Stampin' Chez Moi

I guess I'll start my post with a question....is it too late to send a birthday card almost two months after someone's birthday! Do you ever do that, all of a sudden you realized you missed the day or even the month? Yikes....now what do I do...just let it continue to go by even though it's naggin' at you...or send a very belated birthday blessing...hmmmm....that is my question ~ now on to my card! The Paper Players have a great challenge this week and I can't believe that I'm playing along ~ summer is extremely busy for me with family, gardening, visiting, camping....and sadly, I don't really get a chance to play in my studio...I'm so blessed that my garden is my other happy place! Paper Players 62 is wanting a Birthday Card...how did they know what was tugging at my heart! I then followed a sketch from Page Maps ...and here is a picture of my card! ~ and the inside of the card ~ I created my butterfly using the 'baby wipe technique' ~...

What a busy week I've had and then all of a sudden, I had a found afternoon today ~ so ~ I quickly found the challenges that I was hoping to play with and had myself some fun! I really am hungering for spring and the Paper Players Challenge #37   & PPA84 were just TOO perfect ~ I can almost smell the roses! The subtle colors at the Color Throwdown #132 just screams spring to me...and so away I went!  I knew exactly what I wanted to do, but sometimes what I see in my head isn't quite right and I end up changing everything about what I had originally planned on creating....today was a different story ~ this is pretty much exactly what I dreamed up ~ that is exciting for me and a first! So here's my spring card... I've got Shimmer Mist on the butterflies as well as the flowers ~ but, it's really had to see in the photos I had to place my clear block onto my card in order to hold it down ~ here's a little side shot ~ and the inside of my card ~ I...