was more of the window type since about the only thing I got was dog food and bread.

On with the card. This is a pretty simple one since I just layered papers and added stickers. I used double sided scrapbook paper along with some other plain cardstock. The stars are stickers that I've had in my stash for quite a while. I stamped the Birthday Wishes and then heat embossed it.

Using the same double sided paper I made a matching envelope and I cut the letters out for his name on my Cricut

On the inside I made a pocket to hold either a gift card or cash.

Here's a close up of the heat embossed tag on the card. I also rubbed different colored inks on the edges to give it a more aged look.

Next I need to work on a card for my daughters birthday which is on the 10th.