Happy Mother's Day Featuring Acetate and Glitter Butterflies

These cards are more examples of how I shopped my own stash and found supplies to put together these Mother's Day cards.  The butterflies are pre-printed on acetate and then I used Art Glitter Glue - the Dries Clear and the used colored glitter.  The backgrounds are also from the stash and the gold accents leftover pieces from another project.

I've got a few cards for the stash now.  More to come. 

Cards From the Brusho Card Fronts

Well, I got on a roll making cards out of many of the card fronts I've created while stretching my watercolor skills.  I thought I would share the finished product for these sets of cards.  You'll find I used some store bought and homemade acetate butterflies to finish these backgrounds.

I am keeping these kinds of cards to use as Christmas gifts for my friends and family.  If they don't have to purchase cards this year, things are going well for me.  I use up my stash don't feel guilty if I find a new tool or supply that I want to try out.  Can you believe that Christmas is a few short weeks away (ok - less than eight weeks, but that will seem short in about 4 more weeks!)?  Are you ready?

A Thoughtful Gift for My Dear Coworkers

I thought it would be fun to give a little treat to a few of the ladies at my work.  A small group of ladies agreed to be  take a name and be a secret pal to encourage and strengthen one another.  I can't tell you how very timely the small kindnesses have been, making my day bright.

I purchased kraft treat bags from Hobby Lobby and printed a description of the sweet treat using my computer and printer.  I simply ran them through with the folded edge first and used the flip function in Word so that the printing was readable when done.

The last step was to search the stash for some beautiful decorations. In this case I found some acetate butterflies and and vellum flowers stamped with my Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms stamp and die cut.  I colored the clear vellum with my Faded Jeans Distress Marker and shaped them before gluing onto the package.  Super fun and I think it did brighten my day and probably my coworkers' day as well.