beautiful flower

A simple ATC using HERO ARTS Printed Flowers Stamp to make this home made flower, HERO ARTS French Post Stamp, printed paper of the lady with roses and three very tiny gems. This ATC is backed with two pieces of cardstock, one white and one coloured with charcoal ink. For instruction on how to make this Hero Arts Flower, please see my previous post  'Forever'.

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

forever ...

The hand made flower on this ATC is made with several stampings of the HERO ARTS Printed Flowers (three sizes), inked up, a hole punctured in the centre of each flower, all layers put together with a brad, flower misted with water, crunched up, shaped and left to dry. If that sounds a bit complicated, it's not. Also used was HERO ARTS All Occasion Messages, the leaf from Find Joy, the script from Bird Collage and French Post.  I used a small piece of sheet music, patterned paper, I did a little sewing and added quite a few gems.

I hope you had a wonderful day !

Here is another photo of the cubs, they're getting a bit bigger.  They were jumping and playing until they spotted me taking their photograph, then they became very interested in me!
Thanks so much for visiting!

... always

It's a beautiful sunny day here today!! 

I made this ATC with HERO ARTS Long Stem Flowers, Clings Dots, Friend Definition, a piece of sheet music and paper with the word  'always', a piece of string and three very tiny beads.  I coloured one poppy and several stems with Derwent Coloursoft Pencils and one Laurentien (Tangerine) Pencil.

I am giving this ATC to my DH.


Thanks so much for your visit! Hope to see you soon!

butterfly and yellow rose

Hello ... It's raining here today, but that's okay, it's always easy to keep busy!

I made this simple ATC with HERO ARTS Antique Engravings stamp and the Messages stamp.
I used patterned paper for the background, a bit of lace and lots of pearls and gems. I backed my ATC with two pieces of cardstock, one white and the other blue.

Enjoy the rest of your day!  Thanks for your visit!

a moment of inspiration

I photographed this composition of a butterfly with dandelions and wildflowers on the side of the road while going for a walk yesterday morning. I hope it provides some inspiration for you.


A beautiful young man came
up to me and offered me some
salted peanuts and he said, "I
wish they were emeralds," as he
handed me the peanuts, and
that was the end of my heart.  I
never got it back.

Helen Hayes

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enjoy the little things

I used the following HERO ARTS Stamps: Birdcage, Friend Definition and Messages. I filled my birdcage with butterflies (patterned paper) and added a white pearl, ribbon and a home made flower.

I wanted to share a poem that belonged to my grandmother. It's from a very old, worn, piece of newspaper that I keep tucked away in a special place. I'm kind of fond of this.

Some people go through this wonderful world
And never look up at the sky.
It's nothing to them that the lark sings there
While the great white clouds sail by.

It's nothing to them that millions of stars
Weave a silver web at night.
They do not know of the hush that falls
When the dawn gives birth to light.

Oh, pity the people with all your heart,
Who never look up at the sky.
So many beautiful sights they miss
As the pageant of God goes by.

Author Unknown


Thank you for your visit! I hope you are enjoying the little things today!

baby fox

I went for a walk this morning with my camera with hopes of finding spring blossoms but knowing it was still too early.  As I walked toward the old apple orchard, I remembered the mother fox I saw a few days ago and I started wishing that I would come across a family of fox again this year.  As my eyes gazed over the small hill, I noticed a colour that was warmer than any of the other part of the landscape. As I focused a little more, I saw movement, and knew I had come across the fox family!  I tried to move very slowly and quietly to get a little closer, as I knew the mother would be watching me.  One of the little cubs noticed me and got so excited, he jumped over the fence to get a closer look.  The mother fox must have scolded him because he returned quite quickly.

I hope you enjoyed these photographs. I wasn't fully prepared to take these pictures so they're not as clear as they could have been.

Thank you for your visit! I hope you are enjoying this wonderful day!