Just Because

Hi everyone!  I hope you are enjoying this time of the year.  Spring is blooming out here, although the weather is a bit on the cool, breezy side but I love it this way.  The trees look so beautiful with the leaves, as well as flowers on some, just starting to emerge.  We had a wonderful Easter weekend spent with family.  I tackled  a good bit of spring housecleaning also.

Today, I have a card and altered container to share.  The papers used are from Graphic 45.  I love their sweet collections.

The beautiful larger flowers are from Recollections.  The smaller flowers as well as the Graphic 45 papers were given to me by a sweet blogging friend, Ellen Kristiansen.  The gold butterfly is from Martha Stewart.

Here is a view of the top of the container.  It was very simple to put together.  I just used the papers from A Secret Garden to cover it, glued pearls and lace around it, and then topped it with pretty flower.

The card says spring to me!  I added a bit of cheesecloth under the postage photo for some texture.  The lace border punch and butterfly are from Martha Stewart.  The gem branch was from some older embellishments I had in my stash.  Lace trim is from Joann's.  Sentiment from PTI.  I added a touch of Stickles to the fussy cut bow and key.

I want to mention that Ellen is having a giveaway on her blog to celebrate her 4th anniversary of blogging.  I hope you'll stop by and see all the beautiful creations she makes.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for the kind comments you leave.  Have a wonderful week!