Awesomely Artistic Friend

Full Definition of friend

1. 1a :  one attached to another by affection or esteemb :  acquaintance
2. 2a :  one that is not hostileb :  one that is of the same nation, party, or group
3. 3:  one that favors or promotes something (as a charity)
4. 4:  a favored companion

I have a lot of awesomely artistic friends!

I'm very thankful for each and every one of them too.

That includes you.

For this card I used 2 great Stampin' Up! sets, 

Awesomely Artistic and Butterfly Basics.

The fern from the Butterfly Basics set was stamped off first 

to give some depth to the design.

The dragonfly was stamped on vellum and heat embossed

and also stamped on the design piece.

I ussy cut his wings out of the vellum and adhered them in the center

so they would lift up.

I confess that I pulled out some retired colors for this.

It was like playing with old friends.

I'm going to enter this at

Simon Says Monday Challenge

Best Friends

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Awesomely Artistic, Butterfly Basics, Gorgeous Grunge (SU)

Ink:  Certainly Celery, Garden Green, So Saffron, Whisper White (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Cardstock Vellum, Handsome Hunter (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU)

Bird Quartet for ATCAS

You know how I love the birds....

I discovered these little guys on one of my Internet excursions

and fell in love.

Unfortunately, the stamp is discontinued.

Fortunately, someone had a slightly used one for sale....

for way too much money....

but they're mine.

And I'm keeping them!

There's a new challenge over at Addicted to CAS

Jan (LilyPuss Cards) is our hostess this month and she chose

Monika (TinkerCards Designs) is our fabulous new Guest Designer.
Do check out her amazing blog.

Our generous sponsor is

They're offering a $20.00 gift certificate to the winner.


There's a Design Team call at ATCAS.
If you're interested in joining this fantastic team,
be sure to add DT after your name when you enter a card into the challenge.
Good luck to all those who enter!

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Also entering again at
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge
Let's Get Sentimental
I love this Penny Black Sentiment.

and
Penny Black and More
Dies and Punches
I have used a Stitched Mat Rectangle Die (Lil' Inker)
and Penny Black Sentiment

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Here's another of our real life feathered friends.

During the winter the goldfinches were more brown than yellow.

Then they started turning gold again, but very slowly.

They were quite spotted for a while.

Their summer coats are much prettier!

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bird Quartet (Inkadinkado), Eloquence (Penny Black), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky (SU)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Real Red (SU), Whisper White (SU)

Other:  Stitched Mat Rectangles (Lil' Inker), Copic Markers, Stampabilities (SU retired)