Sheryl Schmidt Artistry

I used a Heidi Swapp butterfly mask and inked over it. I then took some Shimmerz and brushed that on. Stamped the title with StazOn ink. The black card stock was edged using my Fiscars scissors  and a Hambly overlay finishes off the page. Quick, simple fun. The photo was taken at the Fireworks Festival last year. Scyap Inc. did the face painting. They were amazing.  

I am celebrating many things today, 15 000 Visitors, my 3rd Blog Anniversary and my 37th Birthday. (My blog anniversary and my birthday are July 12th and this will be the day that I pick a winner.)It will be a month of fun so make sure you check back often.I have dug out a vintage metal lunch box that I found while out "junking" I am going to fill it with all sorts of goodies. The more comments left the fuller it becomes. The more people who follow me the fuller it becomes. If I reach 50 followers by July 12th I will have a bonus giveaway. :) Please number your comments. The first person to leave a comment is # 1 and the next is #2 and so on. Thanks. Some of the goodies in there already???? Vintage buttons and lace, 45 LP'S, Vintage playing cards, vintage cupcake papers, strings of pearls, chipboard journal blocks, bath sponge and duct tape (2 of my favorite things to put on a page.) Flowers.

I create cards very seldom. I just don't enjoy designing them. I don't know why. :) There are 3 photos of this card. I wanted to show how much dimension and texture was on it. I began by stamping the swirls with black archival ink. Then I stamped the butterfly 3 times. Once on the card base and twice on white card stock using Adirondack dye ink. I applied Rock Candy Distress crackle paint the the 2 stamps on the card stock. As you can see from the photo the ink did bleed a little. After the paint was dry I cut the butterflies out and pop dotted one over the butterfly that had been stamped on the card base. I then cut the second butterfly in half and pop dotted the only the top half on to the card. A little Stickles on the antennae and it was finished.

WOOHOO!!!! I can't believe that in my 3 short years of blogging I've had that many people come to visit me. Wow! Thank you so much. I will be doing something to celebrate so make sure to check back. Now onto my LO. I used Little Yellow Bicycle papers. I love their stuff so much fun to make boy pages with. It's a clean and simple LO. A little distressing and inking and it was done. The weekend we went camping last summer was cold and rainy. We had to wear our winter jackets. :) The kids really wanted to go swimming so with the first and only break in the weather we headed to the beach. Wolf turn a lovely shade of red with underlying hues of blue.