Robin's Eggs

I found this little vintage metal frame last summer and was tryingto decide what to put in it.  Then I found this sweet little picture overat The Graphics Fairy and I thought they made a perfect pair. 

 I can't explain it or put it into words, but something about that little picturegave me such pure delight I made a copy to keep on my desk at work.It made me smile every time I looked at it.  

 I paired it with a little bird nest I made and tucked in some blueeggs, moss from my yard and nestled it all in a small blue dish. 

 Don't they make the perfect married couple? 

 Then I got another idea for using this sweet print.  I decided to makenote cards with it and here they arein several colors. 

 I used Photoshop to position the small prints to make twocards out of an 8-1/2 x 11" piece of card stock. Then I used my embossing template and embossing stylus tocreated the raised dots around the picture.  You'll need a lightbox to do the embossing or I use a piece of glass in an oldpicture frame laid on my lap, and place a lamp withoutit's shade between my legs to give it light from underneath.Just be sure not to burn your legs on the bare light bulb. 

 I picked up my template and stylus quite a few years ago when stampingwas more the rave, but they can still be found in some stores andonline.  Lasting Impressions makes a great variety of templatesand the sky is the limit as to what you can create with them.Here are the cards packaged and ready for the Open House. 

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