You're Great - Blendabilities Background

This morning I made 2 cards from one of the photopapers upon which a blendabilities background was created.
This is the first one.  In both cards I use the stamp set "World of Dreams".  Below this picture is an image of the blendability photo paper that I used.

After deciding what stamp set I wanted to use, I then identified what area of the photo paper I wanted to stamp on.
The image was stamped with Versa Mark and embossed with black embossing powder.  Then it was die cut using the Deco Labels framelits, which was matted with Basic Black cardstock.  It was then mounted on an Apothecary Framelit Wild Wasabi die cut using dimensionals.  Using the 1/8" hand held punch, holes were punched at both ends of the Wild Wasabi die cut, and Wild Wasabi seam binding inserted through them.  I only used small pieces of the seam binding for each end.  One end of the ribbon was taped to the bottom of the die cut, and the other end to the underside of the background paper.  A bow was added at the left hand side.

For the background I used the Iresistably Yours DSP (SAB) sponged with Wild Wasabi ink. This was matted with Whisper White cardstock and then to a Basic Black basic card.

The sentiment is from "From the Garden" and is stamped with Black Stazon ink.

From the remnants, I punched little flowers using the Itty Bitty flower punch in the Itty Bitty Accents pack.  I curled the petals up a bit, and attached them to the card using glue dots.  A rhinestone was added to the center of each flower.

Here are the supplies I used:

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Thanks - Create with Connie & Mary #343

BRRR!!! It sure is cold here!  Minus 33 C over night and the high today is only going to be minus 25C.  Plus we're expecting more snow tomorrow!  Thank goodness my son shovels the driveway for me or I don't know what I would do.

Today I'm making a card for the Create with Connie & Mary sketch challenge here

I've been wanting to use some of the SAB Irrisibly Yours DSP for some time now, and with this sketch I could do it.  I stamped a butterfly from the "Papillion Potpourri" stamp set randomly on a piece of this cardstock using Memento ink.  Then I blotted most of it off before applying the colour.  For some reason I felt like the colour blue today.  When I applied the Marina Mist, and wiped off the excess it looked like the butterflies were flying behind the leaves.

At the bottom I placed a piece of Whisper White cardstock at an angle, and attached the sentiment "Thanks" from the "Hello You" thinlet die.  This I die cut in black to pick up the colour of the butterflies in the background.

A piece of Whisper White satin ribbon separated the two papers.

Three Daffodil Delight flowers were punch using the Itty Bitty flower punch from the Itty Bitty Occasions pack.  They were attached to the card above the ribbon on the left side, and large rhinestones placed in the middle.

I punched 2 more flowers and placed them around the sentiment.  Another butterfly was also stamped, punched using the butterfly punch and added above the sentiment.  It was touched up with a bit of Marina Mist blue using a marker.

Here are the supplies I used:

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