Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Rain, rain, go away.....

Ok well I started this card yesterday, when it was POURING out & I just wanted it to go away!! Now I finally finished it.....& the sun is out :) It's a gorgeous day & *finally* Michael will get to play his first baseball game tonight! His games kept getting canceled....while Matthew has played 3 already!! I told him that summer in Wisconsin is a crap shoot!




So I was going through my bins of High Hopes rubber & found Willard Weather Ant.....not to mention a ton of rubber I haven't even used yet!! I will not buy any more stamps until I've used ALL the ones I have that haven't seen ink!! So many cute High Hopes stamps......& remember you can order them from 7 Kids College Fund!!! If you don't see what you want, just ask!

I stamped Willard onto SU's Naturals White & colored him with my Copic markers. I seem to be using the Copics more these days.....& for what they cost that is a good thing! The papers are SU Sage Shadow (with a bit of ink sponged on....wasn't *quite* the right shade) & My Mind's Eye. I paper pieced the umbrella & added Glossy Accents to the boots. I actually ended up coloring the boots twice....I had colored the flowers orange the first time & it just didn't look right so I did it again with pink flowers...much better :)

Can you believe my Martha Stewart doily punch isn't working??? I must have worn it out......sniffle......
...& I can't live without it so I'll have to buy a new one. And yes, I used foil.....& I tried putting it in the freezer.....nothing revived it. So....I had to use a different punch for under the lace....this one is the Fiskars Threading Water border punch. Not what I wanted for this card but it will have to do!





Here's a close up of Willard....cutest ant ever!! I am blessed to have so much HH rubber, even if I haven't used them all!! Did you see that High Hopes has new releases coming out of their ears?? AND a new artist!!! Check out their blog HERE for all the info!!

7 comments:

auntie lisa said...

This is adorable Michelle....love the colors, the paper pieced umbrella and that little ant is so cute.
We are saying rain rain go away up north too....had enough already!!!
xxxx
Lisa

chris said...

Just doing a bit of hopping and came across this delightful card I just had to leave a comment on , it all ties SO beautifully together, its PERFECT.
hugs chris xx

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 said...

Beautiful card Michelle! Love the paper piecing and the flowers are just perfect.

Have you tried Cutter Glide on your punch? Sue Nelson (aka Susie B on SCS) recommended it on Message Board on her Heart Prints website. Here is the link to the forum topic about it: http://www.heartprints.net/wwwboard/read.php?f=1&i=44197&t=44196#reply_44197

Renkata said...

Very cute card.
I love it.

delightfuldaisy said...

Oh, Michelle, this is the sweetest thing ever! I love the paper pieced umbrella, the dainty little boots, the pretty flowers, and the lovely lace! Great paper choices, too! TFS!

Niki Estes said...

Gorgeous card, Michelle! I absolutely love the colors, patterned papers, paper piecing, embellishments, everything!

Mich said...

What a beautiful card this is, and I love the embrella and boots of the ant !!

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