Rest for the New Year

 Hi Friends! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  I spent mine at home with C-VID but it was a great way to just relax!  

It is currently raining, but I am anxiously awaiting the rain turning to snow- if the forecast is correct.  In the meantime, I have moved on from Christmas and winter to flowers, birds and butterflies.  I love this new stamp I got from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  

I stamped the collage image from the Botanical Collages Stamp Set.  After stamping it in the center of the cs, I lined up the image to the right of and then to the left of the center image to stretch the image across the entirety of the card.  Next, I stamped the image (focusing just on the butterfly) on a separate piece of cs, colored it with Copics, then fussy cut it out.  I also added some color to the main image on the card.  

I stamped the sentiment from the Faith Phrases Stamp Set onto a peach colored cs and then cut out a sentiment strip of the top portion of the sentiment.  Next, I stamped the sentiment below the butterfly.  The sentiment was finished off by adhering the peach sentiment atop of the sentiment on the card panel.  

The plan was to keep the card clean and simple but I decided it needed more.  I sponged color all around the edges of the card panel using Distress Ink in Speckled Egg.  I added a bit of black spatter and finished things off with SSS Moonshine sequins.  

I am linking up to Triple B Challenge with my butterfly and the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge, Anything Goes.  

I will be back tomorrow or Friday with more from this stamp set.  

Thanks for visiting!

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Uni-Ball Signo White Gel Pen SSS | Blick
Gina K Connect Glue SSS	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS
Distress Oxide Speckled Egg SSS	Zig Millenium Pure Black assorted point pens SSS | Blick
snss Faith Phrases SnSS	MISTI SSS
SnSS Botanical Collages Stamp Set SnSS