SEW Special . . .

Happy Tuesday Blogging Friends!

The sun is shining and I hope to get outside this afternoon (once things dry up a bit from the mornings dew) and do a bit more weeding & prep before it's time to plan my annual flowers.  But before I do that, I wanted to share a couple of things with you today.

First of all, if you saw my post the other day about the 'crazy' robin that keeps attacking my front windows & doors (which, BTW she is still doing ... woke me up at 6:14 a.m. with her insistent body slams against the window) ... it's just been a flurry of birds in our back wooded area the past couple of days!  Guess they are happy Spring is here too!  It was so nice to see the Purple Finch & Gold Finch back at our feeders.  I just grabbed a quick photo (need to keep a camera upstairs ... by the time I ran downstairs to get it most were gone) grrrr!

 

AND ... we have a newcomer to our feeders.  

Isn't he gorgeous!!!

He is a Rose Breasted Grosbeak!  When I first caught a glimpse of him I thought it was one of our woodpeckers because I saw the patch of red but once he sat still where we could really get a good look at him ... WOW!  How excited we were to have a NEW visitor to our sunflower feeder!

  

As the title to this post reads . . . just as our new feathered friend is SO special,  I have a card to share with you that is SEW special because I created it using items from the NEW Crafty Secrets sewing line of digital products.  Which, you can view & purchase at the new Crafty Vintage Girl Shoppe.  I have used items from the Digital Sewing Basket - DAS 111.   

I am working on a project which I will share with you next week and this is the card that will go with that project when I gift it to the little neighbor girl.

It is just so much fun creating with this new digital line of products from Crafty Secrets!  I like that I can RESIZE (& manipulate) images to make them fit my needs.  For instance this quick inside sentiment.  I simply brought the 'sew special' image into a new Word document ... added a text box in which I added the words YOU ARE . . . into ... removed the outer box lines and Viola!   PERFECT!

OH! OH!  And, you'll want to pop right over to the Heartwarming Vintage Blog today where Sandy is offering a new (FREE)  Mother's Day's printable!  It is GORGEOUS and you'll want it for your very own!

A few additional challenges to enter this card into:

Bearly-Mine #84 - Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occasion #110 - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs #51 - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday #118 - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Doors - Anything Goes

Twisted Tuesday #49 - Anything Goes (no twist this week)

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Well I guess I'd better get back to my crafting before time slips away from me.  All too soon it will be time to venture to outside chores!  I hope the sun is shining brightly at your house today like it is here!  Try to make time to embrace it ... if only for a moment!  

I love having the warm sun on my face ... makes me feel like God is reaching out and saying 

"Hello my child ... it's going to be a beautiful day ... enjoy it and know I love you"!

As always . . .

Recipe for this card:

Papers:  SU Pink Pirouette cs, White cs
Accessories:  Crafty Secrets digital images, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, pop dots, Fiskars swivel craft knife, Spellbinder classic circle die, Momento Angel Pink ink, sponge dauber