MFP August Blog hop- Day 3 I'M NOT MESSY... yeah right....

Aug. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Aug 13th
Pocket Watches

Featured Aug 14th
Joyous Season

Featured Aug 15th 
Country Charm
 

Featured Aug 16th

Wealthy Fish

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on Aug 17, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Aug 16, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Lucky You"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Take Time Mini"
                                                      

Here's the Design Team:

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

I am pretty sure that my card isn't going to even remotely look like any of the other designers cards. I was inspired by two different things. I was inspired by this butterfly. Sunday was a beautiful day. Perfect weather outside and my daughter wanted to go to the park to read her book. I had planned an afternoon of crafting, but I wanted to spend time with her. So I packed up my craft supplies and sat on one of the park benches. Had there been anyone besides my daughter and I at the park, I am sure that I would have received a lot of strange looks. I am sure I was more than a little MESSY. Before we left the park, I walked around the gardens and saw this monarch butterfly sitting on the flowers. So that was where my butterfly inspiration came from. I used the butterflies from MFP set called SCENIC SELECTIONS. I stamped the butterflies and colored them with a prisma colored pencil. The other inspiration was last week's mixed media challenge at SCS. The challenge was to move paint or ink around the cardstock. I choose to use markers, water and a straw to move my ink around. It was a lot of fun, but so MESSY. I can still see splatters of marker all over my desk and at one point I had red marker all over my arm and green splatters on my shorts. I think this easel card is going to have to stay on my desk to at least remind me that all this mess is because I am creative.

Close up view of the splattered and straw blown marker ink.

Another close up of the bottom of the easel. I had the butterflies wings stick out of the box, because I think it gives them movement and the appearance of flying.