soft and pretty...

There is nothing like escaping into my craft room and surrounding myself with all things pretty.  That peace of quiet that is mine alone once everyone else has called it a night has come to mean the world to me.

This is another card made for the dragonfly card collection over at Taylored Expressions.  I used the inspiration photo from Melissa Phillips for the color and texture inspiration.  I sprinkled Martha Stewart's microbeads over the flowers and added pearls to the centers.   More glitter on the wings of the Unity dragonfly and a Papertrey sentiment finish off the card.

New Graphic 45 paperline...Baby and Bride Collection

When I saw this new line I was immediately taken in by it.  It is so soft and pretty...I grabbed one of each.  The card is based on this week's sketch from CPS 155.   I inked all the edges in Toffee and then went over it all with a very light dry brushing of Satin Creme paint.

Don't  you love this scrunched up flower?  My new cyber friend Kristi Lockart over at Honestly Speaking...has a great tutorial on putting one together.  I absolutely adore the way it came out and I will be making many more!

Blessings,  Patty

dragonfly...

Happy Sunday...the sun has just broken through the dark clouds left from last night's rain.  I can feel it's warmth as I sit here at my computer reflecting on Pastor's message from this morning.  It was aptly titled..."Yeah, but", so perfect for the situation I am struggling with.  That fine line between grace and enabling someone you love.   Enough said...

These cards were made for this challenge over at Taylored Expression called Dragonfly.  Please click over and read the whole story but in short the cards will be donated to families who have lost a child during delivery or in the early stages of life.  The dragonfly is the symbol of hope for those families as they struggle and grieve.

The cards are based on the sketch provided over at the Taylored Expressions blog...our only restriction was that they must include a dragonfly.  Luckily I had a couple of Unity stamps with dragonflies...the sentiments are Papertrey Ink.

I wish you could see them in real life...they all have a touch of glitter in the dragonfly wings.  I really like the effect of the Webster's paper on this last one.  I think the font on the sentiment couldn't be more perfect and the words...Faith, Hope, Love...I added the rest of the verse... and the greatest of these is love...on the inside.  My hope and prayer is that the dear parent's who receive them will find all three in Jesus Christ as they walk through this unimagineable trial.

Blessings,

Patty