Exciting news and a card to share

Hello there, friends!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far!  

I try not to toot my own horn here on the blog very often, but I just had to share the super-duper exciting news that one of my cards was chosen for the next issue of Paper Crafts Go-to Sketches!!  Needless to say, I am beyond thrilled over my very first publication, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly and it makes it to print.  {happy sigh}

That being said, I do have a few "rejects" to share with you.  The first one was actually my favorite, using those gorgeous dogwood flowers from WPlus9's Flora & Fauna.  I stamped them on Rustic Cream cardstock, masked the image and stamped it again for a fuller branch.

I used the spotlighting technique to color just a portion of the image on another piece of cardstock, cut it out with a circle Nestie, and popped it up on foam adhesive.

The butterfly is from the same stamp set, also colored with Prisma pencils, cut out and attached with a piece of foam tape just in the center.

The sentiment is from PTI's Mat Stack 1 Collection, and I emphasized it just a bit by adding two scored lines underneath.

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate)

Stamps:  WPlus9 (Flora & Fauna), Papertrey Ink (Mat Stack 1 Collection)

Ink:  Papertrey Ink (Dark Chocolate)

Tools:  Spellbinders (circle die), Martha Stewart (Scoring board), We R Memory Keepers (Corner Chomper)

Coloring medium:  Prismacolor Premier pencils, OMS, Spica glitter pen

Thanks so much for stopping by to share in my excitement!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!