Hi there! So sorry -- I intended to get this posted yesterday but it just didn't happen! Anyway, I'm posting a few photos of some gorgeous redbud trees that were in bloom here last week, so that the photos of my card for today, won't be the first thing to pop up in your email or your blog reader or here at my blog -- whichever the case may be for you, depending on how you read this little blog-o.
I'm giving you ample time to look away......to save this post for later (because you'll want to see it at SOME point).....
You see, today, I've got a card to show you using Papertrey's new anniversary set. And while I would definitely not be one of those people, I realize that there are some people out there that like to wait and see the free stamp set for the first time, when they pull it out of their mailbox, rather than online at someone's blog or website.
So if you're one of those people that doesn't want to see the set until you have it in your hot little hands, then consider yourself warned..... :)
These redbud trees are at the entrance to our subdivision and when they flower each year, they make me so happy! They're planted in two rows, alternating between purple redbuds and white redbuds. The purple ones are my favorites. You're not surprised by this, in the least, are you?
If you're still reading but you don't want to see the card that is coming, you might consider looking away sometime soon. Just sayin'......
I mean really, aren't they spectacular trees? I {heart} them very much. In fact, I'd like to have one in our yard. I've said so to my handsome husband many times over the 10 years that we've now been married.
So last fall, he came in one day after mowing and said, "Well, it looks like you might finally get your redbud." I had no idea what he was getting at and that's when he told me that our golden raintree in the backyard was dead! We have no idea what happened to it. It looked healthy as a horse one week and was dead the next. (Well, as much as a healthy tree could resemble a healthy horse. Oh, you know what I mean.)
Anyway, we were hoping that perhaps the tree was just playing dead :) and would actually come back to life this spring, but no such luck. It's currently deader than a doornail. Sad. Very sad. It's another tree that Bartley planted years ago and is so beautiful at certain times of the year when it takes on a bright gold color. I must say that I think it's awfully sweet of my hottie hubs to be willing to replace Mr. Golden Raintree with Miss Redbud. Very thoughtful indeed.
This is your last chance. If you are still reading this, you are about to see a card photo showcasing Papertrey's anniversary set. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Yesterday, the Papertrey 2010 Anniversary Set was unveiled over in the Papertrey Gallery! You can see all of the Design Team Girls' projects there. The set is one that customers were able to earn for free based on their purchases during 2010. (The set will not be available for sale.) It's solely a reward for those purchases made last year and will soon be sent to those customers that earned the set! Keep an eye out at Nichole's blog for all of the details.
So this is the first card I made using Botanical Silhouettes. It's a gorgeous and very versatile set! I can't wait to play with it some more!
For my card, I die cut some rustic cream card stock with the mat stack 5 die and stamped it with a stem and flower, as well as a sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes. A bit of glitter and a rhinestone were added to the flower and vintage touch tea dye ink was added to the edges of the die cut.
The mat stack layer was added to a piece of patterned paper from the Sugar Plum collection, and that was adhered to the front of a lavender moon card front.
Along the bottom of the card, I added a strip of plum pudding patterned paper from the 2008 Bitty Dot Basics collection, that I first die cut with the small scalloped border die. Over that, I adhered a strip of plum pudding twill ribbon. Tucked into the corner of the card for a small accent, are a couple of stamps I created using the Postmarks stamp set and the postage die. You might notice a few of the little images for the postage stamps from Postmarks, are mini versions of some of the components from the Botanical Silhouettes set! Don't you just love it when things coordinate like that? :)
I hope you've enjoyed today's Botanical Silhouettes card. I'll be sharing a few more with you in the days ahead! Did you earn this set? Are you anxiously awaiting it's arrival on your doorstep? If so, you're gonna love it! Nichole always does such an amazing job when designing the yearly anniversary set!
I've got a little something up my sleeve for you tomorrow, so I hope you can stop back by! ;)
Have a goodie,
{With Sympathy supplies}
Paper: rustic cream, lavender moon, 2008 Bitty Dot Basics, Sugar Plum
Stamps: Botanical Silhouettes, Postmarks
Ink: plum pudding, ripe avocado, vintage touch tea dye
Other: small scallop border die, mat stack 5 die, postage die, plum pudding topnotch twill ribbon, lavender moon button, glitter, Kaiser Scrapbooks rhinestone, corner chomper
