Garden Peas

I hope you all had a great Fourth of July!  Our plans changed a bit yesterday due to Cortney not feeling up to par. But we did manage to swim a bit in our pool at home and have a BBQ.  It was a quiet, uneventful day, but a good one. 

I have a garden peas card to share with you.  I figured since I had already made a  "lettuce" card, why not make a card about peas? ;)

I used this image from the Crafty Secrets Vegetable Garden Digital set.

I again used my Inktense pencils to give my peas their vibrant green color.  I added touches of yellow for highlights and a bit of black to create shadows and depth. 

I cut out the peas by hand, and once again added a bit of gold Stickles for a bit of sparkle. I also added black waxy twine to create tendrils for my peas.  And as a final finishing touch, I threw a few sequins on for fun!

Some of you inquired about my new camera.  Well, I had intended getting a super duper expensive NikonD3, but ended up with a lesser expensive NikonD7000.  I was upgrading from a NikonD40.  It had been a good camera for the last 7 years, but getting to be unreliable.  I was having issues with focusing.  For awhile I didn't know if it was me or the camera.  Turns out it was the camera! 

I am loving this new camera and am taking pictures of anything I can.  The dogs seem to be the easiest to photograph....but then there is my dear Cortney.  She is a pretty willing participant most of the time!

Here's a few more....just playing around!

And this one seriously cracks me up!  She has the cutest expressions ever!

I am heading to Wisconsin to see my niece and nephew....and I can't wait to use my camera on 'em! ;)

New subjects! YAY!

Have a great weekend!!