Hollyhocks and Butterflies

This is my post for the "Garden Party" Challenge

on the "Classy Cards 'n Such" blog today.

Hope you will take a peek.....

take a peek at the store, too...all kinds of "NEW"

items have been stocked.....

and you can always use my discount DIANE-10!!

Hello Classy Friends, Diane here with you today.

I have a very cheerful Spring card to share with you I made for our

challenge "Garden Party".

I love the colors of this card..I call them "happy colors"!!

I started with the gorgeous Stardream Serpentine Pearlized Metallic 

105# cardstock.

What can I say about this paper except..."you will love it"!!!  A beautiful light green,

Metallic paper that has become a favorite!!

I next used Impression Obsession Large Fence die....

if you could see this card "up close",

you would notice a nice "wood grain" embossing on the boards.  

After cutting your fence,

run it through your machine again (in proper stacking order for your machine) 

and you get all the wonderful wood grain effect!

I popped up my fence slightly using Joy! Foam Pads Small, I was then able to tuck my

Impression Obsession Birdhouses behind my fence.

Next I cut 2 sets of Impression Obsession Hollyhocks die.

An interesting part of this die is, it comes with 4 little separate flower dies

you can cut to layer for a "3D" look!

I colored my flowers with Copic markers in a coral color.

The Butterflies (yes I know I use these a lot) are Joy! Crafts....

They come in a set of 3, the one I used being the smaller...

I do love this die, the butterflies are a perfect size and shape!!

I hope you will join in our weekly challenge and "WOW" us with your creations this week!!

Entering the following challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door .... Anything Goes
and
Creative Colors ....use inspiration photo below and 3 colors

and

Sweet Stamps .... photo inspiration below