Magic Iris Easter Card and Sheltering In

Every year, my best friend and I plan a wonderful weekend attending the CK Convention.  In fact, we drove to Nashville before it started coming to St Louis.  We sign up for several classes and I designate a healthy budget for shopping.  This year Becky had a golf trip scheduled and would not be able to attend. (her trip was planned before we knew the CKC dates)  So my sister and decided to purchase a ticket to the vendor fare.  It was going to be shopping in the AM, hubby and I had tickets to see “Fluffy” the comedian, and a family wedding the next day.  Big weekend plans for us. 

Then the “Corona Virus” happened…. My immune system is compromised - two heart transplants require a drug regimen to keep me alive.  When I received these precious gifts I agreed to be a good steward, so careless risky decisions are a no no!  No CK Convention, Fluffy was postponed and we made the decision to miss the wedding.  Missing the wedding was a hard one!

What to do, what to do….support online small business is in order.  After all, I still had my budgeted money.  My dear sweet man, offered to later travel out of town to another CK Convention.  Since a “sheltering order” was now in effect, I shopped online.   Several companies were still shipping and having sales, so I shopped.  Scrapbook N Memories, Concord & 9th, My Favorite Things and Echo Park was where my $$ went.  This past week was delivery week, four shipments arrived and I started playing with new goodies!

I was totally smitten with Lawn Fawn’s Magic Iris dies and  I bought them all.  Today’s card uses the Add On die, Easter Before N After stamps, cloud dies from Yay Kites and Plane and Simple.  Cotton tale cutie, grass die and a die strip from a Hero Arts kit were used.  Images were colored with copic markers and cut with Gemini Jr machine.  The mechanism goes together quickly and was fun to assemble.  Arranging the scene was the best part.  A shimmer pen gave my clouds sparkle!  

Have a great day and keep on crafting!  It’s keeping me sane now!

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