life is good...

Life really is good. It was especially good this weekend when I finally got a chance to play with all my new goodies from Tammy Tutterow!

I simply couldn't decide between stamps or dies, so... I used both! The whole thing began with 2 canvases; I wrapped the larger canvas with a single sheet of vintage sheet music...

The smaller canvas was painted with distress paint to make a base for the wood-grain stamp. The image was so pretty stamped onto a piece of book print! 

These leaves have such great detail to them- the veins really gave the whole collage some depth and texture. And ya know how I love texture! I'm pretty sure these leaves are going to find their way onto just about everything I make...

I wrapped the sheet music and the flowers around the edges and was pleased with the look. 

The final detail was the little frayed label die stamped with a favorite phrase.

Life IS good!

xo,