Sunshine

Today Reno is overcast, but warm.  I would love a downpour with maybe some thunder grumbles.  There is nothing better, to this native Reno girl, than a spring downpour leaving the soil smelling like nothing else, except maybe Heaven.  I have smelled rain in lots of places around the world, but nothing compares to the smell of rain in Northern Nevada.  I am biased, I realize, as this is my home. :-)  But the card I made today has nothing to do with rain.  It is all about the sunshine!

Supplies:

Stamps: Button Buddies, Pursuit of Happiness

Card stock: soft Suede, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight

DSP: Attic Boutique

Embellishments: Neutral buttons, Lucky Limade Bakers Twine, Brights brads

Dies: Top Note

For those of you who have received the free Button Buddies card kits, (see the link at the top of the page for card kits if you're curious) here is an example of one more card you can make with the Button Buddies stamp set.  I stamped the flower three times--once in Old Olive and twice in Daffodil Delight.  I then fussy cut them out by layers and popped each layer up on a dimensional.

  It is not visible in the picture, but I also painted each leaf and petal of the flower with the Smooch Pearlized Top Coat paint.  So when you move the card, the flower sparkles. A little sparkle is always nice.  The layout is from a card sketch designed by Lisa Hjulberg for Taylored Expressions sketch challenge 144.

One more share...

Another thing I enjoy about Spring in Northern Nevada are the blossoming trees.  They line the parkways, they peek out of yards, and they smell almost as wonderful as the rain.  My kids tease me because I think fruitless plum trees smell like tacos.  They do!  Flour-shelled tacos.  I call them taco trees.  The blossoms pictured below are from the cherry tree in my back yard.  The tree is loaded with blossoms.  The bees are busy doing the things busy bees do, and I am crossing my fingers for another bumper load of pie cherries come late July. Last year we had over 20 gallons of pie cherries off this tree--and that was with sharing with the birds.  They ate from the top branches, we gathered from the bottom branches.   At dusk, this tree looks almost glowing.  It's white is pristine and stunning against the oranges of the sky.  My favorite place to gaze all spring.



Thanks for sharing some time with me today.  A special welcome to a new follower, Samara.  Thanks to all of my subscribers and followers.

Kristine